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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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