POINTY, SHOUTY, MATTY Missing in action May 5th 2008 was a sad day in Arsenal’s history. It was the beginning of the end for the (In my opinion) best Arsenal squad since the Invincibles (current squad excluded). Monsieur Mathieu signed for AC Milan. Many fans, at the time, felt he had left too soon, stating […]
A Moment A Love A Dream A Laugh A Kiss A Cry Our Rights Our Wrongs A moment ahh, a love, a dream, a laugh A moment ahh, a love, a dream, a laugh So stay there, Cause I’ll be coming over And while our bloods still young so young it […]
[heading size=”5″]The Inter-lull: Parts 1 and 2[/heading] Part 1: And did these feet in ancient times….. Should England be for the English? Jack Wilshire has stirred the jingoistic hornets’ nest with his recent comments: “The only people who should play for England are English people, if you live in England for five years it doesn’t […]
The Far Side Q (& A) Are You A “Grade A” Arse? by Steve Wellman Following the apparent popularity of The Arsenal Citizenship Test, I thought I’d give a monthly Arsenal quiz a go. This months results will be graded as follows: 0 to 5: Dumb Arse 6 to 10: ‘Arf An Arse 11 to […]
The Far Side Q (& A) Are You A “Grade A” Arse? by Steve Wellman Following the apparent popularity of The Arsenal Citizenship Test, I thought I’d give a monthly Arsenal quiz a go. This months results will be graded as follows: 0 to 5: Dumb Arse 6 to 10: ‘Arf An Arse 11 to […]
Far Side View Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a young boy called Niki who dreamed of playing football. So to fulfil his dreams, at the tender age of 17 he left Kjøbenhavns Boldklub to join The Arsenal, where he met Arturo Lupoli and they became best of friends. Steve […]
Far Side View Follow Rambo’s journey from deepest darkest South Wales to the bright lights of London to start a new career with The Arsenal and his progression from being the kid who choose Wenger over Fergie, to becoming only the second player born in the 1990s to score a Champions League goal. It could […]
Far Side View As I have been away sunning myself for a long weekend in Noosa (it’s in Queensland if you don’t know), I haven’t had time to write my usual musings. So I thought I’d do a quick list of my weekend highlights. Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST […]
Far Side View Sö the circus that is the summer transfer windöw is finally över and we find öurselves in the midst öf anöther ‘Inter-lull’, perfectly placed tö disrupt the seasöns mömentum. Such is FIFA’s want. One way to relieve the boredom, in the short term at least, could be, say, to undertake some sort of […]
Far Side View This week’s edition of The FarSideView is a bit of a mash up and a bit of a muddle. Please accept my apologies in advance. It’s partly a piece I started a couple of weeks ago (and never really got around to finishing) and partly inspired by a three-word Tweet last Thursday. […]
