.
Oh! the irony
travelling for a ‘home’ game
come on you Gunners
.
by Scooj
Tag: Soccer
Silver lining
.
Dark clouds lingering
England put under the sword
Saka my hero
.
by Scooj
Final(ly)
.
This Italophile
makes no apologies for
cheering on England
.
by Scooj
The hope
.
Three lions enter
warming to this England side
it begins again
.
by Scooj
Quarter final
.
We’re drawn together
a collective ambition
England and Saint George
.
by Scooj
England v Germany
.
Two old enemies
battle it out on the pitch
to the victor, spoils
.
by Scooj
Euro 2020
.
Round of last sixteen
the gift that keeps on giving
more than just a game
.
by Scooj
14
.
Painting the town red
and not forgetting the white
Arsenal winners
.
by Scooj
* Arsenal win the FA Cup and that means an awful lot to this life-long fan. This has been an awful season, but the team have given us something to smile about… at last.
A long wait
.
Arsenal are back
the premiership resumes
I am conflicted.
.
by Scooj
* I am not sure about the rushed resumption of football. I always favoured an abandoned season and reset to starting this season next season, but the money gets in the way.
Baku haiku
Preparing myself
for a disappointing night;
learned pessimism.
by Scooj
- As a lifelong Arsenal fan, I am used to the upset of disappointing European nights. The best form of protecting myself from any hurt is to enter into the spirit of things with very low expectations. Arsenal take on Chelsea in the Europa Leage final in the rather bizarre setting of Baku in Azerbaijan tonight, and in my mind we have already lost and I am trying to come up with a coping mechanism.
