So I took an interlull-esque dip into blogs past, because I was just thinking about Giroud (footballistically), and I emerged with this: 11.09.10 Lose him and we are looking to Carlos ‘Chip It’ Vela or heading back into Arshavin territory. So please, XXXXXXXX – no injury. 16.09.10 XXXXXXXX is a revelation. A willing front man [...]
So I was listening this evening to the excellent 5live report on Arsenal’s finances, a discussion with some knowledgeable men present: Martin Keown, former Liverpool MD Christian Purslow, Jeremy Wilson from the Telegraph and Nigel Phillips from the AST. It’s a great listen and I urge you to have a crack if you’ve not done [...]
1. Find Abou Diaby He’s gone missing. Injurepol have been alerted but there is still no sign of our no-minutes-on-the-pitch midfielder. If spotted, feel free to approach him. He’s completely harmless. 2. Avoid what Denilson’s been drinking Six appearances for Sao Paolo, three red cards. That’s some work. One can only speculate what it was [...]
Apropos of not a great deal, on the day when yet another home shirt was revealed, I thought I’d share this with you. I was digging through some old stuff today and came across the Gunners Shop price list from the 1986-1987 season. It’s one of those occasions when 25 years seems an entire world [...]
**This competition has now closed** And now for something completely different. Thanks to the folks at HarperCollins Publishers, I’ve got two signed copies of Paul Merson’s autobiography – How Not To Be A Professional Footballer – to give away. For all his flaws, in his pomp the Merse was one of my favourite players at [...]
No no, I’m not old enough to be waxing lyrical about Ted Drake scoring all seven goals in a 7-1 drubbing of Aston Villa on 14th December 1935, but cast yourselves forward fifty years to something far more monumental for me – the first Arsenal game I ever attended. Yes, today is my Arsenal silver [...]
It’s plug time. Along with at least a baker’s dozen of other Arsenal bloggers I was contacted by Arsenal.com and asked if I’d be prepared to spread the word that coverage on Arsenal TV Online tomorrow – for the Fulham game – is free. I don’t see why not – we all win. I get [...]
Arsenal since about 1979. Thick, thin and all that. 
