So, it seems that anyone can get a job on Sky Sports these days and the latest ex-pro not good enough to try his arm at being a pundit is, England deserter and Ginger Henchman, Paul Scholes. In an attempt to ingratiate himself with the masses, he has jumped on the populist bandwagon and dug […]
Why Bust A Gut For Glory On our travels again, off to see the Third of the big boys and BOOM! We implode, again. The Arsenal prove they are ‘The Team of Extremes’ again. Can’t blame jet lag this time, not really going to fly the couple of miles to Stamford Bridge. So who can […]
World Exclusive: Latest News of the World phone tapping tape TheSundayMorningGooner has been passed a world exclusive. The final phone tap undertaken by the News of the World was passed to me under the table in The London Hotel, Balmain by Geezer down the pub, my reliable supplier…… of information. The following is a direct transcript of […]
What is this Stoke you speak with Billy no mates?! Friday 28th February 2014 Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker are warming down from training. “Per, what is this Stoke everyone is talking about?” asks Mesut, innocently.”It is somewhere new for me and I was thinking of taking meine Frau with me and making a weekend […]
We reached 100 Red Cards Result aside, The Arsenal and Arsene Wenger achieved a landmark on Wednesday. Wojciech Szczesny became the 100th player to be sent off during Arsene’s tenure and to mark this momentous occasion, below is TheSundayMorningGooner’s homage. (Old Skool song, but think it works?) WE’VE REACHED 100 RED CARDS (Lyrics by TheSundayMorningGooner, […]
Arsene Wenger: A Successful Failure? Josie Mourinho came back to the Premier League claiming he’d turned a new leaf. A more humane, more palatable version than the one that graced us with his presence 10 years ago. But true to form, when the going gets tough, the mouth gets going. In November 2005, Josie stepped […]
Have the Arsenal had their Achilles heal exposed & severed. For all the flair, guile & ability, has the soft underbelly been flipped over & left in the sun to be pecked at by the big team vultures. Again, we get on the plane to the North West, to a top 6 contender & boom […]
Championship Manager 01/02 and Advance The Arsenal Flair I did have an awesome blog prepared on how good a signing Kim Kallstrom was, based on his ranking in Championship Manager 01/02, but then he went and got injured, so that fell flat on its arse. Kim, Say hello to Abo So instead I went with […]
The Arsenal have announced a major signing that has been endorsed by club captain Thomas Vermaelen. Both exiles from the Ajax school of football. A defensive midfielder and Dutch international, only six games short of the 100 club, they will bring added steel to the centre of the park, complimenting the already expressive midfield unit […]
Having caught up with my Doctor Who obsession with a Saturday night marathon (keeps me awake for 2am kick offs!), I think I might have overdosed, as my mind seems to have taken a trip in time and dimensions in space… World Cup Diary of Mikel aged 32 1/3 Thursday June 12th 2014 and Mikel […]
