WITH the noisiest north corner of our impressive new stadium directly opposite the section of away fans in the south end, this huge arena’s two most vocal areas are separated by such a vast distance that sadly, there’s rarely any decent banter between the two sets of supporters these days.

I am no fan of early KOs — and I only have a short stroll around to the ground. It seems that very few Blackburn fans bothered to make a crack-of-dawn schlep down from the north-west, but for all those Gooners travelling from far and wide, who might’ve been forced to forsake their Sunday lie-ins, their efforts were well rewarded, with a veritable smorgasbord of a footballing Sunday brunch.