After Notts County: England’s Club Owners. Are They Any Good?
“Are they any good?” It’s a simple question. And it is in the top one of questions supporters should ask of bidders for football clubs. But, as the BBC’s flagship...
Posts Tagged: "Arsenal"
A Man for Their Seasons: Pat Jennings and the North London Derby
As we approach another iteration of the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, rival supporters could perhaps be forgiven for spewing forth a bit extra vitriol to relieve the increased feelings of tension. Each...
Custodians, Fans And Ownership: From Arsenal To Wrexham
The Arsenal take-over looks like being a long way from the toxic take-overs of The Glazers and Gillett & Hicks. But, as SJ Maskell writes, custodianship is about doing more...
Match Of The Midweek: Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal
Barcelona versus Arsenal, then. This tie might just turn out to have produced a higher acreage of newpaper stories than any other match this season, with comments thrown from one...
Match Of The Week: The 2011 League Cup Final: Arsenal 1-2 Birmingham City
Perhaps today was a day for burying a few clichés. That the League Cup “doesn’t matter any more” has become one of the mantras of the modern game, but this...
A Rant Or Three
While I was ‘away’ at the Asian Cup, English football ‘personalities’ maintained their capacity to infuriate – through stinking hypocrisy as much as the usual pig ignorance. Brady Everybody on...
FA Cup Third Round Weekend 1: Arsenal 1-1 Leeds United
No-one is hit harder by the unremittingly harsh light of football’s inherent meritocracy than the supporters of a “Big Club” that falls upon hard times. When they slipped to the...
Match Of The Midweek: Manchester United 1-0 Arsenal
There were just over seventeen minutes to play in this critical, top of the table Premier League match when the whistle blew for a penalty kick. Wayne Rooney picked the...
Arsenal’s Milestone: Is The First One Hundred Pound Ticket Imminent?
It hasn’t been a terribly good weekend for Arsenal. Beaten at home by Tottenham Hotspur for the first time in seventeen years yesterday lunchtime, their supporters had the rest of...
Match Of The Week: Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
It’s a lunchtime kick-off for the North London derby, and there are still a few empty seats on display at The Emirates Stadium. A chance for that one last drink...
Videos Of The Week: FA Cup Special
This weekend sees us reach the First Round Proper stage of the FA Cup. Over 40,000 people turned out to watch the Fourth Qualifying Round matches, and there will be...
Wrap Wilshere In Cotton Wool, But Don’t Give Him A Make-Over
William Abbs takes a look at Jack Wilshere – The original can be found here. Imagine, if you will, that England are a goal down to Montenegro with thirty minutes...
Match Of The Midweek: Spurs 1-4 Arsenal
Small wonder that Arsene Wenger accepted the punishment meted out after his shouting session against Sunderland afternoon with such a muted response. He’s down £8,000 financially (although clubs are usually...
Football’s Latest Pointless Rule: The 25-Man Squad List
Arsene Wenger is today being quoted as stating that the new Premier League rule reducing squad sizes to 25, as being “a disastrous decision for football and for the players”....
The 2010/11 Premier League Previews 1 – Arsenal: How Long Is Too Long?
It’s that time of the season again, and we have time this year for a pre-season piece on all twenty of the clubs in this season’s Premier League. First of...
The Title That No-One Wants To Win?
English football season has had more than its fair share of madness this season, but the race for the title is starting to give off a hint of being the...
Match Of The Midweek: Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal
How, then, do Arsenal solve a problem like Lionel Messi? If he isn’t unquestionably the best player in the world at the moment then he is in the top two...
Match Of The Midweek: Porto 2-1 Arsenal
Sometimes, it feels as if Sol Campbell's entire life might be scripted by someone that was laid off from the Eastenders' writing team. In recent times, there doesn't appear to...
Match Of The Week 2: Stoke City 3-1 Arsenal
Chelsea and Manchester City are the only two clubs left in this year's FA Cup with anything like a realistic chance of winning it after Arsenal lost at Stoke this...
Match Of The Week : Arsenal 2-2 Everton
An icon of American football made his Premier League debut at The Emirates Stadium, and Landon Donovan's performance gave every indication that he will be a significant acquisition for Everton...