Much has been said about Arsenal’s campaign this year. From the Wenger out brigade flashing their lights to battling with Spurs and Chelsea for third place in the Premier League, from whether Walcott deserves a new contract as a striker or a winger to whether or not their backline trio is the best in Europe, Gunners have had plenty to discuss.
Shakhtar Donetsk has become one of more unlikely havens for Brazilian talent; remarkably there are no fewer than nine within the first team squad.
If anyone has reached the end of the season wondering when the year after year of pain and suffering will ever end for their club, it might be worth giving the final league table of the 1997-98 Division three season a view for evidence that there might just be one day at the end of the tunnel.
When David Flitcroft took over at Barnsley at the very end of last year the Tykes looked a sinking ship, as they sat bottom of the table with just 21 points from points from their first 25 games and there being little indication that the club would again beat the relegation trap door.
It turns out that Bayern Munich were so overjoyed with their drubbing of Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final last night that the team coach left the ground without Javi Martinez.
We have all heard about what Suarez did to Ivanovic on Sunday. He is undoubtedly the most hated man in the football world.
It’s neck and neck in the EPL at the moment. It’s the “bum on seat edges”, “no, I can’t look at the penalty”, “nail biting (and spitting out because it’s actually disgusting)” time in football. Three London teams competing for a Champions league spot and neither of them are willing to back down.
