Ah, the North London Derby. A rivalry that stretches over 90 years (94 to be exact). But I have to admit that in my early days of supporting Arsenal (early 1990’s), I knew nothing about the history. Watching the game outside of England in pre-internet days was a completely different experience — I only got to catch snippets of some games and was completely at the mercy of the tv coverage. Words such as “local rivalry”, “fierce neighbours” during the match commentary atleast provided me with some context on what a derby meant but I never did truly know the...
OK, Bay Area Gooners, it’s derby time, so come on down to cheer the Gunners on against Spurs!
Saturday, December 22, 2007 Match time is 4:45AM PST but Maggie’s is showing it (tape-delayed) at 8:00AM.
Maggie McGarrys, a pub in North Beach regularly shows Premiership action on their 5 flat-screen televisions, and anyone who’s heard the bartender, Patrick’s tales of the football he saw growing up in England, knows it’s a great place to catch a match! Maggie’s is fast becoming Arsenal headquarters for Bay Area Gooners!
We all knew it would be, and sure enough, Arsenal were drawn against Spurs for the semi-final round of the Carling Cup. The semi-final is a two-legged tie, and the first match will take place at the Grove on either the 8th or 9th of January, while the second will be at Spurs the week of January 21st.
In the other tie, it’s Chelsea v Everton, so a rematch of last year’s controversial final is still a possibility.
Arsenal post a two goal lead, let it fitter away, go down to ten men, and then come back in dramatic fashion in extra time to win tonight’s Carling Cup quarter-final at Blackburn.
The young Arsenal side looked in top form as Abou Diaby, and then Eduardo both scored to put the Gunners up early. However, Blackburn were up for it, and came roaring back so that with about 30 minutes left in the match, the score was tied 2-2.
The match was all set to go to extra time when Denilson, who was already carrying a yellow card for an early challenge, made a stupid tackle and got a...
A cracking win against Chelsea and a big pointer as far as I am concerned towards the growing maturity of this side. It wasn’t about the win really. When we headed in the first goal I was looking for just 1 thing in the second half. How would we react to that? Would we close shop and suck up pressure and let Chelsea hit us hard? Or would we play a pressing attacking game and not allow Chelsea to control the game at all like they did in last season’s dead clash in that 1-1 draw. Got my answer in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Chelsea did not dominate at all and I didn’t...
Sorry all, I was out of town all weekend, and I guess Dan must have been too. Anyway, a great win for the Gunners yesterday as Captain Mohawk headed Arsenal to a 1-0 win over Chelsea. I’m sure you’re all post-match discussion-ed out, but if there’s any more left in you, have at it below.
On a fateful afternoon in August of 1998, Matt Hornberger found himself in a central London pub watching the Charity Shield match between Arsenal FC and Manchester United.
Matt recalls, “The Manchester United fans were classless wankers, so I was hoping for an Arsenal win.” History tells us, Matt’s hopes were realized as The Gunners won 3-0.
Some time later, Matt crossed paths with Arsenal supporters from his local pub, and says, “I’ve been a fan ever since.”
Matt became the Chicago Branch Manager in 2005, but demurs, “In all honesty, our branch manager in...
Abou Diaby and Robin van Persie both started and played extremely well (the former opening the scoring just eight minutes in, the latter setting up Nick Bendtner’s 40th minute winner), while Theo Walcott used the opportunity to show further glimpses into his potential as the Gunners cruised to a meaningless 2-1 win over Steau. The result was rendered moot by virtue of three second half goals by Sevilla over Slavia in Prague to give the Andalucians top spot in the group.
Finishing second means that we will have to play one of the group winners. Eliminating Sevilla and the English...
It seems that no one’s really all that fired up for this one, as evidenced by the fact that it kicks off in just a matter of hours, and we’ve yet to receive a preview submission from any of the usual suspects.
It’s not all that surprising really. Given the team that Arsene sent out in Sevilla, it’s not much of a stretch to think that this game is just another testing ground for some of the second stringers and those returning from injury. Jens Lehmann will make his first start in 200 years, so if that doesn’t underscore the meaninglessness of this match,...
Hey guys, we all know Arsene Wenger is a master of finding talent young - I wonder if he saw this:
Yep, that’s a young Thierry Henry, already banging in the goals at age 11. Oh, and there is also footage of a couple of other stud athletes, Tiger Woods...
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