Younger readers may not remember that we used to have a player called Tommy Vermaelen, who mysteriously disappeared a very long time ago. No one knows where Tommy is, but can you find him in this picture of the Arsenal squad doing a bit of training? Tommy’s French friend Arsene has been looking for him…

As you’ll have noticed, Robin van Persie, Arsenal captain, is currently sidestepping any questions about a new contract. He says he’s happy, fully committed, and also far too busy with these two 90 minute matches every seven days to be even thinking about a new contract, this just wouldn’t be the right time. All the…

The problem with Arsenal’s defence is one of two things: either they are just not playing very well at the moment, or as a unit they’re simply not very good any more. In other words, it’s a loss of form or a loss of class. I’ve had an interesting Twitter exchange for the last couple…

Every day for at least a week I’ve read at least one story about Arsenal taking the owner of a hat shop in Seville to court. It started on Monday with The Times taking the piss on their, ha ha, ‘amusing’ column on the back of the football section. It’s carried on all week with…

Here’s the third Gooner piece I wrote, for the Gooner Gold feature that had started not long before this appeared in issue 97, back in August 1999. A memorable match for me, if no one else. I’ve been supporting Arsenal for as long as I can remember, but in my younger days seeing a live…

Before I get into this, first the disclaimers: I’m not going to say anything that is not public knowledge, or could not be worked out by anyone who stops to think about it I’m not saying I’m for or against the current AFC Board or any shareholder(s) I’m using the term ‘Arsenal’ to apply to…

I won’t dwell too long on the embarrassment of Old Trafford, but you’d think if you gave a penalty to the fifth best ranked player in Europe and put him up against a young and short-on-confidence goalkeeper, he’d score every time. Not in the case of RvP against De Gea. Yep, you read that right:…

Well, in this week of super super big games, one down and one to go. The Times had this interesting piece on the day of the Udinese game, when the pressure was on Arsène as never before – despite a 100% record in CL qualifiers and a 1-0 advantage from the home leg. So The…

I write this just after Arsenal have lost 2-0 at home to Liverpool and had another player sent off, as well as another addition to the injury list in Koscielny. We have the second leg of a Champions League qualifier and then Man Utd to face in the next week. Things do not look good.…