I wrote last week, ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Old Trafford, that there was ‘little cause for optimism amongst us Gooners’; and for all but two minutes of the game that prediction was irritatingly bang on the money. Once again Arsenal failed to turn up at Old Trafford; and put in yet another lacklustre performance […]
So it is finally out of the way! The final whistle on Tuesday evening signalled the end of the third(!) international break this season and the majority of us will be relieved that we can now return to the usual order of business and a period in which the season intensifies. Presumably as the result […]
So here we are smack bang in the middle of another international break, but despite my complaints last time https://football-nerd.org/2016/10/06/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-not-another-insufferable-international-break/, this time it seems a bit more tolerable. This evening will see England face Scotland at Wembley for the first time in a competitive match for 17 years. While it is undeniable that the oldest […]
A banner fluttered from the front of the upper tier of the East Stand at Highbury, it was a simple effort, a white sheet daubed in black paint which succinctly stated ‘George Knows’. The date was the 6th of May 1991 and Arsenal were beating Manchester United 3-1, the league title having already been secured […]
So another week and Jose Mourinho is once again all over the newspaper headlines for his antics. Following hot on the heels of calling into question the integrity of Anthony Taylor for the game at Anfield a couple of weeks ago; he has now received a further fine and a touchline ban after being sent […]
With it being a significant amount of time, (well just over a month!), since our last excursion onto the continent and one of our Football Tourist weekends; the wife and I looked at options to escape the autumn routine and eventually settled on a trip to Turin. As someone who grew up with an exotic […]
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