Most players who sought protection in Australia return to team as diaspora groups warn of possible intimidation, writes Eileen NG and Rod McGuirk
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Celebrating the Gooner Fanzine after a painful week of football
[The Gooner / Facebook]
HELLO, how’s your week been? Mine has been painful. Before my dear old mum starts worrying about whether something serious has happened to me in the “real world,” I must clarify — my week has been painful in sporting terms.
Of course, there have been plenty of things far more important than mere sport that deserved my attention this week — serious things that deservedly place mere sport into context.
Routing venal Tories at the ballot box next week at the local elections would be a start, for example.
In the shadow of Heathrow and glow of Thorpe Park, a band of Arsenal loyalists have built something lasting — a grassroots club with old-school values, writes LAYTH YOUSIF
