To the shock of absolutely nobody, I didn’t want England to win the Euros. I make no apologies for it. It’s how football works. When Arsenal went out of the Europa League, I didn’t start supporting Man Utd because they got further. On the contrary, I put pretty much all the energy that was left […]
On Friday night, England’s ruthless Under-21 side continued their unbeaten qualifying campaign for next years European Championships with a comprehensive 0-6 victory against Kosovo, which saw Arsenal youngster – Eddie Nketiah – captain the side and put the game out of sight with a 10-minute hat-trick early in the second half. The array of talent […]
Under a sunny Swiss sky in 2008, at a café near Basel, Arsène Wenger made his pitch. And a young, 17-year-old Welshman listened. Six years later, Aaron Ramsey delivered Arsenal their first trophy since 2005. Ramsey is all that remains Wenger’s British core; a generation of players whose moments of brilliance form a collage of […]
It’s been quite a while but who fancies another trip down memory lane in the time machine. Today we’re going all the way back to November 1960. When Arsenal signed a man who every player plying their trade in England today owes a small debt of gratitude. It’s playmaker supreme George Eastham. George was the […]
Our friends at EA SPORTS have provided us with some fascinating data which compares some of the biggest players from the best represented major nations in the Premier League (Brazil, England, France, Belgium, Spain). Statistics provided by EA SPORTS provide an interesting showcase of which country possesses the greatest attacking threat in the Premier League. This […]
It a sunny autumn day in North London and Arsene is sat in his office reading The Telegraph when the phone rings: “Bonjour, Arsene Wenger here, how may I help?” “Hi Arsene, its Greg Clarke (from The FA) here, how are you?” “Oh Hi, Greg, before you start, the answers no.” “Now wait on Arsene, […]
We’re a bit insular in our country. What’s the difference between Cameron & Hodgson? One led a failed campaign to stay in Europe and then resigned, the other…..oh!!!! So there you have it, England are out of Europe twice in four days and Hodgson joins Cameron in deserting a sinking ship. Neither had a plan […]
I have had this blog tooling around in my head for a while and my apologies for being away, but there has not been much for me to write about, with England mostly being dissected to death on the news websites. But this is a blog more about England and not Arsenal. As an England […]
Hi. The round of last 16 was concluded on Monday evening and so here I am. I originally intended to maybe review it in 2 parts, but the first three games were so dire they made for very little writing material, hence the on-the-go change of plans. Lo and behold. France 2-1 Ireland Deschamps reverted […]
Hi. Once again it took me longer to get back here than I originally thought it would. However a combination of pretty dull football during the weekend and the fact very few our players were involved then restricted me from writing earlier. Now we finally have something to chew on. Hence, without further ado… Switzerland […]
