Tag: Super Sunday
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I suppose I better take Arsenal seriously!!
The most venerated and senior bastion of the local press pack ground a particular axe for so long there must be nothing but the handle left. Now read on… It related to the wholly devoted adoration people in this country have to soccer teams across the water. Which mostly means England or Glasgow Celtic. Though […]
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Man charged with Aaron Ramsdale assault
The Metropolitan Police in the UK announced on Tuesday night that an arrest had been made following the fracas at the end of Sunday’s North London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Joseph Watts (35) of Hackney, London, was charged with “Assault by beating, going on to an area adjacent to a playing area and […]
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When do reasons simply become excuses?
The most plausible answer to the above pondering is, most likely, when people run out of patience. Which, in top level sport, happens with the rapidity Boris Johnson’s gaffes once provided Russell Howard with material and the rest of us with comic relief. In some cases, though, one can’t help feeling that the impatience is […]
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Fulham draw the short straw as opening pairings revealed
If you are a newly promoted side to the Premier League, surely your greatest wish would be to eased gently into life in the top flight. Nobody wants to be taking a pasting during the initial bedding in phase. Yet that must be exactly what Fulham will fear following the publication of the first round […]
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Masterstroke or madness?
It’s said sporting stars, be they human or equine, never come back as good as they once were after a long term layoff. Of course, in most instances, it refers returning from injury. Occasionly, though, it’s a case of the road coming back to meet itself. Gareth Bale going back to Tottenham, Neil Lennon returning […]