Sentences with phrase «curtain raiser»

But first, the Community Shield — the traditional curtain raiser for the English football...

FA Community Shield As sporting outfits and sportspersons always look back at the history and head - to - head records — before going into a marquee clash — let us also recollect what happened when Arsenal faced Manchester City in the annual curtain raiser at the Wembley stadium in August.

Around 80,000 people watched Arsenal game in Australia and now Wenger will be hoping to have his team ready for the start of the season which kicks off with traditional curtain raiser Community Shield against Chelsea 1 week before the premier league begins.

The Flying Dutchman was twice on target in the annual Premiership curtain raiser against Wigan

The UEFA Super Cup is the annual curtain raiser for the new European season.

Think of resume objectives as curtain raisers.

Barcelona's annual preseason curtain raiser match, the Joan Gamper Trophy, features the Blaugrana facing off against Liga MX champion León.

Kirk Johnson's fine curtain raiser on the trip in The Times has a section illustrating this divide:

Listen I have massive respect for Wenger but that game against the Hammers as our season curtain raiser at «HOME» was totally unacceptable.

Tigres won 3 - 0 in their Copa Libertadores curtain raiser last night against Juan Aurich.

Formula 1 2018 season begins with the traditional curtain raiser Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia on the weekend of 23 - 25 March 2018.

The 2015 curtain raiser sees LA Galaxy host Chicago Fire on Friday 6th March, with all the other sides playing on either Saturday 7th or Sunday 8th.

The 2017 Superclásico de las Américas game between the South American rivals served as an intriguing curtain raiser to Jorge Sampaoli's reign as the new Argentina boss.

So this is a cracking curtain raiser to the new season across the Channel and PSG are 4/6 odds on to win the game with the draw at 3/1 and Monaco at 15/4.

Getabird is a daunting prospect at the head of the betting market, but Kalashnikov has quickly developed into the UK's chief hope of glory in the Festival curtain raiser.

Matters were made even worse in that disappointing curtain raiser, with the double injuries sustained by Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi, ultimately reducing the firepower of the side so early into the campaign.

His State of the State address serves as the legislative curtain raiser for the session.

This is increasingly popular in its own right, and not as a mere curtain raiser.

We created a 30» curtain raiser video for each course using tools like GoAnimate and Powtoons, and we introduced a gamification feature: Get a PowerBadge as you complete each course and win goodies.

«A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series» Mick Herron «A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent.

Designed by Peter Harradine and opened in 1998, the Resort Course has hosted the worlds best players as part of the official curtain raiser to the European PGA Tour event, the Dubai Desert Classic.

The program, which is dedicated to the latest trends, predictions and insights in top - end travel, acts as a thought - provoking curtain raiser to three days of buyer - seller travel trade appointments.

By way of a pointedly undiplomatic curtain raiser, Stephen Spender rose to introduce the proceedings, and for the edification of the international audience, singled out Barbara as «a member of the New York School of poets, whose main distinction would seem to be that they all write about painting.»

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) also posts an incredibly clear curtain raiser at the start of every COP.

Such an inclusive approach also reflects the inspirational activities of our charity partner, The School of Hard Knocks, which will be opening the event with a 7 - a-side curtain raiser on the main pitch.»

said Kuldeep Malik, country head for corporate sales international at MediaTek at a recent curtain raiser event held at New Delhi.

Agreeably, this is not an ideal curtain raiser, but believe it or not, it's not an immediate disqualifier either.

This cover letter should act as a perfect curtain raiser for your profile with an indication of a greatest suitability to take up the position.

The 21 year old international joins the club immediately and will be available for the clubs 2015 curtain raiser against New England Revolution on Sunday 8th March.

The traditional season curtain raiser will see the Premier League winners take on the FA Cup victors in a Manchester derby.

This year's traditional curtain raiser in England, is a clash between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Mark Tanzer, ABTA chief executive, said: «This weekend is the traditional curtain raiser for the family summer holidays and I am delighted to report that record numbers will be heading off on holiday this weekend.

Normally these curtain raisers are as boring as..

On the verge of the Gunners facing our main rivals for the Premier League, Chelsea, in the traditional curtain raiser to the season, Arsene Wenger is sending out a real message of intent with the news reported on the Arsenal website that the two key players Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott have signed new long term contracts.

Eg Rosicky or chamberlain We beat city playing a 4 -1-4-1 in the curtain raiser so we are likely to play that way again This line up looks at the posibility of not having Ramsey................................. Szezney Debuchy....

The 2015/16 season is just about to start in earnest — with the curtain raiser at Wembley between Chelsea and Arsenal competing for the Community Shield this afternoon.

It's a curtain raiser for the season, it means diddly.

Q The community shield should be played out by the England football team as a curtain raiser to their upcoming international season.

This Sunday, what's known as English football's «curtain raiser», the FA Community Shield, is set to be competed between Premier League Champions Chelsea and last season's FA Cup Winners Arsenal.

Fa cup is bigger than the super cup and club world cup, the super is just the charity shield for ecl and europa, I don't get how you can put so much value on one and not the other given that they are both curtain raisers.

This would be the curtain raiser for a season which is shaping up to be really exciting.

However, Manchester City FC and Arsenal FC took to Wembley for the annual curtain raiser, as the FA Community Shield is prominently called, having won the Premier League and FA Cup from the preceding season respectively.

Many Gunners fans were surprised to see his name on the team sheet ahead of the curtain raiser against Chelsea but he fully justified his inclusion with a sterling performance in the heart of the midfield.

Gabriel is a long - term absentee, Laurent Koscielny is out, Shkodran Mustafi is out and Per Mertesacker missed the curtain raiser against Leicester too after taking a whack from Gary Cahill in the Community Shield.

Season will get underway with the curtain raiser Community shield on 06 August 2017.

From being about to start in the Community Shield clash against Wembley to picking up an injury that meant he missed the curtain raiser at Wembley was only the start.

2017 FA Cup winners Arsenal take on 2016 - 17 Premier League champions and arch rivals Chelsea in the Community Shield game this Sunday, 06 August 2017 at the Wembley Stadium for the traditional curtain raiser of English football.