Noughties nice all round – except for Mr Osley!
YOUR SHOUT!
WELL, thank goodness December is over.
Like a wheezing old man having had one too many Guinnesses, the year rather fizzled out. It would have been far better for all (well, Chelsea) if we had skipped from November straight to January.
That said. The Noughties themselves have been a decade of quite spectacular wonder. Starting with Chelsea winning the FA Cup and ending with them becoming the best team in the London.
“What’s that!?” I hear Richard Osley splutter as he chokes on his January detox chamomile tea. “Arsenal are the best team in London. I should know, I had it tattooed on my lower back as a Christmas present to myself.
“It looks dead sexy when it peeps out over my jeans as I bend over to zip up my Ugg Boots,” he whines.
Well, unfortunately, facts are facts Mr Osley. Three FA Cups and two Premierships a piece for Chelsea and Arsenal. So to the Champions League and a place in the final each, so the tie breaker must be semi-final appearances in Europe’s premier competition.
Chelsea have had four, I know FOUR! Monaco, Liverpool twice and Barcelona. I have no idea how many Arsenal have had in the Noughties, but it can’t be that many because I would have remembered. And the ones against Manchester United don’t count because Arsenal didn’t turn up.
So there we have it – irrefutable proof that the best team in London in the Noughties were Chelsea.
But we must not dwell scouser-like on the past, but stride onwards to the next decade. A decade of Chelsea, the best team in England, the best team in Europe and the best team in the world.
Oh dear, I shouldn’t have had that last Baileys! I need a lie down...
BRUCE MACRAE, NW3