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Jon Spurling
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Go To War: Football On The Brink In The '80s - out now. The sequel to Get It On: How The '70s Rocked Football. Freelance for 442, WSC, Blizzard.
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    Jon Spurling
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    Feb 14
    25 years of football writing right here. Time for a few more yet hopefully!!!
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    Jon Spurling
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    Jan 15, 2022
    I really have heard it all when Sky TV employees are moaning - on behalf of the fans - about a game being rearranged at short notice. Isn't that what Sky have been doing for 30 years? #NLD #Arsenal #COYG
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    Nov 26, 2019
    He may not be at #Arsenal much longer, but I'm getting bored with the 'Good ebening' jibes at #Emery - they're a bit classless towards a guy trying to improve his English - and from a fanbase which supposedly prides itself on being cosmopolitan. We're better than that. Aren't we?
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    Jon Spurling
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    Aug 3, 2020
    48 hours ago #Arteta was a messiah for having steered us to an FA Cup victory. Now swathes of #Arsenal twitter are in meltdown because Arteta might be bringing #Willian to N5. How about we get on with our jobs and we let MA get on with managing our club this summer? #COYG
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    Jon Spurling
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    Dec 17, 2023
    It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a footballer walk to a game, but here’s Fabio Vieira this afternoon hotfooting it to the Emirates. #Arsenal #COYG #ARSBHA
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    Jon Spurling
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    Jan 6, 2021
    Raise a glass today to Herbert Chapman, who died 87 years ago today. We #Arsenal fans owe him (almost) everything. #COYG
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    Jon Spurling
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    Jan 15, 2022
    Tottenham fans harking back to Lasagne-gate in 2006? How about Easter 1980, when Tottenham wouldn't shift the #NLD despite #Arsenal having a monumental fixture pile up, and forcing us, as the song said to 'beat Spurs with six reserves.' You wanna go back further? #COYG #TOTARS
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    Jon Spurling
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    Dec 11, 2021
    Let’s be honest, had #Arsenal sold #Aubameyang in 2020 summer, and cashed in on him, there would have been uproar. Hindsight is not something afforded to Arteta. #COYG #ARSSOU
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    Jon Spurling
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    May 7, 2020
    I'm amazed that Sky are showing the #Arsenal #89movie tonight seeing as how they've spent the last 28 years telling us that football didn't actually exist before 1992.
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    Jon Spurling
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    Jul 12, 2020
    I don’t agree that Tottenham won because of #Mourinho tactics - they won because #Arsenal can’t defend and gifted them a win. #NLD
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    Jon Spurling
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    May 9, 2020
    The most scandalous match played in Premier League history. Riley's display that day at Old Trafford was cowardly, pathetic, and utterly incompetent. He utterly crumbled under pressure, and should have had the guts to apologise to #Arsenal for such a gutless performance. #COYG
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    May 9, 2020
    #MUFC ended #AFC's 49-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 win in the 'Battle of the Buffet' in 2004. 🍕 But should Wayne Rooney have been awarded a penalty for this foul by Sol Campbell? Tune into Football Centre with Dermot Gallagher at 11am!
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    Jon Spurling
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    Mar 20, 2022
    Why do Wolves or Villa fans think that #Arsenal celebrations after the games were specifically about THEM? Nothing to do with that - it's about relishing hard earned victories away from home, something we've not been doing for far too long.... #COYG
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    Jon Spurling
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    Dec 19, 2019
    I think I speak for all #Arsenal fans when I say that the club should formally apologise to City for failing to approach #Arteta in the ‘correct’ manner - especially considering how totally above board they were with Sagna, Clichy, Adebayor, Toure and Nasri. #ArtetaIn
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    Jon Spurling
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    Oct 6, 2019
    Plenty of #Arsenal fans on here discussing our ‘tradition’ of great football. Well - only from ‘97 onwards. Before that, fans also saw the value in narrow wins, clean sheets, and the bottom line of a 1-0 win. Wenger-ball spoiled us and permanently skewed expectations. #ARSBOU