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
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HELLO, how’s your week been? We’ve been going through some of my late dad’s stuff, including old football programmes, as I gear up for a (very) early Saturday morning drive to Liverpool, for the lunchtime kick-off between Everton and Arsenal.
I have to underline we’ve not been treating the task in a morbid way, viewing every possession as if it were the Turin shroud itself.
No, far from it. There’s a time for grieving and a time for being practical. The two aren’t mutually exclusive of course, and the freight train of grief can strike at any time.
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