Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal

Today was the start of the 2011-2012 Barclays Premiership season. Arsenal drew with Newcastle at St. James Park. It was a good game, but a frustrating one.
It was so, so beautiful to see Tomas Rosicky play. He did a good job controlling the pace for Arsenal while he was on.
The most frustrating moment was when new signing and Frenchman Gervinho got sent off after Joey Barton started a fight with him after a small diving incident. At that moment, I realized it's going to be a looong season for Arsenal. I don't know if we have the depth to go a full season with other competitions mixed in.

On the other end of the spectrum, my Championship guys Reading FC beat Leicester City 2-0 away. Add in their 2-2 draw with Millwall last week and it's looking to be a good season. Maybe we'll make Premiership this season.

It's so good to have matches to look forward to each weekend again. Not a lot happened this summer and I'm ready for soccer action. And hopefully my fists will be doing excited fist pumps a lot this season instead of  frustrated ones.

Reading Moves On

It's been a few weeks since I posted something meaningful, but I just had to share this link. I got into Reading FC when they were up in the Premiership for a few seasons and then went back down to Championship land. Kevin Doyle, currently with the Wolves, played for them and I happen to like him as a footballer.
The Royals made some more of their history today with a win over Everton to move on to only their third FA Cup quarter-final. Read the article for a better description...

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/01032011/58/fa-cup-shock-troops-reading-stun-everton.html