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St James' Park, Tuesday May 15th 2001
FA Carling Premiership
See NewsReel report
and list of links to reports on other sites.
Preview
- Parking
Lucas writes with some advice for gooners making the drive up north. It might be
a bit late but here it is anyway...
"Just a bit of local info u might be able to put up.
There have been a lot of cars broken into recently in the roads around St. James' during
football matches. I would advise anyone coming up to this frozen land to wear a wooly coat
and park a bit further away from the ground. The 'shopping' car parks near the ground seem
unafected, but if I was coming up here I would either go up Westgate Road (the hill near
the ground with loads of bike shops), and park on Grainger Park Road (opp hospital at
traffic lights - 20 mins from ground), or go up to the Regent Centre(On Main Road through
Gosforth and get the Metro in."
Lucas adds, "If you do put this up tell Big Al to call me about my ticket!!!!!". Big Al,
please take note.
- Arsenal team news
Stepanovs Edu and Luzhny are all very doubtful for the game,
partly because they've been out injured and face late fitness tests,
but mainly because we need a point from this match. Anything less
is likely to make the last match at Southampton at the weekend
just a bit nervy. One point from the 2 games will guarantee
Arsenal's place in the (first) league stage of the champions league
next season.
Luzhny's absence means that Lee Dixon is virtually guaranteed to
make his 600th first team appearance for the Gunners this evening.
Only David O'Leary, Tony Adams, and George Armstrong are ahead of
him. Lee would need another 20 games next season to catch Geordie
for third. See this
AFCi page. Lee was a doubt for the cup final though, and if
needed there is always Lauren and Vivas to deputise if Luzhny isn't
up to it.
- Newcastle_United team news
See this page from the
official Newcastle site for their squad for the match.
Their injury list includes Shearer, Dyer, and Lee. In full:
Marcelino (thigh), Lee (knee), Dyer (shin), Shearer (knee), Griffin
(groin), Glass (illness).
Also, Clarence Acuna is a doubt with the same problem as Shearer (tendinitis in his knee).
Nice quote from Bobby Robson about their visit to Highbury earlier in the season:
"They beat us 5-0 and it was absolutely ruthless. They guillotined us, they scythed through us, they
had
too much pace, experience and quality for us that day."
- See also
Other reports
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Useful links for armchair fans
Useful links for swivel-chair fans
- Arsenal Live. getting commentary
on your computer, IRC, Real Audio, etc.
- Note also that often there will be an audio feed available
from the opposition's website (most probably their official site).
Useful links for travelling fans
- ArseWeb's highbury pages, including ticket info, getting to the ground, etc.
- AwayFans.co.uk. Stadium reviews and info. Maps, traffic reports, pub lists, info on disabled/wheelchair provisions, etc. Conference teams as well as Premiership and Nationwide.
- London football Arsenal page from
a site focussing on info for fans from abroad wanting to get to matches (tickets,
travel, accomodation, etc).
- From the Terrace. Each team's section includes a page on their ground, with directions. Premiership, Nationwide, and Scottish.
- AwayGuide.net. Directions, maps, pub guides. All Premiership and Nationwide league teams.
- Football Ground Guide. Lovely site, loads of info, pics, diagrams, etc
- Football Grounds of England. With capacities, record gates, and pictures.
- Football Grounds frenzy. Wonderful photos of football grounds, with a little info too. Everything apart from
glitzy new grounds, and no Premiership ones. Might be handy for Cup games, and
certainly nice to look at!
- FanZone.
Information for travelling sports fans. directions, car parks, eateries,
pubs, blah-de-blah....
- Our own Highbury pages for useful info for Arsenal's home games.
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