So I haven't made a post for the last couple of days, and the blame lies upon my exams. I have a Phyics exam tomorrow afternoon and a C1 maths exam Friday morning. Coming up I also have a D1 and S1 exam, but both are on the 23rd, allowing me a little breathing room.
As soon as these 2 exams are over, I'll get back to posting interesting blog posts - up until the day or two before my other exams, where I will be cramming like a madman . Unluckily until then you'll have to be very patient, just thought I'd give you a little heads up on the situation. Thank you :)
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Monday 9 January 2012
Henry Strikes Back
If you follow football even in the slightest you'll know that club legend Theirry Henry has rejoined the Gunners, better known as their actual name Arsenal, on a 2 month loan from New York Red Bulls. Since it is the off season in America, who run their season from March-November if I remember rightly, Henry has been granted clearance from the MLS to come over to England. Henry is also joined by MLS star Landon Donovan who joined Everton from LA Galaxy on loan (which he also did in 2010).
To Arsenal fans delight it was announced that Henry had joined the club in time to be available for their FA Cup 3rd Round match against Championship side Leeds United, with many supporters suggesting that he would start the fixture. However, Wenger started the fixture with striker Marouane Chamakh as a sole striker, who would leave for the African Cup of Nations to represent Morocco after the match.
The game started very well in Arsenal's favour, who looked the better side for almost the entire game - Leeds barely causing any problems amidst their injury problems and arguably less talented side. Young winger Alex Chamberlain looking very impressive for the London side and loanee Andros Townsend doing what he could to try to create chances for Leeds.
It took until the 70th minute for the Frenchman to take to the field, replacing Chamakh and receiving applause from all around the Emirates Theirry Henry emerged onto the pitch with a tear in his eye. Clearly not the athlete he was in his prime, Henry used his head rather than his body in most circumstances to play passes, get into good positions and help his team. This was something that made him much more of a threat than Chamakh did - experience.
I don't think Henry could've made his comeback to Arsenal any better than with a goal, and he did, the winning goal of course. Alex Song sliced open the Leeds defence with a beautiful pass to Henry who cushioned the ball before knocking it past Leeds goalkeeper Lonergan who was helpless to stop it - cue pandemonium from the crowd. Henry ran over to Arsene Wenger and celebrated with the veteran who had been with him for many years in his career.
Henry was named man of the match and it was certainly a day to remember for any Arsenal fan - and even from a neutral point of view, it definitely touched me.
To Arsenal fans delight it was announced that Henry had joined the club in time to be available for their FA Cup 3rd Round match against Championship side Leeds United, with many supporters suggesting that he would start the fixture. However, Wenger started the fixture with striker Marouane Chamakh as a sole striker, who would leave for the African Cup of Nations to represent Morocco after the match.
The game started very well in Arsenal's favour, who looked the better side for almost the entire game - Leeds barely causing any problems amidst their injury problems and arguably less talented side. Young winger Alex Chamberlain looking very impressive for the London side and loanee Andros Townsend doing what he could to try to create chances for Leeds.
It took until the 70th minute for the Frenchman to take to the field, replacing Chamakh and receiving applause from all around the Emirates Theirry Henry emerged onto the pitch with a tear in his eye. Clearly not the athlete he was in his prime, Henry used his head rather than his body in most circumstances to play passes, get into good positions and help his team. This was something that made him much more of a threat than Chamakh did - experience.
I don't think Henry could've made his comeback to Arsenal any better than with a goal, and he did, the winning goal of course. Alex Song sliced open the Leeds defence with a beautiful pass to Henry who cushioned the ball before knocking it past Leeds goalkeeper Lonergan who was helpless to stop it - cue pandemonium from the crowd. Henry ran over to Arsene Wenger and celebrated with the veteran who had been with him for many years in his career.
Henry was named man of the match and it was certainly a day to remember for any Arsenal fan - and even from a neutral point of view, it definitely touched me.
Hello 2012!
Hey there, nice to meet you :)
So yesterday was actually my 17th birthday, and I had a very good day if you were wondering haha. But more importantly I thought to myself 'I really need to do something with my time' and thought 'Let's make a blog!' Now I'm unsure whether this will be a success or a failure but I'm going with it for now, and am going to try and update daily if I can manage to - hopefully.
I think I should introduce myself properly first, where do I start... I'm Dan Chapman, 17 years old from the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. I'm currently studying my A-Levels (Maths, Further Maths, Physics and English Language) which are quite boring if I'm honest, not enjoying it particularly. More importantly, I am a MASSIVE football fan, Aston Villa in particular. We're not the greatest team in the Premier League I will admit, but I still am a huge fan and will continue to be whatever happens.
As well as being a football fan I also play for a team, albeit an extremely small and amateur one. I play for Acomb Gateway FC, a team in the second division of the Yorkshire Christian Football League - whose website can be found here. Although I am not Christian, anyone is welcome in the league, which incorporates fair play rules, which makes it a very comfortable yet still competitive league to play in. AGFC were created last season, and finished mid table of the 2nd Division struggling to put together a consistent starting XI being a new side. However, this season the squad exceeds 25, maybe even 30 members. I joined the side just before the season started, managing to get a friendly appearance before making my debut on the first game of the season at left back. We won that game 6-2, and I was pleased with my performance.
From then on I've made more appearances for the side, a few at left back and more recently 5 or 6 performances at centre midfield - my preferred position. Following that win and we have gone on to take 22 points out of 9 games so far and have also managed to proceed from our group in the regional cup. We sit top of Division 2 and we are aiming to keep up our form and grab promotion.
I think that's enough of me rambling about AGFC for now, as I'm sure you'll hear more in the future. I don't want to make my first post too long, so I'll keep it as it is now and leave you here. Until tomorrow, goodbye!
So yesterday was actually my 17th birthday, and I had a very good day if you were wondering haha. But more importantly I thought to myself 'I really need to do something with my time' and thought 'Let's make a blog!' Now I'm unsure whether this will be a success or a failure but I'm going with it for now, and am going to try and update daily if I can manage to - hopefully.
I think I should introduce myself properly first, where do I start... I'm Dan Chapman, 17 years old from the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. I'm currently studying my A-Levels (Maths, Further Maths, Physics and English Language) which are quite boring if I'm honest, not enjoying it particularly. More importantly, I am a MASSIVE football fan, Aston Villa in particular. We're not the greatest team in the Premier League I will admit, but I still am a huge fan and will continue to be whatever happens.
As well as being a football fan I also play for a team, albeit an extremely small and amateur one. I play for Acomb Gateway FC, a team in the second division of the Yorkshire Christian Football League - whose website can be found here. Although I am not Christian, anyone is welcome in the league, which incorporates fair play rules, which makes it a very comfortable yet still competitive league to play in. AGFC were created last season, and finished mid table of the 2nd Division struggling to put together a consistent starting XI being a new side. However, this season the squad exceeds 25, maybe even 30 members. I joined the side just before the season started, managing to get a friendly appearance before making my debut on the first game of the season at left back. We won that game 6-2, and I was pleased with my performance.
From then on I've made more appearances for the side, a few at left back and more recently 5 or 6 performances at centre midfield - my preferred position. Following that win and we have gone on to take 22 points out of 9 games so far and have also managed to proceed from our group in the regional cup. We sit top of Division 2 and we are aiming to keep up our form and grab promotion.
I think that's enough of me rambling about AGFC for now, as I'm sure you'll hear more in the future. I don't want to make my first post too long, so I'll keep it as it is now and leave you here. Until tomorrow, goodbye!
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