Conspiracy theorists: What a bunch of idiots. Some people would have you believe that there is a conspiracy among Premier League referees to make Arsenal do badly. Apparently this was even going on in Saturday’s match against Reading. Obviously it wasn’t working very well, as Arsenal won 4-1, but at one point during the game,…

Date: 18 April 2013 Time: 7:45pm kick off Venue: Tollington Arms, Hornsey Road (2 mins from Arsenal Stadium) Specially for all know-it-all Arsenal fans, we present: Have We Got Arse For You! A charity Arsenal quiz night, featuring: questions! a raffle! an auction! prizes! drinking! special guests! special guests who have come from far off…

My exclusive poll yesterday reveals that the team most people consider most hated in England is Man Utd. I thought it might be Chelsea these days, but apparently having the most obnoxious fans, a racist captain, a couple of bought Premier League titles and a VERY lucky Champions League do not make you as disliked…

I was asked a couple of days ago by my friend Sergey of SovSport magazine which club in England is most hated by other fans. I had to think about it, because I wasn’t sure there was an obvious answer these days. But maybe I’m wrong. That could happen. So I thought I’d do a…

As you may know, I’m a big fan of The Times. They do excellent features about all sorts of things I’m interested in, not least sport. But they’re not perfect, as they admitted this week with their 600 word apology for the story about the supposed Qatar ‘Dream Football League’, where the top clubs in…

Occasionally I get asked by SovSport magazine in Russia (where else would it be?) to comment on some aspect of English football for them. Latest questions: Why did English teams all do badly in the Champions League this season, and will Chelsea get through their Europa League quarter final against Rubin Kazan? Obviously you’re an…

Below is the text of an email sent by Arsenal fan Tony Ward to the AST and AISA, both of which Tony is a member. The AST and AISA both have members who are at all positions on the spectrum of fan opinion, so it’s difficult for organisations to take up too much of a…

Just came across this Evening Standard cutting from 29 February 2008. Much has changed behind the scenes at Arsenal since.  Even by this time David Dein had been ostracised and sold his shares to Usmanov, making Usmanov at the time the largest shareholder. But some of the other comments are telling. The AST five years…

Now we’re in the cold light of day, what does losing to Bayern mean for Arsenal? Firstly it means it will be at least nine years without a trophy, which is the longest period in my lifetime. The longest since the great drought to end all droughts of 1953-70. We’ve been in a few finals…

Look at this impressive line up Arsene can call on when we still need four or five to win the tie with 20 minutes to go. We’ll be fine. I’m chilled about this. Last eight, here we come! Hope we get Barca again! I hope we don’t have to bring Stepanovs on, mind, I’d put…