Highbury Falls Short of Magical Melbourne

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AS Jonathan Pearce and his fellow purveyors of choicest cliche jot down a few stale observations in preparation for tomorrow night's grand irrelevance at Highbury, I find myself edging towards the vintage hemlock my wife has so thoughtfully decanted into the bottle marked Famous Grouse.

The prospect of writing yet more cobblers about Wenger versus Ferguson, ballistic pizza and the saloon bar brawls that have elevated the match down the years, I can feign no interest in Arsenal against Manchester United.

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Highbury Falls Short of Magical Melbourne

If someone is maimed or killed, all right, we'll reconsider the fixture's capacity to surprise. But for disputed penalties, shots of old men having toddler tantrums in their playpens (technical areas, to be technical), refs surrounded by snarling retards and all the rest of it, this appetite is sated.

So let us instead bid a poignant farewell t...

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