Egg-stra special Happy Easter greetings!

It has been a quiet week on The Road to Wembley from Scotland. The two giants of the game, Arsenal and Man City, who I will see soon on the next stop on ‘The Road’ have both had a midweek sans-fitba. When it is a slow news week the silly-season stories start to emerge in the media and more about these later. However, firstly dear reader may I wish you a Happy Easter with some egg-stra special messages from my darling daughter Morag.

The branding of the Road to Wembley from Scotland has been great fun and it has all been Morag’s work. First there was the logo.

Then there was the T-shirt

Me and ma laddie Brian at Dunston UTS in the FA Cup qualifying rounds

… and now we have Easter Egg artefacts

Egg-cellent !!

 

I am cracking up !

Thanks very much for this wonderful gift Mo … and Happy Easter to all my readers!

Back to football and the voracious football media are always hungry for a story and if they can’t find one they make one up. The silly-season tale that was doing the rounds in midweek was for Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez to move to Man City in the summer. This is just not going to happen. Firstly Sanchez is contracted to the Gunners until the summer of 2018 and secondly Man City do not need him. They already have Aguerro arguably the best goal scoring centre forward in world football. I am looking forward to seeing the battle of the super strikers Sanchez and Aguerro at Wembley in 9 days time. Also in midweek Wenger once again denied the rumours that his departure from the Emirates was imminent. Good on you pal – keep going Professor.

Today is Good Friday and it is a good Friday for football. I will be heading to Ayrshire later to see my beloved Hearts in SPFL action. I am looking forward to it albeit with some trepidation. Later over the Easter weekend Man City will take on Southampton at St Marys and on Easter Monday Arsenal will be in the smog to take on the Boro. Will Man City win on the South Coast? Will Wenger stay calm as Arsenal prepare for their ‘last chance saloon’ fixture on Teesside? Will Hearts finally win an away game? Come back here on Sunday to find out … and  … keep reading … and Happy Easter!