As Turf Moor can represent the antidote to the Premier League’s shiny new stadiums, it served as an appropriate venue for a throwback to the old days. As their 21st-century successors left the pitch after securing a hard-fought victory, the anthem for George Graham’s team, “1-0 to the Arsenal”, rang around a historic venue. The away fans then started serenading Lee Dixon. Only the man who arrived as the arch-moderniser seemed immune to nostalgia’s charms. “I don’t know if they were good or bad days,” mused Arsène Wenger, who has always had at least one eye on the future. But, utterly unprompted, it was the Frenchman who brought his most celebrated team into the...
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