All the questions and answers from last week’s charity Arsenal Quiz Night. Answers: 1 – 1967    2 – 1992    3 – 1993    4 – 1995    5 – 2007 6 – Cesc celebrates scoring v Milan 7 – Michael Thomas scores at Anfield ’89 8 – Martin Keown taunts Ruud van Nistelrooy 9…

Well the title sounds better than ‘An Irish Loony’s Rant’. Just kidding Noel, all input appreciated! Regular correspondent Noel Conway is having a quick go at me for taking my eye off the finale to the season. Go Noel! “Phil for goodness sake we have three games left , the spuds have taken themselves down…

For the benefit of those who attended the Charity Quiz at The Tollington on Thursday evening, here is the final table of results. The evening raised a big sum for charity, somewhere over £1,300, so thanks to everyone who supported it by turning up or just buying raffle tickets.If any participants have queries on the…

Two questions in the title, but the media at large normally treat them as one. In this world of immediacy, whoever is on top RIGHT NOW THIS SECOND is deemed to be superior. But as we know, the League season is a marathon not a sprint. And the history of football is an ultra-marathon, or…

Following yesterday’s blog post comparing Arsenal managers’ stats, here’s the full table of all stats in one place for handy reference. (Click to enlarge.) Andy Kelly has pointed out that the base information I used contains some small errors in dates and numbers of games, but nothing that will dramatically alter the figures I’ve calculated.…

I love a good debate about who is Arsenal’s best ever manager. We all have an opinion on it, and of course ‘greatest’ is often very subjective, but I’ve pulled out a few statistics to look at. You can prove anything with statistics, as you know. Let’s start with a list of all Arsenal managers,…

Steve Bould was sent out to face the media when Arsene Wenger lost his voice this week, and he has been quoted talking about Abou Diaby. “As we all know, he has had seven years of injuries and it takes a huge character to come back. Maybe it’s a chance for him to correct everything…

On this day in 1987 Arsenal won their first trophy for eight years! Can you imagine waiting so long! Amazing. Naturally the programme for the following week’s match against Charlton (and boy am I glad to see the back of them in the top division, boring feckers) went overboard on photographs of the great event.…

Twenty years ago today Arsenal and Spurs met on a sunny Sunday afternoon for their second FA Cup Semi-Final in three seasons. Spurs somehow won the first one in 1991. The fact that Arsenal only had to wait two years for revenge is seen by many as proof of the existence of God. Here are…

I know, I know, they’re that Russian bunch Chelsea are about to play in their latest quest to add to their illustrious roll of honour that stretches back a full decade now. It was a rhetorical question. Sort of. I’m aware, as you probably were, that Chelsea are about to play them, but I knew…