On Tuesday evening, without kicking a ball, Arsenal became this season's Premier League champions. A draw at Bournemouth ended Man City's chances, gifting Arsenal their triumph, as hundreds of thousands of fans celebrated on the final whistle. They whooped, they grinned, they partied, and many of then were still partying many hours later. Whereas I merely had a tab open on my laptop, and after seeing the final score smiled and went back to what I was doing. It's been 22 years since Arsenal last won the Premiership, a period which some would describe as 22 years of pain and which I would describe as "a very long time". During that period Arsenal have won the FA Cup five times and the Community Shield six, but apparently it's the Premiership which matters most so this latest triumph tops the lot. I should be exhilarated and on cloud nine but instead I'm merely a bit pleased. And this is because, as previously described, I don't have sport empathy. sport empathy (noun): the ability to…
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