I’ve got no axe to grind on World Cup dates and why Qatar was selected as a suitable venue – aside from the possibility of corruption within Fifa. But this ‘problem’ of a winter World Cup doesn’t seem like such a big problem to me. The World Cup takes a month. Put two weeks on…

This month’s AST meeting had sports lawyer Ian Lynam (@ianlynam)as a guest speaker. Ian is an Arsenal fan and has previously worked for Arsenal on transfer deals, so has great insight into how the club functions on player contracts and transfers. He now has Cesc Fabregas as a client, among others. He confirmed that Cesc…

I hesitate to mention the S-word again, as their fans already think I’m obsessed, but unfortunately there’s been no actual proper football going on lately, so I was looking at quotes from Arsène Wenger before the NLD. He was asked about the Totts and Gareth Bale. As it was leading up to the match, it…

I would not have bothered with this topic but for two things: 1 – the number of indignant comments from Spurs fans on previous blog posts saying how public spirited their club is in building a new ground in an area that needs facilities, coupled with their bizarre insistence that Arsenal somehow fleeced the taxpaying…

Part of the fun of being an Arsenal fan is to take the mickey out of Tottenham fans. And vice versa, of course, but we have had far more laughs at their expense in recent years – in fact in most of our lifetimes – than they have had at ours. I like a bit…

In 2006 a few writers for The Gooner got together to bounce ideas around for the magazine, and I suggested “101 Reasons Why Arsenal Are Better Than Spurs”. Brian Dawes (@Gooner48) immediately said, “No – 1,961 reasons!” So that’s what we did. The feature ran for a couple of seasons on The Gooner‘s inside back…

So CL qualification has been seen off in quite short order and after a first day loss Arsenal have now won three games in a row fairly comfortably. Twitter informs me that Arsene has overseen 12 CL qualification matches, scoring 29 goals and conceding three. I think it’s fair to say Arsenal (as third or…

I haven’t had much time for blogging lately. I have sent the odd tweet out into the world, just so people don’t think I’ve died. Usually I tweet when a thought occurs to me that seems interesting enough to share. Sometimes I think that maybe I’m a bit like a woman asking for advice: despite…

I’m a busy man and I’ve got no time to write anything tonight. However, as luck would have it, some guy I’ve never heard of sent me this, so enjoy: I go back to the good (or is that bad!?) old days, standing on the North Bank with my uncle as a 9 year old…

I can’t imagine ever wanting Arsenal to lose in order to force a change at the club. I suppose the only circumstances I might hope for a loss would be if it were to prevent Spurs winning the league, or perhaps more likely, if we’re out of the running for top four come the last…