TERRACE TALK: Arsenal - Trust old hero Fabregas to ruin our weekend

In spite of infernal overnight motorway roadworks, I suspect our 180-mile trek home from Burnley on Saturday night must’ve felt a helluva lot less tiresome than it did for the smattering of Spurs fans who schlepped back from their half-hearted display at Turf Moor the previous weekend.

By contrast, there was an impressive turnout of around 4,000 Gooners on Saturday, despite a customarily inconvenient kick-off time depriving us of any possibility of returning to the capital via public transport.

Mind you, the myriad of northern accents in the away end at such outings nowadays serves as a reminder of the increasing universality of the Gunners’ appeal.