Arsene Wenger has at last loosened the purse strings at Arsenal and splashed out: on a coach, the type that you drive, not the sort that shouts at players. When they played Norwich three years ago they came under criticism from green campaigners for taking a 14-minute flight to the Norfolk county town.
Unfortunately, the chara won’t be in use today because of road works. The team flew to Norwich last night. Wenger complained, ‘Sometimes the access to Norwich is difficult.’
Arsene Wenger has at last loosened the purse strings at Arsenal and splashed out: on a coach, the type that you drive, not the sort that shouts at players. When they played Norwich three years ago they came under criticism from green campaigners for taking a 14-minute flight to the Norfolk county town.
Unfortunately, the chara won’t be in use today because of road works. The team flew to Norwich last night. Wenger complained, ‘Sometimes the access to Norwich is difficult.’
Teams used to rely on the train for away matches and Arsenal did travel by that route to Birmingham. Long train trips in the past gave an opportunity for high jinks. Trains used to run on Christmas Day and after an away match the Charlton team managed to drink the entire restaurant car staff under the table.