For some people football is all about progress. You have to get better each season, closer to a league title, or else the manager is failing and must be sacked. So have Arsenal made progress this season? Let’s consult the handy Progressometer that I invented way back in 2015. The criteria are simple: Has league…

This is a question that often comes up among Arsenal fans. We like to think our club is special because we can call it ‘The Arsenal’, unlike plain old Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea. But when did we stop officially being ‘The Arsenal’? Well the short answer is: we didn’t. The club is as much…

Stan Kroenke was the first ever majority owner in Arsenal’s history, and now he is the first ever sole owner. Since his compulsory purchase of the remaining few hundred shares on September 25, 2018, he has had 100 per cent control of the club. A well-known fact is that Kroenke has never sold a single…

Now that the financial results for Arsenal’s 2017/2018 season are out, let’s have a look at some statistics to see if spending money on buying new players actually brings better results. The year-end cash position for Arsenal was a staggering £231.3 million, based on the financial year that ended on May 31st 2018. So the…

We do like tradition at Arsenal, so it’s good to see that after a couple of years of the cash balance dropping we’re back up to a new record of £231m! Top of the league on that measure (though the situation looks unlikely to last, for various reasons). The figures come from the club’s accounts…

It’s been an up and down career for H Redknapp Esq. Mostly down once he legs it, to be fair. The man truthfully has no equal in English football, either when it comes to drowning in cockroaches and mealworms or leaving a legacy of financial mismanagement. His managerial method, particularly in the latter part of…

Alex Iwobi is 22 and will be 23 in another four months. He made his Arsenal debut over three years ago, in September 2015. Surely after three years of playing for Arsenal he should be a fully-formed mature player by now? Look at what other players had achieved by the same age, even the likes…

It’s been announced today that former Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has died at the age of 82. He was the third generation of his family to take the role of Arsenal Chairman, following father Denis and grandfather Samuel. PH-W stayed on as Chairman a little too long, as evidenced by his poor handling of AGMs…

Well the ‘hippy crack’ story didn’t stop Arsenal stretching their unbeaten run to 21 games in all competitions with a 1-0 win over Huddersfield. Unai Emery was probably not all that amused to see his players highlighted for inhaling nitrous oxide – he refused to discuss what he’d said to them – but then again…

Good old Arsène. He’s doing it again. He can’t help himself. Every time he’s interviewed about his achievements the same line comes out. The pattern of every interview is the same. Interviewer: You were very successful in the early years at Arsenal, Arsène. AW: Yes I was. I had a great squad, great team spirit,…