By Bulldog Drummond Of course you don’t actually need to know anything about Brentford ahead of the Arsenal v Brentford game but since no one is writing much about the match I thought I’d jump in a bit early and add a few comments before the “all you need to know” articles start being plastered …
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By Tony Attwood Now here is a surprising statement. “Two-thirds of Arsenal fans are urging the club to take the unprecedented step of rescinding the season tickets of those who regularly fail to attend home matches.” Surprising because it seems a fairly draconian measure. And surprising to me because none of the people I asked …
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By Tony Attwood The media in general has an approach to refereeing which runs like this. On occasion they will spot an offside decision that is not given, and make a fuss about it. That’s it in one line. They don’t ask why. They don’t ask if it happens against one team more than another. …
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