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CHELSEA, MANGA & THE HAMSTER WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Hello and how are you? Sunday the 16th March sees a visit to Ashburton Grove from our west London neighbours, Chelsea FC. Kick off is at 1.30pm, western European time. Years ago an artist called Hokusai (pron: Hock-sigh) made lots of small interesting sketches, these were know as whimsical pictures, or translated into Japanese: ‘manga’. […]
THE GUNS OF LAST STAND HILL Pt 2
Hello and how are you? Wednesday the 12th of March will see the Mighty Cannon in action in the return leg of the CL last 16 and that means a visit from PSV Eindhoven. Kick off at the Emirates is at 8.00pm western European time. Well, after another blooming draw, this time against lowly Man […]
THEM, BEING BLOCKED AND THE GUN
Hello, and how are you? Sunday the 9th of March sees the Mighty Cannon haul its gun-carriage up to the northern marches of England for a visit to Old Trafford as we take on 14th placed Manchester United. Kick off is at 4.30pm western European time. All week I’ve been stumped, blocked (not in the […]
THE GUNS OF LAST STAND HILL Pt 1
Hello and how are you? Tuesday the 4th of March sees the Mighty Cannon set up positions against the Dutch side Philips Sport Vereniging Eindhoven in the latest installment of Champions League games. Kick off at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven is at 8.00pm western European time. Its seems an age since we physically played against […]
THE GUN, THE FOREST AND THE EINSTEIN.
Hello and how are you? Premier league week 27 sees the Mighty Cannon hauling its Arsenal up to the waist lands of England to make a visit to PL third place Nottingham Forest and the City ground. Kick off 7.30pm western Europa time. As I sit and try to cobble together some kind of rambling […]
The Loss Of Love In Footnall.
I will say good day, but it actually is a miserable dank day which is matched by my mood. I was minded to say “I’m done, I’m out, have a good life”, shut the blog down and live out what remains of my days as an occasional spectator of Arsenal and indeed, football. Then I […]
LOUDER MILK, WEST HAM AND AND OTHER BITS.
Hello and how are you? Saturday the 22nd of February sees the Mighty Cannon back in action against our east London chums, West Ham, for the second and last time this season. Kick off is at 3.00pm western European time at Ashburton Grove. Well time flies even if you’re not having fun or speeding out […]
A Challenge Bigger Than Just Leicester.
Hi everyone. We are back and so is the football. All the talk is about our injuries, and once again the fans are divided. Mikel lovers say it’s just pure bad luck, while his detractors blame bad squad management and heavy workload due to other injuries. Theb more you have, the more the work load, […]
Big Turnaround Required At Newcastle.
Hello all. Tonight we take a trip up to the extremity of our homeland , St. James Park, trying to turn a 2 goal deficit into a win, in order to progress to the final of the League Cup. A daunting task if I do say. I thought we were very unluck to lose the […]
The Rivalry….Of Sorts.
Hello all. Today at 4.30 P.M. we take on our big rivals, Manchester City. Well, that’s what we like to think and what much of the media has billed it, not sure what we are fighting for this season all the same. Both teams are out of the title race, and have been since November. […]
Positively Arsenal 