You know it is a quiet time when the lead story on the official site is of the pitch being cut. Still, it kept the lawnmowerspotters happy – “Of cours...
A quiet morning for Arsenal, nothing unusual with the highlight of this week is shaping to be the release of next season’s Premier League fixture list...
You know it’s bad when you look forward to a meaningless international competition. It’s even worse when the players declare it a tournament worth win...
It’s the Arsenal Way; a safe pair of hands at the helm, “Mr Chairman” and “Sir” in the boardroom as Ken Friar observed. If you had to characterise Pet...
A quick flick through the back pages this morning sees Liverpool signing Iago Aspas from Celta Vigo and you’re expecting something in the post to do w...
P Perhaps Ivan Gazidis let something slip with his ill-advised quip about spending £25m on Lionel Messi… Arsène Wenger’s eventual replacement could do...
That cartoon is from 1983; plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… Just when you thought it was all over…up pop Spain, prolonging the agony of the s...
So Ivan’s Q&A with small shareholders / supporters / others, was deemed to be a PR success. There is nothing surprising in that, the CEO has a reputat...
This morning’s memory is from Andy Wood, @yorkshiregunner, ever willing to debate on Twitter. Reports and YouTube videos at the end of the piece. Tryi...
The summer is setting itself as rebuilding the foundations. Those nominated as surplus to requirements are leaving the club, mostly confirmed by the c...
It is never a good day to be a footballer when your contract expires and no renewal is forthcoming but yesterday was a particularly bad day to be a fo...
It’s the equivalent of dipping your elbow to see if baby’s bath water is too hot or cold. As Winter turned to Spring, it didn’t suit the manager for c...
Bianca’s left Ricky alone long enough for him to tell us of his favourite match… Sometimes you just know. I’ve always struggled when tasked with writi...
It was going to a bit Monty Python this morning – And now for something completely different – but this transfer business drags you back in. By the ti...
It’s the morning after the interview before. Well, a couple of mornings actually but nonetheless that ol’ Summer football hangover has begun. Heads ar...
For a moment, every one of Phil Scholari’s nightmares about English football seemed like coming true. When it came to passing the ball to feet and tea...
Today’s post is from blog chairman, Consolsbob. As I write this I am sitting on my avli in Crete looking out into the orange grove and drinking, it is...
So Santi Cazorla was player of the season. It was not much of a surprise at all, the Spaniard ever-present in the Premier League. To be honest, he did...
Best Practice is a problematic theory; it largely ignores practicalities in its formulation and then shoehorns the two ends into a Utopian ideal. The ...
A million words are uttered by former players, few ever encapsulate a moment to its core, If you’re an Arsenal man through and through, that’s like wi...
End of season international tours take centre stage over the next few weeks as bank balances are replenished all in the name of acclimatisation for ne...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness It was the epoch of belief, it was the epo...
Flint is up with his memories today. The 4th February 1956 was the day my young 8-year-old life changed for ever, it was then I was hooked like a fish...
Arsenal’s position of Kings of Europe is now assured, Arjen Robben’s late winner ensuring that some skewed logic aside, Bayern have already ceded thei...
It’s a rare occurrence you will find me saying this but Martin Samuel did quite a good job on Platini here. Now I am off to wash my mouth out with soa...
The end of the first week of the wait next season is upon us, one down, a dozen or so to go until the proper stuff begins. You get the feeling that th...
There is something of an inevitability about it all. Dropped as first choice centre back, Thomas Vermaelen was bound to subject to some speculation. T...
Saturday morning: No. 2 Son “Dad, who have Arsenal signed?” “No-one yet; the transfer window isn’t open” No. 1 Son “Dad, City have signed Falcao” “Eh?...
That the season came down to one final match is cause for praise and concern in equal measure. Whatever your view is, the League table does not lie. A...
Newcastle United 0 – 1 Arsenal 0 – 1 Koscielny (52) “I’d like to say it’s a shame [that Tottenham didn't qualify to Champions League] – but it’s not r...
The points on the Tyne are all mine, all mine The points on the Tyne are all mine I am not sure that Arsène’s version of the Lindisfarne, ahem, classi...
The final weekend of the Premier League season is upon us, the drama stretched for another 36 hours to suit the Sunday television schedule. Confidence...
