Written by Football NerdSeptember 29, 2017September 29, 2017

Football in a Soccer World – reflections on a weekend in New York City- Part 2: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos.

After all the fun of our breakfast time Arsenal watching (https://football-nerd.org/2017/09/22/football-in-a-soccer-world-reflections-on-a-weekend-in-new-york-city-part-1/), Mrs Football Nerd and I spent the afternoon wandering through Manhattan’s Sunday street markets and watching the dance skaters in Central Park, before undertaking the long subway ride from Manhattan down to Coney Island. However It wasn’t the funfair or Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs that […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 22, 2017

Football in a Soccer World – reflections on a weekend in New York City- Part 1

Spending two years of my childhood living in New Jersey has imbued me with a certain sense of identification with the metropolis that is New York City, the strength of the bond created means that Mrs Football Nerd and I like to try and visit the city on an almost annual basis. Our most recent […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 13, 2017

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Don’t expect loyalty in modern football and you won’t be disappointed.

Seventy five minutes into the Arsenal – Bournemouth match last Saturday afternoon, Alexis Sanchez replaced Danny Welbeck, and was greeted by a completely mixed reaction around the stadium, and one that I have to say took me by surprise. The smattering of boos that were later drowned out by cheers, revealed that for many in […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 5, 2017

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings- After another turgid International Break, real football returns.

As I have touched upon on these pages previously, while I love the big international tournaments, I find the international breaks, especially the early season ones in September, October and November, very hard to handle. Increasingly I find myself becoming more and more apathetic to the performances of England, probably as a result of a […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 5, 2017

Back at Brisbane Road

Back at the end of April, Mrs Football Nerd and I had gone to watch already-relegated Leyton Orient at home to Colchester United in their last home Football League game (https://football-nerd.org/2017/05/05/the-terrible-state-of-leyton-orient-is-this-the-end-for-a-true-community-club/). That game will always be remembered for the protests about then owner Francesco Becchetti whose inept, if not frankly malicious, stewardship of the club […]

Written by Football NerdSeptember 1, 2017

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Arsenal dither as the rest of the football world goes mad- welcome to the Transfer Deadline Day Circus!

Probably the hardest thing to take about Arsenal’s latest meek capitulation in a big match is that it really wasn’t all that shocking; Arsenal fans have become numb to these types of performances as there have been so many over recent years. It is plain to see that the team has a soft underbelly, when […]

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Month: September 2017