this shall be one of several posts which relate to that there london place, look you see. once again i had reason to travel to that very popular and extremely busy city. some of the reasons as to why, in terms of me being there, will occur in other posts. but, for now, a look at something which might be of interest to select groups, although certainly not me.
i made my way to london via the means which was the most practical, as well as being the most unreliable and expensive. yes, train. oh how once there was a time when you planned to travel via train and did not have fears about it not turning up, or missing connections, they just ran. but, anyway, in this instance mostly all went as it should.
when one travels from the north to london, one sees many sites. and sights. some of them give every indication as to how close one is to their destination. a most recent (in relative terms) which allows you to know that kings cross station imminent is this.
yes, the emirates stadium, which ostensibly is home to arsenal football club. one of the more agreeable and (this might be pushing it) acceptable london clubs going, really. well, they are not west ham, so they are not bad.
for those who some reason like to work out where i was and when, by chance my travels took me past this stadium just shortly before a particular match was due to commence. it was a so-called premier league fixture, with arsenal hosting north east "sleeping" giants newcastle.
did i take some video of the congregation of cockneys and geordies? yes, of course.
how, exactly, did the game (or match, if you prefer) (fixture, even) all work out? well, it would be fair to say that the first half went quite well for newcastle, with the second half going very well indeed for arsenal, who concluded the match in triumph.
it has, in truth, been a while since i went to a match myself. there are perfectly straightforward (rudimentary) reasons for this. firstly, getting to the match. with public transport (the buses and trains) in my decidedly non-london area been cut to nothing, there is no practical way to get there and back. also, the cost of a matchday ticket is usually north of £30, which in no way whatsoever represents any likely value for money with how bad (dire) my beloved boro are at the moment.
anyway, i don't particularly have much else to say about any of this, in truth. i am not at all sure who exactly will have any interest in this, but if you are someone who has, well that's excellent.
more, but probably less football related, stuff soon, then.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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