“The end to the football season could not have come quickly enough for Arsenal fans, as their team once again failed to maintain its challenge for honours, falling away to a disappointing fourth place after being Manchester United’s main challengers for so many months. Those of a more artistic persuasion might well have reflected on the words of TS Eliot, ‘This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper’, while baseball aficionados might have opted for Yogi Berra’s classic, ‘It’s déjà vu all over again.’” Swiss Ramble