Arsenal will forever be in my heart. But a little bit of love for the club I have followed for 40 years died yesterday thanks to a box office wallah who effectively denied me the chance to take my boy, aged six, to Stoke.
All I wanted to do was collect a ticket from the Britannia box office, a duplicate of one that hadn’t arrived in the post to a mate on the away season ticket scheme. Simple, right? Er, no. Let me explain. My mate lives and works in Scotland and wasn’t going to the game so as a gift suggested I take Josh on him. Cheers, mate, the Arsenal family spreading the love. Josh could go to his first away game having already been 10 times to see the Gunners at the Emirates.
All I had to do was ring the box office and explain. I did. In short the girl on the blower wasn’t having it. She pointed out that only the intended recipient could collect the ticket. Yes, but he is in Scotland and isn’t going and he is giving me the ticket I argued.
Again, she pointed out that only the intended recipient could collect the ticket. Surely, I countered, the rules could be bent a little to allow me to take my son to the game. To nurture the supporters of the future. To support a club under fire after hiking season ticket prices and membership costs. To support a club without silverware since 2005. To support a club that could do with all the support it could get given the current movement opposing so much about the Arsenal of 2011. At a virtual dead rubber of a game with only Champions League qualification riding on it. I say ‘only’ – Lord know that other lot would celebrate long into the night at this achievement – but, to qualify that, we could have been going to Stoke to win the title.
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I added that they could check me out as a loyal follower with home and away season tickets and that surely my ID would suffice along with the permission of the guy who owned the ticket. After repeating myself and adopting a heated, incredulous tone but still getting an unswerving monotone response I asked to speak to the away scheme manager. I was put on hold but lost the plot and slammed the phone down in anger at the Emirates entrenchment.
Two minutes later a bloke called Jason called to berate me about my attitude. I was, according to him, “rude and agrressive”. I argued that I was merely frustrated and wasn’t rude, didn’t swear and delivered what I thought, even if I say so myself, was a reasoned, eloquent argument. I then pointed out that if he was only ringing to question my attitude then the conversation should end sharpish. What other business rings their customers to have a go at then once they have questioned their service? Unbelievable.
I couldn’t reason with Jason. I couldn’t talk to him about my Dad collecting me from the schoolboys at Highbury to go into the cavernous, wondrous North Bank. Peanuts, all roasted. My first NLD at WHL in 1975. Liam Brady. Brussels 1980. Oxford Road against the Mancs early 80s. The agony of York away. The joy of Anfield 89. More than 60 grounds in Europe following MY team.
Yes, I’ll be at Stoke, but my nipper won’t be. My six-year-old son who runs round the house singing, “Ooh, ahh Ray Parlour” and is being brought up like me and his Grandad before him to be Arsenal, will miss out. I don’t suppose it will bother the likes of Ivan Gazidis and will have zero impact on the club’s corporate goals and ideology of global domination. But ignoring the lifeblood of the club, its loyal fans, is to do so at its peril. As for our excellent manager Arsene Wenger – an utter genius who I admire greatly – I quite understand why he has too much on his plate to let one whining fan upset the Emirates evolution. Don’t ever take my Arsenal away, eh?
A few weeks ago I read about the Black Scarf chaps who are marching from Blackstock Road to the ground to voice their concern about the deepening division between what you might call old school supporters and the club. Not for me, I thought. I ‘support’ the Arsenal, don’t we have enough detractors without rebelling ourselves?
Then I spoke to Jason. Now I am joining the march. It has hit me that I am the very same supporter, with the same set of beliefs, for whom these boys are marching.
And my away season ticket for the next campaign? You can stick it right up your Arsenal.
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Every football fan likes to think that they’re a bit of a know-it-all when it comes to footy trivia. We often boast about how much we know about the club we support and can list statistics and honours from years gone by like they’re our phone number. We only get to show off this knowledge on rare occasions, though. The pub quiz at your local may have a couple of football questions thrown in, while fantasy football gives you a chance to show how spot on you are when it comes to valuing players from the Premier League. But now there’s an opportunity to really show off and prove that you’re a football anorak!
Big Match Striker challenges football fans in the ultimate test of football trivia. In this brand new game you’ll have to know your football history and be right up to date with the latest football news to have any chance of defeating your opponents. But a fantastic knowledge of football alone will not be enough as you’ll also need to be an astute tactician in the same vein as Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsenal gaffer Arsene Wenger to guide your team to glory.
You will need to use your skills as a chairman, manager and player to transfer your club from minnows in the lower division to global superstars. The aim of the game is simple: to win matches. However, this will require you to have a vast knowledge of famous football moments from years past and to know exactly what’s been going on in the Premier League, Championship and Football League in recent weeks. Basically, if you follow football intensely and have done for a long time then Big Match Striker will be right up your street.
Once you get started you’ll soon be hooked and buying ‘stamina’ so that you can play more and more matches and rise up the leagues. All you need to do is correctly respond to the questions posed quicker than your opponent and work your way up the field before finding the back of the net. If you’re victorious you’ll earn ‘smackers’, which is the in-game currency and will allow you to buy players and upgrade your stadium, something that Liverpool haven’t even been able to do in recent months!
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With new questions added each and every week, Big Match Striker is the most up-to-date online football game out there. With the opportunity to challenge your mates and create your own leagues you can really show who knows the most about footy. If you think you’re the Lionel Messi of the football trivia world then you can join the Big Match Striker community now by downloading the game for free at www.bigmatchonline.com.
The timing was exquisite. As the nation prepared to drown itself in a sea of alcohol and spend the following day feeling very sorry indeed, the FA decided to release the 115-page document explaining the reasons behind the 8-match ban for Luis Suarez for making racist comments to Patrice Evra, also documenting the full process from beginning to end.
What was clear having ploughed through its contents was that the FA and the independent panel had done their homework. Every angle had been covered, every piece of evidence obtained, every possible witness spoken to, every ‘i’ dotted, every ‘t’ crossed. Nothing was left untouched, including the ramifications of the final decision. What was even clearer (to me and surely millions more) was that the actions of Liverpool immediately after the size of the ban was announced have ensured that this great club’s name has been thoroughly dragged through the mud.
All fans are blinkered to some extent towards the discrepancies of their own club, players, manager and fellow fans. But a section of Liverpool fans have simply refused to accept that the decision was just, or even that their player did anything wrong (something the player himself has admitted). Predictably, since the allegation was first made, a lot of fans have settled on their viewpoint along club lines. With little or no evidence available, they decided it was a disgrace, or entirely justified. Liverpool fans were dismayed that he could be banned for one person’s word against another’s. Suddenly they were all experts in South American linguistics too, having hastily read on the internet whatever arguments backed up their individual viewpoint.
What staggered me most though was Liverpool’s response to the initial ban. To call it ill-advised would be doing it a disservice. Staggeringly, flabbergasting, moronically ill-advised might be closer to the truth. The club may not have agreed with the decision (for reasons that escape me), but there is a way to deal with such things, and that wasn’t it. Surely the sensible option would have been a quick statement, expressing their disappointment at the decision, and that they would make further comment on release of the official document. United, and Alex Ferguson, recognised that it was best to keep quiet and let the process take its natural course.
But not Liverpool. They somehow decided that full-frontal offensive drive was the order of the day. Their statement was a horrible mishmash of flimsy evidence, spurious claims and mistruths.
‘It is also our opinion that the accusation by this particular player was not credible – certainly no more credible than his prior unfounded accusations.’
The assertion in their official statement that Patrice Evra “has form” for this sort of thing is quite simply a lie. It needs repeating, again, that the two past allegations of racist abuse against Evra were not made by the player himself. One was made by a deaf United fan who had lip-read comments, another was overheard by Mike Phelan. Such a distortion of the truth can be expected in some quarters, but a football club with a PR department and legal representatives should perhaps be setting their sights a tad higher. It was a claim Dalglish first made to the referee when first hearing about the allegation post-match.
‘We find it extraordinary that Luis can be found guilty on the word of Patrice Evra alone…’
Oh dear. As we shall see, all parties accepted the case was not a case of one man’s word against another’s, thought it was of course at the heart of the allegation. More lies.
‘It is key to note that Patrice Evra himself in his written statement in this case said ‘I don’t think that Luis Suarez is racist’. The FA in their opening remarks accepted that Luis Suarez was not racist.’
Well done Liverpool – you have realised that he was not banned for being a racist. What point beyond this were they trying to make?
‘Luis himself is of a mixed race family background as his grandfather was black…He has played with black players and mixed with their families whilst with the Uruguay national side and was Captain at Ajax Amsterdam of a team with a proud multi-cultural profile, many of whom became good friends.’
The barrel is now truly being scraped. My “best friends” argument is one that reeks of desperation. And proves nothing anyway, being irrelevant to the case, except for the mention elsewhere of the panel wanting to have a very strong burden of proof.
‘We would also like to know when the FA intend to charge Patrice Evra with making abusive remarks to an opponent after he admitted himself in his evidence to insulting Luis Suarez in Spanish in the most objectionable of terms. Luis, to his credit, actually told the FA he had not heard the insult.’
And now the barrel has been scraped out of existence – having run out of arguments, let’s try and blame the other guy instead eh? And we are expected to give a player credit for admitting to have not heard something??!
And then there was the T-shirts. Just thinking about them makes me cringe. Let’s be clear, the judgement was not that Suarez was inherently racist, but that he made a racist comment, which is a different thing altogether. And the document’s findings took away any doubt. The panel that came to pass judgement was independent, and was approved by Liverpool. The panel hired two experts in South American linguistics. Lawyers aplenty were involved, as always. Other players gave evidence. Dalglish openly criticised the delay in a decision in a press conference – yet Suarez’s representative had asked for a delay in proceedings so that they could collate evidence – which the FA mostly granted. The FA didn’t grant the full period delay asked for as they argued it was in the player’s interests to conclude matters as soon as possible.
Even if the terms Suarez admitted to using are acceptable in Uruguay, it is not a valid excuse. Suarez was not in Uruguay, and what’s more has been in Europe for five years, so should have some idea by now about what is and what isn’t right. He admitted to the panel that it wasn’t acceptable, and he wouldn’t do it again – that’s what is commonly known as an admission of guilt. A key point in the decision was the simple fact that Suarez was seen as an unreliable witness. And the key example of this was his account of pinching Evra on the arm. Suarex claimed initially in his statement that it was done to diffuse the situation – but at the hearing, after being asked six times, that this wasn’t the case. This changes everything, as it discredits the claim that Suarez said the word negro in a friendly manner in the middle of a heated argument – this claim is simply close to unbelievable, as the report mentioned. The changing of accounts made matters worse – Liverpool blamed it on “bad drafting” yet Suarez’s representative had already commented on what great care had been applied to constructing the statement. The 115-page report makes clear references more than once that Suarez’s account of events was inconsistent with the video evidence, unlike Evra’s, and what they repeatedly mention is that no attempt was made to explain away the discrepancies. What’s more, Suarez’s account in his witness statement contained three differences in all to his account given at the hearing in November.
And it wasn’t just Suarez. When Comolli (Liverpool’s Director of Football) reported to the referee after the match what Suarez claimed to have said, there were further discrepancies with Suarez’s own account of what he said. And yet despite all this, the club continue to claim it is the FA’s errors that have led to this outcome. But as the report said: ‘
‘The impression created by these inconsistencies was that Mr Suarez’s evidence was not, on the whole, reliable. He had put forward an interpretation of events which was inconsistent with the contemporaneous video evidence. He had changed his account in a number of important respects without satisfactory explanation.’
The Liverpool party used Suarez’s background as part of his defence – he had a black grandparent, his wife called him negro (due to hair colour though), he has black friends, has black team-mates throughout his career and has never had any problems previously. However, this defence also helped strengthen the final decision of the panel, as they were aware because of his heritage that they would need an even stronger burden of proof to find him guilty of the charges – thus, their final decision became even more “appeal-proof”. The commission found clear evidence that Suarez did not say the word negro just once (important in determining his intentions). They found him to have said it seven times. And the experts conclusions? Suarez’s remarks would be “considered racially offensive in Uruguay and other regions in of Latin America”.
The club have dug themselves a massive hole. If they had appealed after the release of a 115-page document that most sane and sensible people have agreed shows the ban to be just, then they would rightly be open to indignation for backing a player found guilty of racist comments. If they didn’t appeal, it will lead to a host of questions as to their ill-advised response to the original ban. Effectively they are admitting everything they did was wrong. Even so, that’s surely their best option available, surely their only option available. And it is thankfully what they did. But rather than move on, they just kept on digging.
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Another statement was soon forthcoming from the club, some of which is detailed below.
‘In its determination to prove its conclusions to the public through a clearly subjective 115-page document, the FA panel has damaged the reputation of one the Premier League’s best players, deciding he should be punished and banned for perhaps a quarter of a season. This case has also provided a template in which a club’s rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation….. In America, where Liverpool ownership resides, there was a shameful bigotry that prevented black athletes from competing at the highest levels for decades….. ……..Continuing a fight for justice in this particular case beyond today would only obscure the fact that the Club wholeheartedly supports the efforts of the Football Association, the Football League and the Premier League to put an end to any form of racism in English football. …..It is time to put the Luis Suarez matter to rest and for all of us, going forward, to work together to stamp out racism in every form both inside and outside the sport. It is for this reason that we will not appeal the eight-game suspension of Luis Suarez.’
Another laughable release. They must be taking a lot of people for fools if they think that a 115 page document has left out vital areas of the investigation. Or if they think that we should believe that they are aware of other information that would change everything but aren’t going to release it or appeal. For what possible reason would the FA try and set up Suarez and Liverpool? Yes, Liverpool say the Football Association is to blame for damaging the reputation of a man that was found to have used the word “negro” seven times. However strongly Liverpool felt over this, surely they realised the need for some apology, even for unintentionally causing offence? Damage limitation was necessary, but not forthcoming, bar a vague apology finally from Suarez yesterday. As Martin Samuel commented in the Daily Mail, this has been a PR disaster, a legal disaster and a sporting disaster considering an eight-match ban may have been avoided with greater contrition from the start. Liverpool are upset that he seems to have been convicted on areas of probability rather than absolute proof, but with ample video evidence that we won’t have seen, we must assume there was the aforementioned strong burden of proof. And either way, there was a way to deal with this whole affair professionally. What could be most damaging is the perception of a club known around the world, that has been in existence for well over a century.
Newcastle United boss Chris Hughton has admitted that new defensive signings are his priority ahead of their return to the Premier League.
Hughton has added utility man James Perch and former Everton full-back Dan Gosling to his ranks in recent weeks.
However, with first-choice centre-back Steven Taylor struggling with a shoulder injury ahead of the new campaign, the current Magpies squad is short on numbers at the back.
"If I look at what we've got at this moment, defence is probably the area where we're a little bit light," Hughton told the Northern Echo.
"With Steven Taylor and James Perch missing, we had young James Tavernier, who is normally a right-back, playing at centre-back, young Shane Ferguson at left-back and Wayne Routledge playing in a very unfamiliar right-back position. Defensively, we are stretched."
Hughton has already admitted his interest in Manchester United youngster Tom Cleverley.
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He added:"In terms of the bigger clubs, once they've made a decision on what they've got, then they will decide who they can let go on loan.
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Andrey Arshavin has hinted at disenchantment at Arsenal after describing their past season as "pitiful".
The Russia star could be on a collision course with manager Arsene Wenger after lamenting another trophyless season at the Emirates Stadium.
Arshavin, who scored 11 goals in 37 games for the Gunners last term, has been linked with several moves away from the north London club since the season ended.
"There was nothing special last season for me to think back about. The season was normal – even pitiful," he said.
Speaking about compatriot Yuri Zhirkov at Chelsea, he added:"But I am happy for Yuri Zhirkov, who won the Premier League with Chelsea.
"They deserved the trophy, as they were the strongest during the season."
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Arshavin joined the Gunners from Zenit St Petersburg in a £12million transfer in January 2009.
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To say the transfer window (so far) has been uneventful is tantamount to saying the Arctic is a bit nippy, as the majority of Premier League clubs are seemingly being careful with their finances. In some cases clubs simply have to sell before they can buy, much to the frustrations, no doubt, of many managers and supporters.
The lack of spending at the top of the Premier League has surprised many, especially given the open nature of last season’s title race. You would have thought the likes of United and Chelsea would have looked at a big outlay this summer, to ensure the also-rans remain at an arm’s length in their pursuits of the title. Only City have made substantial moves this summer, although you do feel that they may well struggle to strike a balance. This means this season’s race for the title, Champions League and Europa League places are very much as they were last year, unless we witness a major change in the transfer wind in the coming fortnight.
The media is predicting that a transfer storm is set to erupt, but it begs the question as to whether United really need to partake in some last minute shopping, to supplement his three new additions?
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Does Fergie need to bring any players in before the transfer window shuts in THREE days time and if so who would you like to see him bring in?
Bayern Munich and Inter Milan meet in a Champions League round of 16 tie at the San Siro on Wednesday in a rematch of the 2010 final.Italian powerhous Inter got the better of their German opponents at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 22, winning 2-0 to secure a treble of European Cup, Serie A title and Coppa Italia. Bayern were forced to settle for a runners-up medal in Madrid and consoled themselves with a domestic double of Bundesliga championship and DFB Pokal Cup.But both sides have slipped considerably since their all-conquering form of last season. Inter lost coach Jose Mourinho to Real Madrid just days after he guided them to their third European crown. His replacement, Rafael Benitez, lasted just seven months before being shown the door as a consequence of disappointing results at home and abroad. Brazilian Leonardo, brought in on an 18-month contract, has orchestrated a minor revival to see the team rise to third in the league.But with the players struggling to replicate their impressive performances of the previous campaign, Inter appear unlikely to become the first team to retain the European Cup since 1990. Bayern have also endured a disappointing season to date. Dutch coach Louis van Gaal and the bulk of last year’s squad remain at the Allianz Arena, but they made an awful start to the Bundesliga season and allowed Borussia Dortmund to race into a commanding lead. With Dortmund 13 points ahead already, Bayern appear destined to surrender their crown. In a rare piece of good news, dangerous wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben – the duo who fired Bayern to success in 2009/10 – finally took to the pitch together for the first time this season two weeks ago and were on the field again in a 3-1 win over Mainz on Sunday.Inter, meanwhile, could only scrape a 1-0 win at home to mid-table Cagliari. Centre-back Lucio and playmaker Wesley Sneijder have been rushed back into action by Inter for the key match. Bayern forward Mario Gomez should recover from an ankle injury, but the departure of Martin Demichelis to Malaga in January has left a hole in the centre of defence. Ukraine midfielder Anatoliy Tymoschuk has filled in with mixed results and may be targeted by Inter forward Samuel Eto’o. Diego Milito, scorer of both goals in the final, is injured, while Giampaolo Pazzini is ineligible, meaning out-of-form Goran Pandev could start alongside Eto’o.
You have to be a brave man to stand up to Keane; however if you are being touted as one of the finest young talents this country has produced then perhaps you may feel you have the divine right to be treated differently and are deserving of a regular first team start. I personally don’t believe you do and back Roy’s decision with regards to the youngster.
Of course it is just speculation at this moment that a fallout has occurred; however you do sense by the body language that something may be boiling under the surface. Maybe the continued talk of a move to Tottenham has turned the youngster’s head (we have seen it before after all), but I ask the question as to what is the rush for a move to the Premier League especially when given the golden opportunity to learn the trade for a couple of years in familiar surroundings? A move to the Premier League will only see him shipped out on loan, or stuck in the reserves.
Keane has his fair share of critics, but he is making the right decision in attempting to keep Wickham grounded. Too many times youngsters have let a little bit of success get to their head and subsequently it has had a detrimental effect and their careers have fallen by the waste side as a result. Roy did his apprenticeship under the guidance of the master in Brian Clough, who knew how to keep you on your toes and Keane wouldn’t have been half the player became at United if it wasn’t for the nurturing he received at Forest. Connor could learn something from Roy and should embrace his manager’s standpoint, not look to challenge it. His time will come; the youngster just needs to show patience. He may want a move to Tottenham in January, but I believe in terms of his long term development, he would be wise to sit tight for the time being.
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Blackpool midfield ace Charlie Adam is determined to help his club show their mettle in the Premier League next season.
The 24-year-old Scotland international enjoyed a superb first full season with the Seasiders, scoring 19 goals as Ian Holloway's side clinched promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs.
Adam told the Blackpool Gazette:"This is probably the best league in the world and for us to be going there is great.
"Every fixture will be a dream for us because at the start of last season none of us expected to be in the Premier League.
"But we're not in it just to make the numbers up. We want to show that everyone in our dressing room is capable of playing at the top level.
"We've got to be prepared mentally and physically because it is going to be tough. We will be up against some of the best players around, but we are looking forward to it."
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They say it is one of the vital factors in football and sport as a general spectacle; the uncertainty of the thing. But there’s no such time for rose-tinted spectacles when your team is on the receiving end of a contentious decision. This season has been no different in respect of the shock red cards, clear hand balls missed and punished diving when there was clear contact.
Obviously, we would like the referees to get the big decisions right on a more consistent basis, but if it were not for instances such as the next fifteen coming your way, many a punditry panel would be twiddling their thumbs with boredom at the prospect of having nothing to chew over.
So let us take a trip down memory lane and revisit those most argumentative of decisions whereby raised voices, public slating and a few choice words set the tone following these refereeing howlers. It’s a hard job, but someone’s got to do it. The FA must have received quite a hefty combined sum in fines as collected by the dissenting managers following these errors.
Click on the image below to see the 15 Refereeing ‘Balls-Ups’
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