Leaving the Emirates on Tuesday, I couldn’t help but wonder how much longer the matchday feel-good factor will last.  It would be a stretch to say the atmosphere was raucous – midweek showdowns with average opposition rarely are – but much like the other fixtures this season, it was a notch up on the decibel level compared to equivalent fixtures of recent years.  I can’t be the only season ticket holder who, after the Covid-enforced separation, saw the Chelsea game as an opportunity to renew our vows. Not everybody did, of course. After a couple of traumatic seasons and the world turning upside down, the churn on the terraces, in my eyes, appears to have been more...
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