The opening week of the football season always feels like normality is being restored for us football obsessives. Everything feels fresh and hope abounds for our teams’ prospects for the campaign ahead. Mrs Football Nerd’s and my journey got off to a relatively early start thanks to our continuing dedication to the Leyton Orient cause: […]
After a hiatus of just twenty-five days since the World Cup Final, the Premier League is back tonight with an opening evening (that still feels very weird to say!) clash between Manchester United and Leicester City. With the transfer window having slammed shut (© Sky Sports!) for Premier League clubs who are no longer able […]
Last Friday was a day that all Arsenal fans knew would come, some amongst us had been calling for it for years while others simply hoped that Arsène’s departure would be merciful and allow the honouring of the legacy and achievements of a man who not only transformed Arsenal Football Club but also had a […]
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 […]
In what should probably more accurately be referred to as ‘a summer with slightly less football than usual’, immediately after our return from a weekend in Stavanger in which we had taken in two games in a weekend; Mrs Football Nerd and I were off to the inaugural Star Sixes tournament over at the ‘Arena […]
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 […]
Today represents the 27th anniversary of what us Gooners like to refer to as St Michael’s Day and what was, despite what Sky TV will tell you, the most dramatic finish to an English League season. My Liverpool–supporting family and friends won’t thank me for reminding them of the events at Anfield on the 26th […]
The only real issue to be resolved in the final round of Premier League fixtures centred on the top four and qualification for the Champions League; although Manchester United’s midweek defeat in the final match at the Boleyn Ground, basically meant that a point for Manchester City away at Swansea would all but exclude United […]
Once Arsenal have completed their traditional annual departure from the Champions League at the Round of 16 Stage, I find I can really enjoy the tournament as it gets serious from the Quarter Final Stage onwards. I have to say I really wasn’t expecting City to get past PSG, however credit where it is due […]
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