Reasons why August is the best football month
August, for the football fan in general, is very hard to beat. Here's why: It’s high summer Picture the scene. It’s January and the weather hasn’t risen above zero all…
Roll on the Euros
If there’s ever a good time to be out of work, it’s probably now. With the Euros, the Olympics and Wimbledon all locked and loaded, rather than networking, putting out…
A week of goodwill… and now for the finale
On and off the pitch, Arsenal are barely putting a foot wrong at the moment. Top of the table, a smooth passage to the 4th round of the FA Cup…
All I want for the new year is more of the same
Would Arsenal’s form survive a six-week hiatus, we all wondered? Is it possible to bottle momentum and uncork it again? We needn’t have worried - out came the Boxing Day…
Some post-Saturday pre-Saturday bullet points on Tuesday
Every time we lose, the questions about Arteta bubble up. I bet Mikel longs for the day when a loss isn’t followed by questions about his ability or his inexperience…
Getting to the bottom of my blogger’s block
I’ve not written a blog since 30th December, 2019. That’s 590 days and also, as it turns out, pretty much the entire reign of Mikel Arteta. It was also one…
I’ve taken my eye off the ball
When I was a mere stripling, Arsenal was my be-all and end-all. If we lost I’d mope around all weekend, and if we won I’d be bouncing off the walls.…
A handy guide to transfer terminology
A Kolasinac-shaped left-back aside, this June was hardly flaming in the transfer department. July is where the action usually is, I tell myself, and it’s an opinion I can justify…
Happy Christmas, ’tis the season for ho-ho-hoping
If I was to mark our Christmas scorecard, I’d probably give it about a 5 (as indeed did Gooner’s Diary in this piece in the Guardian). It’s been far from…
A day at the football
Something I tried out today - hope you enjoy. Took a lot of snapping and a bit of luck catching the right piece of video...