Lucky Arsenal
Let me talk football for just a moment. (US people might know it as soccer, but that is such a horrible name for it). So, it looks like Lucky Arsenal are going to win the Championship this year, purely on fluke alone. I mean, one goal off the heels of Henry’s legs, the other miles off side (okay, 2yards; plus it should never have been Arsenal’s throw in). (p.s. it appears both goals might have been offside).
Obviously, Lucky Arsenal will win the league because skill doesn’t always enter into equation here.
Of course, you make your own look, so I am wondering what exactly Lucky Arsenal have done to get such luck. Are Wolfram and Heart involved? Is the First Evil on the books (The answer is yes; just look at Martin Keown). Even Gary Lineker calls them Lucky now. I propose they change their name permenently to Lucky Arsenal.
The other saying (chiche?) is that luck evens itself over the course of the season. Well, does the slightly unfortunate sending off of Sol Campbell even it up? Maybe the lack of Sol against relegated Sunderland will tip the scales? Maybe Pascan Cygan is their unlucky charm?
And not an Irish player in the team 
Can I form the ABLA club? I’d rather Liverpool than Lucky Arsenal and that is really saying something. Now there’s a team that has no luck. Emile Heskey, say no more.
April 18th, 2003 at 3:52
‘Pool had their fair share of luck in the season they won the “treble”.
April 23rd, 2003 at 23:34
Your post makes me painfully aware that watching the weekly Premier League Highlights Show and an occasional full game doesn’t qualify me as a football fan.
Even so, I’m a little surprised at your description of the Sol Campbell sending off as “unfortunate.” From where I was sitting (12,000 miles away), the elbow incident looked as though it easily deserved a red card.
April 25th, 2003 at 12:21
Oh, I think you qualify. The fact you follow something from 12,000 miles away makes you a fan. I think there is a distinct between fan and supporter, though, where a supporter avidly follows a particular team and is very very upset if their wife books a trip to Legoland the same day as a vital league match
I think it was an “unfortunate” sending off, because I don’t think he meant to elbow Solskjaer. Raising your arms at any time is not clever, and the reply from behind the players (the view of the linesman) made it look a very bad elbow. In the front view, you could see it was the forearm more than the elbow.