As February arrived, Richard received some bad news.
City was out of the FA Cup!
They had lost to Shrewsbury in a tense penalty shootout.
When Richard heard the report from Miss Heysen, he sighed deeply. But he refused to dwell on the disappointment—after all, in football, there are always wins and losses.
"Is there any other news I should know about?" he asked.
"Yes," Miss Heysen replied. "Currently, we're still near the top of the league table. And in the League Cup, we'll be facing Arsenal in the fourth round."
Arsenal!
Finally, this was the heavyweight they would face.
Miss Heysen went on, "But Richard, there's some buzz that their manager isn't seeing eye to eye with their vice-chairman, David Dein."
Richard raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why's that?"
