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Reasons why August is the best football month

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:31/07/2024
  • Post category:Other

August, for the football fan in general, is very hard to beat. Here's why: It’s high summer Picture the scene. It’s January and the weather hasn’t risen above zero all…

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Roll on the Euros 

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:11/06/2024
  • Post category:Other

If there’s ever a good time to be out of work, it’s probably now. With the Euros, the Olympics and Wimbledon all locked and loaded, rather than networking, putting out…

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A week of goodwill… and now for the finale

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:14/01/2023
  • Post category:Other

On and off the pitch, Arsenal are barely putting a foot wrong at the moment. Top of the table, a smooth passage to the 4th round of the FA Cup…

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All I want for the new year is more of the same

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:28/12/2022
  • Post category:Other

Would Arsenal’s form survive a six-week hiatus, we all wondered? Is it possible to bottle momentum and uncork it again? We needn’t have worried - out came the Boxing Day…

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Some post-Saturday pre-Saturday bullet points on Tuesday

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:23/11/2021
  • Post category:Match Review/Other

Every time we lose, the questions about Arteta bubble up. I bet Mikel longs for the day when a loss isn’t followed by questions about his ability or his inexperience…

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Getting to the bottom of my blogger’s block

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:11/08/2021
  • Post category:Other

I’ve not written a blog since 30th December, 2019. That’s 590 days and also, as it turns out, pretty much the entire reign of Mikel Arteta. It was also one…

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I’ve taken my eye off the ball

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:13/10/2017
  • Post category:Other

When I was a mere stripling, Arsenal was my be-all and end-all. If we lost I’d mope around all weekend, and if we won I’d be bouncing off the walls.…

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A handy guide to transfer terminology

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:02/07/2017
  • Post category:Other

A Kolasinac-shaped left-back aside, this June was hardly flaming in the transfer department. July is where the action usually is, I tell myself, and it’s an opinion I can justify…

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Happy Christmas, ’tis the season for ho-ho-hoping

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:24/12/2014
  • Post category:Other

If I was to mark our Christmas scorecard, I’d probably give it about a 5 (as indeed did Gooner’s Diary in this piece in the Guardian). It’s been far from…

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A day at the football

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:02/11/2014
  • Post category:Other

Something I tried out today - hope you enjoy. Took a lot of snapping and a bit of luck catching the right piece of video...

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