There are a few things to be certain of in 2020: Donald Trump will make an arse out of himself on multiple occasions. The X Factor will run yet another truly terrible series. And Liverpool will win the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp has created a fantastically well-oiled machine, who have proved themselves capable of churning… Keep Reading
Arsenal’s decision to appoint managerial greenhorn Mikel Arteta as the Gunners’ new head coach in December last year was a gamble that the majority of the club’s supporters wanted them to make. The former Arsenal captain and two-time FA Cup winner had been one of the leading candidates to replace Arsene Wenger along with Emery… Keep Reading
I’ve never really liked the phrase “that’s what football’s all about”. It’s overused, not very insightful, and can be applied to basically any facet of the game. Here are some examples of things that could claim to be what football is “all about”: results, bringing people together, a good slide tackle, limbs, money, goals, winning… Keep Reading
’Twas Hallows Eve, when all throughout the North, tempers flared and so anger came forth. Curses and rants swarmed Arsenal Fan TV, while crooked fingers lay towards Dele Alli. This is a tale of two establishments, possessing a bitter rivalry spanning decades, who have well and truly been struck by the fear of Halloween. The… Keep Reading
The “God of the Gaps” argument is a theological outlook where the gaps in scientific knowledge are evidence or proof of gods existence, physical or otherwise. On the whole, it was a criticism used by people to refine ‘God’ to only the gaps science cannot explain – it is merely a pro-science argument. This will… Keep Reading
The 2019/20 football season has brought us many new things. VAR has been introduced to the Premier League, Steve Bruce is now the Newcastle head coach, and, for a brief moment, Paddy Power emblazoned themselves on Huddersfield’s new kit in a horrific ‘Miss Universe’ style satchel. There have also been some rather consequential rule changes… Keep Reading
Steve Bruce’s arrival at Newcastle United in July was met with a huge backlash from a significant proportion of Magpies supporters. The Northumberland-born Toon fan was low on everyone’s wish list (if he even appeared on any wish lists!) for the St James’ Park hotseat and thousands took to social media to ridicule his appointment.… Keep Reading
On Friday, I went to watch “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with my girlfriend at the cinema. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t care for spoilers, then I can promise that this article will reveal nothing of importance to the film… but I can also promise that that is exactly what a… Keep Reading
I was going to open this plea for sanity with a philosophical quote about the virtues of patience or something similarly clever, but why overcomplicate things when something simple would suffice? That’s the sort of thing that keeps getting Marcus Rashford in trouble isn’t it? Manchester United’s home-grown line leader continues to polarize opinion as… Keep Reading
Arsenal’s £175m front-three were starting for the first time. Tottenham were looking to bounce back after a dismal defeat to Newcastle. Eriksen and Mkhitaryan were potentially playing their last games for their respective clubs. And Xhaka was starting. Anything could’ve happened. But in what was a symbolic derby between the North London clubs, it was… Keep Reading
