Posted in Match Report on Mar 14th, 2021
Embed from Getty Images Warning notice – this is a biased, bitchy and very one-sided report There is an alternative title that I thought about using to reflect the impression that it seemed to me Sky wanted to convey of this game. It is “Referee robs Tottenham of victory after Lamela brilliance lights up the […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 13th, 2021
The Prologue Actually, he didn’t say anything of the sort, thank heavens, because if he had, maybe I would have been. In fact, although I’m sure he was a quiet admirer of the Arsenal, he never really said that much about football at all. So his offer to this childhood Barnet fan of a trip […]
Posted in Match Report on Mar 12th, 2021
Embed from Getty Images Well, it was quite definitely not exactly the way Mikel planned it, but I’m sure there were elements of his plan here and there in Arsenal’s exciting win at Olympiakos in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16. Yes, there were several gaffes to be seen but also […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 10th, 2021
Embed from Getty Images The ancient port city of Piraeus was named Porto Leone first by the Venetians because of a landmark sculpture of a Lion at the Piraeus harbor – the statue was later transported to Venice by the conquering Venetian navy after they besieged and pillaged Athens in the war against the Ottoman […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 6th, 2021
Today’s match versus Burnley brings back reminiscences of the second match I ever attended at Highbury in the 1968-69 season. My first match two week’s earlier on 1st February had resulted in a one all draw with Nottingham Forest and I was already sufficiently smitten that my mother had already given up the ghost of […]
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