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Terence Wood
Terence Wood is an ardent Arsenal fan, football Writer & Contributor for @VAVELcom @VoicingFootball @ByFarBlog @punditfeed http://arsenaldailynews.com and an occasional radio and T.V pundit. Twitter:@Terence__Wood

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Post Highbury Blues – The Emirates Stadium Mare

    The more things change the more they stay the same; an ever-popular phrase often associated with Citizens of countries fed up with the usual rhetoric of political parties in Government and in recent times synonymous with disgruntled Arsenal Fans after a loss or a draw. On 8 th June 2006, Club legend Henry scored the last goal at Highbury courtesy an 81 st minute spot-kick. After 93 memorable years, it was time to bid adieu to the stadium that had given us the double-winning teams, Arsene Wenger, Tony Adams, Liam Brady, George Graham, Dennis Bergkamp and the Invincibles. Like the biblical story of the promise land, the pilgrimage from Highbury to the Emirates was expected to be a dream arcade flowing with milk and honey – a footballing abode of modern standards with the perfect allure of attracting the very best talents to North London whiles competing with other elite clubs for trophies. However, every dream has a price and the beginning of everything is always the
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My Memorable Journalistic Year in Retrospect : 2019

Happy New Year ardent reader, It has been 3 years of sports writing. I started via this blogspot some years back as a hobby and a therapy against the monotony of the corporate world. It garnered great interest, lovely reviews & and I graduated to writing for other sites (both international & local). The old phrase 'Third time's a Charm ' is highly evident in my 3rd year of writing. Since it was a milestone year with notable achievements & unforgettable exposure; In January, 2 of My articles placed 5th and 8th in AIPS,s Top 10 African submissions for 2018 https://www.aipsawards.com/single-news?id=85 Thanks very much to an astute host, Yaw Ofosu of TV3 for helping me make my debuts on 📻 3fm 97.3  in 2017 & 📺  TV3 in 2019. Grateful Fentuo Tahiru of Citi fm also grateful to you for putting me on with Nathan Quao and Kojo Nkestiah for premier league show on CitiTv 📺 & inviting me to do premier league 📻 punditry with You.
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The Black Star Love-Hate-Love Thing !!!

Continental football is back again, albeit this time in a different season (June-July instead of January-February) and a different format (16 to 24 teams). If the razzmatazz of the draw - held at the picturesque Sphinx and the Pyramids in Giza -   was the hors d'oeuvre, the actual competition which is in full swing is showing glimpses of delivering on its promise as the main course. From the ancient aura of Alexandria through the principal streets of Bangui to the shipping yards of Port Elizabeth, the allure for football on Pharaoh’s grass is certainly at an all-time high. In Ghana, issues pertaining to religion, politics and football garner a lot of interest. If the assertions made by sportswriter Fiifi Anaman’s AIPS award-winning article in 2015 * (“Where is the love: How the Black Stars stabbed the nation in cold blood”) still holds, then interest in activities of the Black Stars by its citizenry has waned tremendously since the disgraceful events at the 2014
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The Tragedy of Julen Lopetegui

     “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” These were the infamous words of Brutus in justifying the assassination of Julius Caesar as staged in Shakespeare’s ever classical tragedy – A play delineated by the subterfuge of Cassius, the perfidy of Brutus, and the ultimate quietus of Julius Caesar. In a typical plot of power struggle, Brutus a highly revered confidante of Julius Caesar is manipulated by Cassius and joins the plot to assassinate the ever-popular Roman General, Julius Caesar. In a bizarre turn of events, the action of killing Caesar appears impolitic and futile. Out of frustration and guilt, Brutus takes his own life. From politics to the corporate world, shades of deceit and betrayal abound. Football as a cultural institution is no exception. Conceptualize being coach of the country renowned for its Tiki-taka brand of football, home to the dynamic duo of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF – a reference point for every club in the world.
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Two Kings, 2 Cities, 1 Goal

One king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns; these are the pieces that make up a chess game for each player. Capturing the opponents King is the holy grail of the game. The King’s imminent capture results in a “checkmate” warning by the opposing player. Adept with the ability to move in any direction, including diagonally and to any adjacent square that is not attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn, the King is the most important chess piece. Chess or sovereign states aside, every discipline hints at a quintessential figure they refer to as “King”. Most are conferred, some are self-acclaimed. In the music world, Michael Jackson is to Pop, what Jay z is to Rap – King. The sporting world has its own version of supreme performers that are always on the move not for the want of shunning battles but rather for the sake of competing at the highest level and setting records in the process. Step up Basketball’s Lebron James and Football's Cristiano
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