Tottenham v Arsenal. Injuries, team selections and weird statistics.

by Bulldog Drummond Here’s a good headline from the BBC: No Premier League fixture has seen more penalties scored than the north London derby – 19 have been netted in total. So that sets the scene for a game of leg breaking.  Here are the men already injured… Calum Chambers Left knee. Ruptured anterior cruciate …

“The Doldrums Derby” How the media is denigrating Tottenham v Arsenal

By Bulldog Drummond I am not sure that calling Tottenham v Arsenal the “Doldrums Derby” as the Mail did was valid.  Did they label any Chelsea game like that when they sank to 10th, or any Liverpool match when they were in the lower reaches and spending 30 years without a League title?  No, of …