darragh murray

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The English football media have been consistently stating that this Saturday’s match against Manchester United is the defining test of Arsenal’s resolve to lift the premiership trophy this season. It’s fairly early in the season to be making such bold statements, but many believe that if Arsenal can beat United tomorrow, they will lift the [...]

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Doctor Wenger Cures All

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Arsene Wenger, Football and Fifa 08.
I’ve just been reading an interview republished by the Guardian in the UK with “Doctor” Arsene Wenger [Source: http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2180175,00.html originally published in the Observer]. It’s a great interview in which Arsene talks about a great deal of topical football material, including new dimensions on Thierry Henry’s departure to Barcelona, the [...]

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Confessions of an Arsenal Football Fancier

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The weekends are great again for a variety of reasons, but one significant reason is the return of the English premier league season. The last month and a half has, in particular, been sweeter for me, mostly due to the dominance of the Arsenal football team in the English Premier League. They have notched up [...]

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Henry Leaves Arsenal

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Those who follow the twists and turns of European football would know of former Arsenal strikers Thierry Henry’s exit from the Arsenal squad to the Spanish giants, Barcelona, last week. It was a devastating blow for all Arsenal fanatics (like myself). I don’t get teary about much, but damnation, this upset me (actually, I’m slightly [...]

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