Articles tagged ‘Arsenal Football Club’
You win some, you lose some
By Chris | February 26th, 2007 |
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What a fantastic game of football between London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final yesterday afternoon. A lot of people have been getting uptight about the little shoving match that occurred towards the end of the game but that shouldn’t take away from the brillant way Arsenal’s younger players set about this [...]
The road to Athens begins again
By Chris | February 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Champions League starts up again tonight and now its into the business knockout rounds, where every game counts compared to a lot of the ones in the group stages. There are four games tonight and four tomorrow across Europe and there are some great matchups with each tie consisting of a home and away [...]
Henry’s hands?
By Chris | February 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Arsenal first team squad had a reception with the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday after she was unable to attend the official opening of the Emirates Stadium in October due to a back injury. I’m sure the players had an interesting time but its a good job they hadn’t been to the Modern and [...]
Watch the Arsenal misses on YouTube
By Chris | February 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Brillant team performance from Arsenal tonight winning 3-1 away at Bolton in the FA Cup. They were without the likes Henry, Fabregas, Eboue and Gallas but the first half one touch passing had the commentators and halftime panel drooling and Arsenal missed a bunch of chances to sow the game up.
Switch the Final
By Chris | February 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Great win by Arsenal over their closest London rivals Tottenham in the semifinal of the Carling Cup last night, 3-1 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate. Now the Gunners face Chelsea in the final on Sunday 25 February at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The Millennium ’s a great football and rugby venue, but with [...]
Making a good game sound better
By Chris | January 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Arsenal had a great come from behind win against Premiership leaders Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Looking at the highlights its even better with some fabulous Portuguese commentary. This guy most have been the most excited person in the stadium.
London football weekend
By Chris | January 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Another busy weekend of football ahead in London starting on Saturday afternoon at Craven Cottage on the banks of the Thames in west London when Fulham host Tottenham in a London derby. Four points separate them in the Premiership, Fulham will be buoyed by new loan signing Vincenzo Montella from Roma and news that American [...]
Those pesky Arsenal kids are at it again
By Chris | January 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you missed it last night the future’s bright, bright red. Arsenal were away to Liverpool in the quarterfinal of the Carling Cup and kicked off the game with six teenagers in the starting lineup, the average age of the outfield players was 20. They then went on to hand Liverpool their biggest defeat at [...]
Brazil to play Portugal at the Emirates
By Chris | January 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Brazil and Portugal will play a friendly international at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on February 6, a Tuesday night at 8pm. That’s an international week with a lot of games going on, England play Spain at home the following night. The Arsenal website says ticket details and prices will be announced next Tuesday, 9th January.
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Stadium tours in London
By Chris | January 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a lot of sport that goes on in London throughout the year and many of the major venues offer stadium tours. I should probably include the Circus Tavern in Purfleet after Monday’s epic world championship final between Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, one of the greatest matches in darts history, but [...]
