Another football match and another competition. This time it was the quarter finals of what is currently called the Carabao Cup or for us stubborn traditionalists, the League Cup. For years now this competition has been seen by Premier League clubs as an opportunity to give playing time to youngsters and fringe squad players; however […]
The fifth game of my busy pre-Christmas football marathon was an unusual 3pm Saturday kick-off for Arsenal and the visit of Newcastle United. Match 5 – Arsenal vs Newcastle United Saturday 16th December 2017. KO: 15:00 After a goalless draw at West Ham during the week, that felt very much like a game that if […]
Just two days after Arsenal’s Europa League exhibition-like stroll against BATE Borisov; I was on my way to another football match, the fourth stop in this obsessive pre-Christmas programme and a drop down to the National League for another one of Mrs Football Nerd and my trips to Brisbane Road to watch Leyton Orient. […]
The third instalment of my packed pre-Christmas football watching programme brought the final group game of the Europa League and the visit of serial Belarusian champions BATE Borisov on a chilly Thursday evening. Match 3 – Arsenal vs BATE Borisov Thursday 7th December 2017. KO: 20:05 Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electronics, to give them their […]
Maybe it is some form of football midlife crisis (Mrs Football Nerd seems to think so), but recently I have been spending more and more time engulfed in a wave of football nostalgia. This has been sparked by a couple of things: first was the discovery of the absolutely excellent English Football in the 80’s […]
Following hot on the heels of the Huddersfield match (https://football-nerd.org/2017/12/01/an-arsenal-nerds-diary-6-games-7-including-a-trip-to-orient-in-23-days-part-one/), a mere 3 days later, was the visit of our one time rival Manchester United. Match 2 – Arsenal vs Manchester United Saturday 2nd December 2017. KO: 17:30 Once upon a time this was a game that leapt out of the calendar at you; it […]
A slight change of tack from my usual ramblings this week, but with a run of six Arsenal matches, and a planned trip to watch the O’s with Mrs Football Nerd, over the course of just over three weeks; I felt that it might prove intriguing to chronicle this period and to provide an insight […]
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