Arsenal Under-18s beat Everton to reach semi-finals of FA Youth Cup.

By Tony Attwood There are all sorts of parallels between the FA Cup and the FA Youth Cup.   For example, the biggest teams enter in the 3rd round after a series of preliminary rounds are played out (six in the case of the FA Youth Cup).   And we played Everton in the quarter finals.  And …

Laurent Koscielny, the President of France, me and the accordionist.

By Tony Attwood There is story often told among Morris Men (dancers and musicians who perform a peculiarly English set of folk dances dating back to the Mediaeval era) about four people being stuck in a lift.  One is Stalin, one is Hitler, one is an accordionist and the final one has a gun with …

Arsenal – Everton, the good luck man had a nice trip

By Walter Broeckx, also known as the 4 to 1 Gooner Well it was another fine experience for me as a Gooner from outside England. It all started off rather early for me. At 5.00 in the morning local time. That is 4.00 English time.  As it was a rather early kick off and we …

This is why you have to be careful when you abuse your own players

By Walter Broeckx As I follow Per Mertesacker on the social media a bit I had the pleasure of reading this post (below) on his time line.  Now I must say that following the German players on the social media is rather interesting. They talk about the charity work and are rather active in general …