How bad can things get? I’m not an Arsenal fan.Never have been.When I lived in London I joined the Arsenal supporters club so I could buy a ticket to a match against my team.But I vividly remember the days when “boring boring Arsenal” was chanted at football grounds. They may have won the double inContinue reading “Merci beaucoup Arsene”
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The season begins
Dearest Accrington, Arsenal, Bolton (wild card), Bury, Fulham, Leeds, Liverpool, QPR, Newcastle, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham, Watford fans, and last but not least, Frickley Athletic… This weekend is really the big kick off. The race begins nowOr as they say in La belle France, La course commence maintenant.Relire, car c’est une partie de vos études Or as they say in l’AngleterreRead itContinue reading “The season begins”
Arsene Wenger is great
Some supporters got it wrong This week the Telegraph and the Mail, two newspapers of dubious credibility reported that 78% of Arsenal fans want Arsene Wenger to leave the club.In fact only half of the 1,000 strong Arsenal Supporters Trust bothered to answer, and the AST is not representative of all Arsenal fans, whichContinue reading “Arsene Wenger is great”
t’Owls v t’Gooners
Earlier this week my football team, t’Owls, played t’Gooners in a Cup match.Not so much played them, but surpsingly thrashed them, 3-0.I’ll stop short of saying intimidated them in deference to the giant of a manager at the Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, who graciously accepted the result.Rivalry between the two clubs during my life has been big.UsuallyContinue reading “t’Owls v t’Gooners”
Poor Arsene Wenger
Regular readers of this blog will express surprise that me, an Owls supporter since God was a boy, became a member of the Gunners travel club in 1979. This was the year that my team, Sheffield Wednesday, were drawn against the mighty Arsenal in the third round. Four games later Arsenal won, but not untilContinue reading “Poor Arsene Wenger”
