The FA Cup has come and gone, and we will find out over the coming week (probably) whether we’ll be saying the same for Arsene Wenger’s career at Arsenal. Nonetheless, with no Premier League clubs in the Champions League final, the English football season is now over. The curtain is drawn, the encore played, and we the crowd now file out, eagerly awaiting what the next season’s production will bring.
It’s a strange quirk of footballing convention, carried out and commented on every year, that ‘end of season’ awards are given out midway through the third act. Last-minute Big Reveals may be rare, but it would make sense to at least give characters the courtesy of seeing their arc out until the end. Continue reading