Tim Stillman - Page 49
Bedroom blogger and professional Arsenal fan. Victory through sanctimony.
622 Posts
The sound of the crowd
In my time writing this column, I don’t ever recall such difficulty in thinking up material to fill my remit. It’s quite absurd when you...
Frankly, Mr Shankly, you’re wrong
One of my favourite things about football is the extent to which it constantly confounds finite conclusions. We’re all guilty of it to varying degrees....
Drink from the goblet of our Arse
It’s a precarious and inexact science is football. The lines are so often wafer thin between glory and disaster. I’m talking Steve Mcmanaman’s forearms thin....
Aaaaaaadriaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!
Ordinarily I’m not a huge believer in heroic defeats. For instance, last season’s first leg win over Barcelona is widely viewed as one of our...
Boys keep swinging
This time last week, I was gazing firmly at my navel. Peering mournfully through black eyeliner at the poetry of Sylvia Plath whilst listening to...
What difference does it make?
Another week, another disappointment. I undertook this column the week before the Carling Cup Final last February and it’s kind of felt like I’ve been...
Voyage, Voyage, one part Desireless
To describe results of the past week ‘topsy turvy’ is akin to calling Robbie Savage, “rather punchable.” Having returned from Milan late Thursday evening (cheers...
Notes on no scandal
Just another week in paradise. With the resignation of Fabio Capello from his post as England Manager / press voodoo doll, we’re being reminded of...
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
It’s difficult to know where to start this week’s column. On the face of it, a compelling comeback from two goals down to keep our...
There exists a mythical place named ‘Middle Ground’
It probably says something about the relentless coverage of the modern game when a substitution can generate days of headlines and fall out. In this...
Reaction Reaction Reaction
Following consecutive league defeats (both games in which we took the lead) I think we can all agree the need for savage and violent revolution...
Daddy took their T-birds away
Joy is a virtue that fast seems to be disappearing from football. I am in no way a misty eyed sentimentalist. Nor do I wish...
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