Usmanov given stately home

According to this report in The Times recently, Alisher Usmanov was allegedly given the Sutton Place estate in Surrey as part of a deal with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Mr Usmanov denies this. I get chased by debt collectors for not paying £70 membership for a gym I’d left, and oligarchs argue about who gave…

Piers Morgan: No Thanks

I don’t like Piers Morgan. I don’t know anyone who does like Piers Morgan. The likes of Gary Lineker and Michael Owen have had a go at him in just the last couple of days on Twitter, when he attempts some matey banter with them, but for some reason Arsenal players seem to think he’s…

Arsenal v Milan: Statistically Unremarkable

We lost 4-0 to Milan. Probably we are going out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage for the second year running. Even if by some miracle we beat Milan 5-0 in the second leg (What are the latest live odds, Ray?), we will probably lose in the quarter-finals. Although the manner of…

Some more Arsenal finance principles

These articles appeared in The Gooner in 2009 following the release of the Arsenal Holdings financial results. Obviously figures quoted are no longer applicable, but a lot of the general information and principles are still valid, and help to explain the background on the financial position – though Champions League qualification has become even more…

Ruud Gullit of Arsenal? Nearly . . .

The Gooner once did a series on players who nearly joined Arsenal – as in were actually close to signing, rather than just some guy mentioned them on twitter. Here are one of the best and another one. Originally printed in The Gooner, issues 118 and 116. Ruud Gullit Nowadays Arsenal are all about sexy…