Last night I tweeted a few facts from Arsenal’s accounts for the year ended 31 May 1975, that @Gooner_AK gave me a copy of. It’s fascinating to compare the numbers with those we have now. Arsenal’s Cash in hand and at bank was £1,215 on 31 May 1975. No, there are no missing zeros –…

Other clubs may have a transfer news round-up at this time of year. There’s no point with that at Arsenal, so here’s a money news round-up instead. There’s a very good video doing the rounds with some highlights from Arsenal’s recent trophyless years, which shows some of the great players and great football we’ve still…

Or at least, do you want your face in a film, and maybe your opinion? An animator and producer – a very talented animator and producer – called Kristina Hoffman is making a short film, provisionally titled Game of Numbers on the subject of money in football: how much the players get compared to how…

Haven’t posted anything for a few days. I have something a bit different coming later, but in the meantime . . . Obviously we’ve had lots of debate on the size and effect of Arsenal’s debt recently, with Ivan stating fairly strongly that even if George Osborne doesn’t agree in general, the period of austerity…

Looks like we are having to suffer a sudden charm offensive from Arsenal’s second largest shareholders, Messrs Red and White. Mr Usmanov, or ‘Red’ as I call him, has been talking to CNBC, while Farhad Moshiri has spoken to Reuters. “It’s time Arsenal won trophies like the Champions League,” says Mr U. Well I think…

One of the cleaners found this in the bins in Ivan’s office. I think he must have nicked it off Arsene’s desk and thrown it away. It does seem to explain what is going on. It literally works for any player in the world! Click the image to enlarge. And before lovers and admirers of…

Suddenly everyone is talking about Joe Kinnear being back at Newcastle! It must be time for me to repost this, then. I’ll make Joe the ‘A’ side this time, flipping the contents of the post to get more readers – you know, like Boney M did once with Rivers of Babylon and Brown Girl In…

Here’s a list of Arsenal directors who have served since 1946. The just retired PH-W is the longest-serving by some distance at 51 years, with Robert Bellinger in second place with 36. Peter’s father, Denis Hill-Wood, managed 33 years, though Ken Friar will overtake him if he stays till 2017. At the other end, in…

Peter Hill-Wood has left Arsenal, severing a connection that goes back to his grandfather joining the Board in 1922, before even the days of Herbert Chapman and the first great Arsenal side. The writing has been on the wall for several months, as he has not been in full health since last year. Even before…

Around £80m by now. Now before all the Arsène lovers get up in arms about this and jump straight to the comments to insult me, let me first say that I’m presenting this only as a quirky fact (I won’t go as far as ‘interesting’). In terms of value, there’s a good case to say…