Posted in Fan Experience, Season Review on May 29th, 2024
I’ve stated many times on this forum that I prefer my football live. In doing so I’m very conscious of my privilege in being able to attend matches, home and away. Many readers of this blog cannot get to games, either because they live overseas or far away, find the expenditure of time and money […]
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Posted in Season Review on May 24th, 2024
The story of Arsenal’s 2023/24 season My sense is that I am writing an article on a season that has not fully concluded. We have theoretically lost the league (for the second consecutive season) to a team facing 115 charges and they must soon face the scrutiny that those charges will bring. So any analysis […]
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Embed from Getty Images One of the cliches that is regularly trotted out on sports media programmes is that ‘Football is a game of opinions.’ Cliché it may be but the reality is that the debate and discussion between fans, which after all is one of the main reasons that the original Goonerholic blog was created, […]
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Posted in Season Review on Jun 10th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images (another long read) Serious contenders or a flash in the pan? Last week we left Arsenal as very unexpected leaders of the Premier League as we moved inexorably towards 2023. When football resumed after the World Cup could they maintain their incredible form? Christmas 2022 gave us the first indication. After […]
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Posted in Season Review on Jun 3rd, 2023
LONG READ Embed from Getty Images Part 1 Success we never contemplated In this two-part season review I have attempted to look at a number of the key aspects of an extraordinary football season. One that contained many surprises, most of them very pleasant, some unexpected and several which will make 2022/23 a season that […]
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