NEWSLETTER JANUARY 07
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CHAIRMAN SPEAKS
Happy new year to all. I just wanted to mention a few things this month about a few goings on in our club. First of all I would like to mention about the considerable effort put into organising our Christmas do at the Lee Workies. Stu and Jackie Burns as usual for organising the hall, Dean Miles for advertising it in the newsletter, and collecting the money, and a big thank you to Pete Walker who bought, cooked, transported, and set out all the food for the night which was a really good effort, and a very special thank you to Mike Jewel, who donated numerous items of Arsenal momentos which were raffled and the proceeds will be going to charity. Thanks to everyone for their time and effort.
Just a couple of other things, just to let everyone knowthat our membership currently stands at approximately 340 which is brilliant and will hopefully keep on rising. We are currently looking for a couple of members of our club who would be willing to be social secretary, being involved in the organizing of any social activities, and someone who would be interested in being responsible for the ordering of club merchandise as Tina Harrison has decided to step down, but many thanks to her for her efforts.If you are interested in any of these posts don’t hesitate to contact Dean Miles (our illustrious editor) and he will pass you on to myself, or Stu, to give you more info.
Anyway sorry to bore you to tears with this , and thanks for reading, see you next month.
TICKETS
Although the cut off dates have passed there is still limited availability for the Man City, Wigan, and PSV games. Reading has sold out, but there is tickets available for the remaining games of the season, although for the Chelsea game ( excluding silver members) it will be based on how many games you have attended.
THANK YOU
Stu and Jackie would like to give their thanks to all those who helped do the Christmas party, and a special mention to Maria Chivers, who won the limited edition framed Arsenal picture, and has donated it back to the club to use to raise more money at our next do.
THE MONTH(AND A BIT) IN MOMENTS
Sat 25th Nov Bolton (A) 1-3 Well what do you expect? This is our bogey team, and we fell for the same old tricks/ goals as usual, though, as much as I hate to say it, Anelka did look good. Oh well, there is always next season!
Wed 29th Nov Fulham (A) 1-2 A real low point of the season. I know you should not expect to win every game but traditionally we always do well against Fulham. A tight off side against Henry, Senderos being sent off, and two early Fulham goals meant it was always going to be a struggle.
Sat 2nd Dec Tottenham (H) 3-0 What a way to come back to form! With the loss of Henry before the match many thought we might struggle, but the team, led magnificantly by Gilberto, were awesome. The penalties, and Adebeyors goal were all well taken, and Tottenham had no answer.
Wed 6th Dec Porto (A) 0-0 The team managed to get the result needed, just!! With a bit of luck, and the post, without playing too well, got the point needed, which was not acyually required in the end with the other result going our way. And some people had the audacity to say the result was a fix!!
Sun 10th Chelsea (A) 1-1 What a game! After the Porto game Arsenal came out like a team with the bit between the teeth, and had the luck on their side for a change as well. It was so close to winning the game with the well crafted Flamini goal, and it was typical that Cashley Cow had to be controversially involved in the equalizer. In the end we had hang on to get the point, but it was well deserved.
Wed 13th Dec Wigan (A) 1-0 With the fixtures coming thick and fast this was always going to be a tough one, and so it proved. For their part Wigan played very well, but in the end a well taken Adebeyor goal proved the difference between the teams.
Sat 16th Dec Portsmouth (H) 2-2 I thought divorce was on the cards for me, with my other half being a Pompey season ticket holder, when we fell behind to goals either side of half time!! Luckily we rallied, and as Pompey wilted away once we equalized I thought we were going to go on and win it.
Sat 23rd Dec Blackburn (H) 6-2 What a game!! The final score doesn’t truly reflect the way the game went, and after Blackburn took an early lead it looked like it was going to be another of those frustrating afternoons. Even after going 3-1 up by half time you just knew they were going to get a chance to get back into it, and it was so close to to being 3-3 before they tired at the end, and we slammed in 3 quick goals.
Tue 26th Dec (A) Watford 2-1 We scored early, and it looked like it was going to be a comfortable evening, but as usual the team tried to make it hard for themselves, and it took a classy V. Persie goal to get the three points in the end.
Sat 30th Dec (A) Sheff Utd 0-1 This was the game too far for the team, and the real low point for the season.Yes, it was only one mistake for their goal, but the whole team performance was poor, and it just about summed up the season so far.
UNOFFICIAL TRANSFER NEWS
This publication has heard on the grapevine Arsene Wengers January transfer plans. With haalf the first team now coming back from injury Mr Wenger is keen to sign players for what he calls his ‘treatment table team’. High on his list is Darren Andeton, now spending his time on the Bournemouth injury list. “We seem to be having a lot of players disappearing with long term injuries due to the dirty tactics of opposition teams, and with them coming back to fitness we need to make sure that we have a few cripples to keep the doctors, and physios, busy until the next time the opponents decide to hack our boys” Mr Wenger was heard to say.
THE NEWSLETTER
We do apologize to our readers for the lateness of this months newsletter, but it has been a very hectic month. If anyone is interested in receiving the newsletter by email rather than post, please send an email to DeanMiles@arsenalhampshire.com or alison.miles2@ntlworld.com
