May 2004 we finished the season unbeaten, had the Premiership and FA Cup won, it was indeed one heck of a season to look back on, it was our last really strong season. There was more to that season though, the players, the flair, the self belief almost to the point of arrogance, all of […]
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England face Bulgaria at Wembley tonight, for Theo’s sake I hope the pitch is ok…… but, Over the last few years, well in particular since the new Wembley days began, there has been many a debate over the state of the playing surface. The pitch has been re-laid twelve times since its doors were open […]
One of the funniest and most insightful film clips of the week was a cutting-room floor outtake of Sky Sports’ Rob Palmer interviewing a not-so-jovial ’arry Redknapp. Palmer had the temerity to suggest that ’arry might be something of ‘wheeler- dealer’… Perish the thought. ’arry took great exception to this, and terminated the interview somewhat […]
We, as Gooners, can sometimes become very introspective and risk standing accused of navel gazing, by our predilection for only considering Arsenal matters. Well, nothing wrong with a bit of navel gazing you might think, depending on whose navel is involved! It might be interesting however, to have a look around at other events, over […]