The First Deadly Shin
You know how in some matches, it gets to the point in the proceedings when the realization hits you that, barring something out of the blue, both teams could toil…
You know how in some matches, it gets to the point in the proceedings when the realization hits you that, barring something out of the blue, both teams could toil…
500 games in charge, eh. That's nine years of always steady and sometimes spectacular improvement in the fortunes of our club. The previous long-term incumbent also had nine years in…
The build-up to the big game on Sunday can now officially begin, thank the Lord. I've not heard of any major injuries from last night, so with any luck we'll…
No sooner has our appetite for football been whetted by the start of the season, there's a blinking international week butting in. And as sure as eggs is eggs, that…
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United A tricky tie, that was, and a win that was earned without too many bells and whistles attached. Perhaps not the best spectacle in terms of…
"I've signed now so I will be here for another three years," are the welcome words we hear this morning from Ashley Cole. Better still, he has finally acknowledged that,…
"I'm just popping out to buy a keeper, dear" – so says Arsène, as if was as easy as picking up a pair of socks. Well, maybe it is. It's…
Champions! We won the cup! Ahem. A game - to coin a new phrase - of two halves. First half, largely nothing, second half, proper stuff. In fact, bringing Bergkamp…
Had I bothered to write an entry on Friday night, I would of course have opened with the predictable 'Gone The Baptista' headline. As it was, I didn't, and now…
With due respect to Utrecht, the first real test of the pre-season comes tomorrow night when we take on Ajax in Amsterdam. There's nothing else to talk about – Olivier…