Tag: Arsenal
Posted on 15/05/2011
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I seem to have spent the week end unsuccessfully dodging cloud bursts. Having decided to skip yesterday’s La Vencoise we enjoyed a lengthy ride along the coast, arriving home just after the rain started. Meanwhile, the 400 riders who started La Vencoise enjoyed mixed fortunes. If… Continue Reading “Super Sunday”
Category: Cycle Club Events, Cycling, Football, MotoGPTags: Alberto Contador, Andrea Iannone, Androni Giocattoli, Arsenal, AVFC, Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, Darren Bent, Efren Vazquez, Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli, Jorge Lorenzo, Jose Rujano, Lampre-NGC, Liquigas-Cannondale, Marc Marquez, Marco Simoncelli, Maverick Vinales, Michele Scarponi, Nancy, Nicolas Terol, OGCN, Oscar Gatto, Randy de Puniet, Saxobank-Sungard, Stefan Bradl, Valentino Rossi, Vicenzo Nibali, Yuki Takahashi
Posted on 02/03/2011
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My beloved departed yesterday afternoon which is probably just as well given how busy the last couple of days have been. The weather’s not been ideal: grey, chilly and drizzly. Not great for Carnival but the lower temperatures and more snow have assured great… Continue Reading “Bountiful”
Category: Cycle Club Events, FootballTags: Agritubel, Arsenal, Chelsea, Cofidis, Geoffroy Lequatre, Manchester United, OGCN, Paris-Nice, Reims, Team RadioShack
Posted on 24/02/2011
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Having devoted yesterday’s post to a round up of the cycling, today I felt I should turn my attention to the football. I will, of course, firstly address the two clubs closest to my heart: namely, AVFC and OGCN. The former didn’t play at the week and as… Continue Reading “Handily poised”
Category: FootballTags: AC Milan, Arsenal, AS Rome, AVFC, Bayern Munich, Birmingham City FC, Champion's League, Chelsea, FC Barcelona, FC Copenhagen, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, OGCN, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique Marseille, PSG, Real Madrid, Schalke 04, Shaktar Donetsk, Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia CF, WBA
Posted on 22/11/2010
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The weather’s been a bit of a curate’s egg this week as we slide inexorably towards winter. Rain on the coast has translated into snow in the mountains where they may well be about to experience their third consecutive great winter. Many of the… Continue Reading “Lightweight”
Category: Cycling, FootballTags: Arsenal, Ashley Young, AVFC, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Brad Friedel, Chelsea, David Ospina, Fulham, Gabi Agbonlahor, Manchester City, Manchester United, Montpelier, Morten Gamst Pedersen, OGCN, Robert Pires, Sam Allardyce, Spurs
Posted on 29/03/2010
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At the beginning of the season, Martin O’Neil, AVFC’s wondrous football manager attempted (unsuccessfully) to manage the fans’ expectations. He cautioned that with the teams around us having strengthened their squads, we would do well to hold onto 6th place. We’re currently lying 7th, 7 points behind… Continue Reading “Hot money”
Category: FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Bordeaux, Champion's League, Chelsea, CSK Moscow, FA Cup, Inter Milan, League Cup, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Martin O'Neil, OGCN, Tottenham Hotspur, Wembley, World Cup 2010 South Africa
Posted on 24/01/2010
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It feels like I’ve been away for weeks, not four days. I’ll never moan about the weather here ever again. Coming in to land at Gatwick, I found myself looking out on a bleak wintery landscape swirling with snow. I bought myself a salad lunch… Continue Reading “Thank heavens, I’m back”
Posted on 14/12/2009
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Yesterday evening, Ryan Giggs (PFA Player of the Year) was voted BBC Sport’s Personality of the Year. He’d obviously not expected to win as he’d not prepared, or even thought to prepare, a speech. Nonetheless, it was a well deserved and popular award. He’s always struck me as the “model… Continue Reading “Quelle surprise!”
Posted on 13/12/2009
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A brave baker’s dozen set out from the club’s rendez vous point this morning. The sky was leaden and it was cold, damp, still wet under foot from the storms the night before and the hills behind were now dusted with snow. We rode… Continue Reading “Chilled”
Category: Cycle Club Events, FootballTags: Alberto Contador, Arsenal, Astana, AVFC, Bontrager, Champs Elysees, Golfe Juan, Lance, Lens, Liverpool, OGCN, Orbea, Pisa, Team RadioShack, Tucson
Posted on 12/12/2009
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Yes, I’ve had three pieces of excellent news this weekend. First up, my cycling club has retained its departmental championship (2eme series). We were 3rd overall, just behind the two much larger local clubs. Seventy-three team mates turned out for the pointage, just over 75% of our cyclists.… Continue Reading “Good news comes in threes”
Category: Cycle Club Events, Cycling, FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Chelsea, David Beckham, Everton, Gabi Agbonlahor, Liverpool, Manchester United, Old Trafford, Spurs, Wolves
Posted on 30/11/2009
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We woke yesterday morning at 07:00am to find that it had been raining in the early hours but was now, thanks to a stiff wind, starting to dry out. The sky was positively leaden and, while we doubted we would make it to the… Continue Reading “Lights out”
Category: Cycle Club Events, FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Barcelona, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, OGCN, Promenade des Anglais, Real Madrid, Sochaux, Spurs
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