Younger readers may not remember that we used to have a player called Tommy Vermaelen, who mysteriously disappeared a very long time ago. No one knows where Tommy is, but can you find him in this picture of the Arsenal squad doing a bit of training? Tommy’s French friend Arsene has been looking for him…

As you’ll have noticed, Robin van Persie, Arsenal captain, is currently sidestepping any questions about a new contract. He says he’s happy, fully committed, and also far too busy with these two 90 minute matches every seven days to be even thinking about a new contract, this just wouldn’t be the right time. All the…

The problem with Arsenal’s defence is one of two things: either they are just not playing very well at the moment, or as a unit they’re simply not very good any more. In other words, it’s a loss of form or a loss of class. I’ve had an interesting Twitter exchange for the last couple…

Every day for at least a week I’ve read at least one story about Arsenal taking the owner of a hat shop in Seville to court. It started on Monday with The Times taking the piss on their, ha ha, ‘amusing’ column on the back of the football section. It’s carried on all week with…

Here’s the third Gooner piece I wrote, for the Gooner Gold feature that had started not long before this appeared in issue 97, back in August 1999. A memorable match for me, if no one else. I’ve been supporting Arsenal for as long as I can remember, but in my younger days seeing a live…

Before I get into this, first the disclaimers: I’m not going to say anything that is not public knowledge, or could not be worked out by anyone who stops to think about it I’m not saying I’m for or against the current AFC Board or any shareholder(s) I’m using the term ‘Arsenal’ to apply to…