I can handle a whimper as long as there’s one last bang
View image | gettyimages.com When we lost to Swansea ten days ago I detected a whiff of endofseasonitis. We’d already qualified for the Champions League and the title was long…
Squeezing into the final, Arsenal style
Reading 1-2 (AET) So it’s the FA Cup final for the second year running, Arsenal’s 19th of all time - a record. And if we go on to beat the…
FA Cup final preview: I can’t wait
“Absolutely chuffing blindingâ€, I said right here in 2005 as Patrick Vieira lobbed his cup-winning grenade at Utd, “it really doesn’t get better than thisâ€. And that, looking back, was…
Exhausted 1-1 Frazzled (knackered after penalties)
There really is no need to tire yourself out over three or four hours by running a 26-mile marathon. You can do it far more effectively by watching Arsenal these…
Into the valley of dearth rode the 50,000
I woke up at 6am, bright as a button, and football rarely does that to me these days. It must be FA Cup semi-final day. The days have long gone…
Match report: The wait goes on
Arsenal 1-2 Birmingham City As a football fan you roll with the highs, but you also have to cope with the lows. Barcelona, a few weeks ago, was as good…