Tag Archives: Aston Villa

What a Premiership Season

Posted on May 16, 2016 by irishroverpei

Wow!!! what an up and down season, who would have believed at the start of August last year Leicester City would win the Premiership title. Probably no one but perhaps a few Leicester City wishful thinking fans. All through the … Continue reading →

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Arsenal Finish Season on a High

Posted on May 31, 2015 by irishroverpei

On Saturday 30th May Arsenal face Aston Ville in the final of the FA Cup match at Wembley. Happy to say we won the game 4-0 and retained the cup for the second year in a row. I realize that … Continue reading →

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Arsenal Remain Second

Posted on April 18, 2015 by irishroverpei

Arsenal played the first of two FA Cup semi final games today and defeated Reading 2-1 to move on to the final. The 19th time for the Gunners to play in the FA Cup Finals, and it is a record. … Continue reading →

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Arsenal Still Unbeaten in Premiership

Posted on September 20, 2014 by irishroverpei

Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 3-0 today, the three goals came inside four minutes of the first half. The second half was hardly a game as Arsenal retained 80% of the ball passing back and forward with Villa chasing it. It … Continue reading →

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Great Soccer Day!!!!!!

Posted on September 1, 2013 by irishroverpei

What a great day in the Premiership, two wonderful wins. Liverpool defeated Manchester United 1-0 Way to go Liverpool. Arsenal defeated Tottenham 1-0 way to go Gunners. Liverpool are at the top of the table with three wins and Arsenal … Continue reading →

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My faith Restored (maybe????)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by irishroverpei

Maybe my faith has been slightly restored by Arsenals latest performance (maybe). They played Fenerbahce on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League and won by a score of 3-0. Nevertheless, there are still many questions for Arsenal manager Wenger. The … Continue reading →

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Dreadful Start

Posted on August 18, 2013 by irishroverpei

Arsenal’s new season began in the worse possible way losing 3-1 to Aston Villa. The latter struggled just to stay in the Premiership last year and was tooted as an easy Gunners win. The manager may blame poor refereeing unfair … Continue reading →

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New Soccer Season is Close

Posted on August 6, 2013 by irishroverpei

I must confess I’m both excited and worried about the new season. Arsenal have not made any really significant signings to build up the team strength. We all know they need someone strong in defense and they need at least … Continue reading →

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Quebec Ban Turban’s in Soccer

Posted on June 5, 2013 by irishroverpei

I understand we may always have some difficulties in adjusting to other cultures and how they dress, particularly when it comes to religious reasons or belief. Most of these differences are not hard to accept or live with. Some are … Continue reading →

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Ugh The Pain the Pain

Posted on April 16, 2012 by irishroverpei

Arsenal lost their game against Wigan today 2-1,Wigan scored twice within the first seven minutes. We are still in third place but the gap has closed up considerably with Spurs-Newcastle and Chelsea all breathing on our neck. Oh!!! the pain … Continue reading →

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