Man U 2, Arsenal 0 (again)

I decided to check out other people’s photographs, tagged with ‘Arsenal’. Not bad! At least there’s a different perspective – as if we were one of the fans, looking at the whole pitch rather than close up. Then I discovered Flickr’s Arsenal clusters – which lets me zoom in on particular matches like Bergkamp’s testimonial…

After doing the usual household chores, I settled down to watch Galatasaray beat Juventus. Juve are in the last 16 anyway, so it doesn’t matter. It’s been ages since I watched my World Cup favourite Hasan Sas play. As expected, fouls were committed, the usual tempers erupted, and numerous awards for ‘best soap opera’ should…

It was the time of the year again, that the old titans of the English Premier League clashed. Though somehow I think yesterday’s Liverpool v Chelsea match was talked about more. Arsenal had already beaten Man United this season at Old Trafford. Both sides were in good form. The jury was out on the final…

One of English football’s modern mysteries: How Liverpool can get so far in the Champions’ League, yet lose to one of the bottom teams in the Premiership today. Maybe it’s Everton’s turn to shine next season in Europe – they certainly got a kick out of beating Wayne Rooney’s current team. Ironically, his leaving them…

Not a convincing win for England. Even if I were an England fan, I wouldn’t be happy with this win. England fizzled out in the second half, and anyway Austria didn’t have anything to lose. Their goalkeeper was very good. Without Wayne Rooney, there was no finishing, with many good passes ending up as missed…

This is a belated discovery, considering that: I decided to support Arsenal before they went on their unbeaten streak (ie, a few years ago) I have already made many friends online, through other interests such as web standards and blogging It did occur to me on several occasions that there might be an Arsenal fan…