By Myles Palmer ____________________Mallorca 1 Arsenal 0____________________I listened to most of the game on Capital, only saw highlights, stayed up late watching newscasts of the New York/Washington terrorist atrocity, forgot to tape the whole game from ITV in the middle…
By Myles Palmer Real Mallorca 1 Arsenal 0Engonga penalty 10 min._______________________________After thousands of people were killed and injured in the World Trade Centre terrorist tragedy in New York, and a million lives were ruined, I just don’t feel like writing…
By Myles Palmer The African boys will be key players tonight.SAMUEL ETO’O is Cameroon’s Ian Wright – electric, brave, two-footed.A very lively striker who tests defenders and keepers to the limit. I like Eto-o and his young partner Albert Luque,…
By Myles Palmer THIS morning my agent sent me an e-mail saying: Congratulations! You’re in the top ten first time out! So that was a surprise. I had not thought of checking in The Sunday Times list of best-selling sports…
By Myles Palmer ___________________Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1___________________I did something I never, never do these days.Went to a game as a fan, with my best mate Doug, who came up with three tickets in the West Stand Lower Tier.Caroline,16,came with us…
By Myles Palmer Arsene Wenger was not at the AGM today. Hill-Wood said that the manager had not seen some of his players for two weeks. It was more important that he was with the team on a Friday,…
By Myles Palmer England 2 Albania 0 __________________ Sven knows what he is doing. Good team selection, good tactics, good subs. Sensible comments after the game. He is getting to know the players, and they obviously respond to him, and…
By Myles Palmer A Steve Gerrard comes along once in each decade. In The Sixties we had Bobby Charlton. Seventies, Alan Hudson. Eighties, Glenn Hoddle. And in the Nineties we had Gazza. OK, we had Johnny Haynes in the Sixties…
By Myles Palmer A Steve Gerrard comes along once in each decade. In The Sixties we had Bobby Charlton. Seventies, Alan Hudson. Eighties, Glenn Hoddle. And in the Nineties we had Gazza. OK, we had Johnny Haynes in the Sixties…
By Myles Palmer Last night’s hat-trick at the Riverside gives Francis Jeffers seven goals in nine games for England’s Under-21s.It was only Albania, sure, but he looked deadly as he scored the first after 17 minutes, the second after 59…