THE SEPTEMBER EQUINOX

 Actually it was yesterday, when the Sun "appeared" to cross the Celestial Equator, heading South, dragging in our Autumn and Winter. This event can happen on a day between 21st September and the 24th. Harvest Festivals will be celebrated on the Sunday of the "full moon" closest to the September Equinox, but maybe not this year. Bloody goalposts.....I said they have to be 4 inches in diameter

23rd September 2000 at Adams Park, Wycombe Wanderers (The Chairboys) played Peterborough Utd (Posh) in a Div 2 league game and Wycombe's Jamie Bates scored with the last kick of the first half. 

Wycombe then kicked off for the second half and within seconds their own, Jermaine MacSporran, scored another for the Chairboys. TWO goals in 9 seconds accoding to the referee. No Posh players touched the ball.

Of course all this would be more appropriate if Wycombe were nicknamed the Choirboys, but they are not...the nickname comes from the local trade, furniture makers, who enjoyed the wooded hills of Buckinghamshire. The club was founded in 1887 by local furniture makers and once established the clb joined the Southern League, gradually carving out a history that led them to be invited to the Football League. 

AND on September 23rd 2006, when Arsenal played Sheffield United at home in the Premier League winning 3-0, the three goalscorers shared the same birthday of August 17th: Arsenal's William Gallas (1977), Thierry Henry (1977) and the OWN GOAL scorer Phil Jagielka of the Blades (1982). At home, the Gunners only lost one game in the league that season, but the away games weren't quite so good, leaving Arsenal 4th in the division.

On February 25th 2007, in the League Cup Final, Arsenal lost 1-2 to Chelsea at The Millenium, Cardiff, the last one to be staged there while Wembley was being renewed.

Arsenal also had a run in the FA Cup, reaching the 5th Round, losing to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 away in a replay, on February 28th. The first tie had been played on the 17th.

To add to the congestion, there were two important ties in the Champions' League Round of 16 "two legs" against PSV Eindhoven, which Arsenal lost away 0-1 on Feb 20th and could only draw 1-1 at home on March 7th.  

By the way, in the next round Liverpool thumped Eindhoven 4-0 (over two legs) and then beat Chelsea 1-1 on pens 4-1 before reaching the final.

Arsenal had started their Champions' League campaign on August 8th and had ties against Dinamo Zagreb (5-1) in a Qualifying Round, then met SV Hamburg, FC Porto and CSKA Moscow in their group before bowing out. 

The Champions League semi-finals included Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. Of course, AC Milan beat United in the semi-finals and won the Final beating Liverpool 2-1.

Arsenal played 59 games during the season, their final 11 PL games between March 14th and May 13th.