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January 18, 2006

The Gunners in Gode

somali2It is a truth universally acknowledged that wherever you go in Ethiopia - even if it's a remote town in the country's remote and slightly hairy Somali region - you will always find a group of boys obsessed with English Premiership football.

"Manchester United," I shouted instead of "Cheese". "No," they shouted back, "Arsenal!" (For anyone puzzled by the soccer-speak in the headline, Arsenal = The Gunners.)

Posted by aheavens at January 18, 2006 10:36 AM