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As everyone knows, Fulham lost the UEFA Cup final last night in the cruelest of fashions, a deflected goal four minutes from the end of extra time. I was not able to see the game, but I (like many Arsenal fans) was gutted for them, and for Roy Hodgson in particular. At the Emirates 4 days earlier, Arsenal comfortably swept aside a less than full strength Fulham team who clearly had their eyes on their last and biggest European adventure of the season. But what really struck me was the mutual....

I wrote this post the day after the 2nd leg of the champions league semi final at the Emirates, but haven't been able to get it online until now. The date today is the 6th of May 2009. Would anyone like to guess where I was 11 years ago?It was a wonderful sunny afternoon, and Arsenal were playing Everton at Highbury. It was arguably the most memorable moment of the Wenger era, even if the Invincibles would go onto greater things 6 years later. I was just 13 at the time, and had never seen the cl....

Being an Arsenal fan has never been particularly good for a person's health, never more so than last night. The 2nd leg of the last 16 of the champions league against Roma in Italy was one of the most nerve wracking experiences in my 14 years as an Arsenal fan. When the game went to extra time, neither side seemed capable of stringing more than 3 passes together at a time. When it got to penalties (finally), as Eduardo was stepping up to take the first penalty, the guy next to me in the pub s....