Comments on: An Adventurer With Caution As His Watchword – Herbert Chapman, part 2 https://www.footballparadise.com/herbert-chapman-part-2/ Football Literature Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Michael Joll https://www.footballparadise.com/herbert-chapman-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.footballparadise.com/?p=6436#comment-393 Well done, Anushree. My association with Arsenal began, to my Chelsea supporting father’s disgust, with Billy Wright, who had been my football idol as a lad. This was not a happy period fir Arsenal, though I could have cared less. If Arsenal was good enough for Billy Wright, it was good enough for me.

Now into my seventies, and having lived abroad for almost 45 years, I don’t get to watch the Gunners much these days. The team occasionally appears on Sportsnet Ontario, depending on who the flavour of the month is they are playing (T.V. ratings and advertising dollars decide on the lineups). I have not been to Highbury since my honeymoon, in September, 1969, a 2-2 draw with Manchester United in which the police watched the game while the thugs slashed each other with razor blades in full view of my wife and I. We left at half time, never to return.

But I still support Arsenal (I admit to having a soft spot for Wolves for old times sake) and no one else in football. I long for another League Championship and F.A.Cup. This year for the latter? I fervently hope so.

Again, a terrific read, Anushree. Thanks.

]]> By: The gentleman from Kiveton Park - Herbert Chapman, part 1 https://www.footballparadise.com/herbert-chapman-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:28:16 +0000 http://www.footballparadise.com/?p=6436#comment-392 […] This was part 1 of a 2-part series on Herbert Chapman. To read the second part,“An Adventurer With Caution As His Watchword – Herbert Chapman, part 2, click here […]

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