Mrs Football Nerd and I were among the chosen ones to be able to get tickets to go to a real live football match last Tuesday: an EFL Trophy tie between Leyton Orient and Bristol Rovers. While the social distancing measures, compulsory facemasks and most importantly the pubs in the surrounding area and concession and […]
As much as we have all tried to make the best of it, consoling ourselves that we are at least able to get our football fix after so long away, even if it is on TV with the only atmosphere the piped-in crowd noise that at best makes it sound like something approaching the real […]
On Monday a group of the most influential Arsenal-focused supporter organisations, blogs, and fanzines issued a joint statement damming Stan Kroenke’s “passive ownership” and his lack of ambition, purpose and direction for the club. Since the statement’s issue and associated social media campaign, Arsenal fans in their thousands have been signing the letter/petition in agreement […]
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 […]
When I started writing this post earlier in the week, I was very upbeat and positive about Arsenal’s participation in the Europa League as something different, a fresh competition featuring teams we don’t usually face, the chance to be a big fish in a small pond and to actually potentially stretch a European campaign beyond […]
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