1974 was a momentous year for the Arsenal programme: every issue became FULL COLOUR! Well, to be precise, the front cover and the middle pages of the 16 became full colour, the rest of it remained resolutely monochrome. The price rose from five to ten new pence as a result, which no doubt caused people…

By summer 1973 memories of trophies were starting to fade slightly, despite the good second place finish in the League in May, and the new programme cover for season 1973-74 could only feature pictures from the previous year’s league matches, including the one at Old Trafford, and the losing FA Cup Semi Final match against…

For the 1972-73 season the programme, still retailing at a bargain price of five new pence for 16 pages, featured a cover design showing pictures from the previous season’s FA Cup Final (v Leeds) and what appeared to be a Highbury match against Spurs. As before, the cover pictures remained unchanged throughout, but inside the…

In the 1971-72 season, for the first time in four years the front cover of the Arsenal programme was markedly different to the previous season. Inside was admittedly much the same, but the cover – still the same one for all matches, bar the date and opponents of course – now featured a new layout…

This is the first of a series of articles looking at Arsenal programmes through recent decades. These were first published in The Gooner fanzine. It was only really in the late 1960s that the programme developed from what you might call a ‘statistical pamphlet’ into a magazine, with most of the features we associate with…

Amusingly, when Stan Kroenke bought two Arsenal shares in May 2015, his only share purchase in the last eight months, taking his total number of shares from 41,696 to 41,698, the Mirror had an article that twice repeated the statement “it strengthens his grip on the Gunners” – as though going from 67.017 per cent…

We’ve heard a lot about Mike Dean this week – though probably not as much as Mike Dean would like. But where does he rank in the table of Arsenal’s ‘lucky refs’? These are the ones who’ve been in charge of at least 10 Arsenal Premier League matches since 2008-09, sorted in to order of…

It’s deja vu all over again. The Arsenal accounts to the end of May 2015 are out today, and given the seeming reluctance to spend on new signings, most eyes turn to the page that reports the cash balance. Once again it’s a new record, and as usual it’s by far the biggest cash balance…

Simply put, Arsenal might be a world class striker away from Premier League glory. Arsène Wenger’s side are incredibly strong yet lack that lethal finisher who could guarantee their first title since 2004. The Gunners have been linked with a summer move for Karim Benzema but latest reports suggest that Wenger is concerned about overspending…

Here’s a collated list of top 4 predictions from various media types and pundits, and this year I’ve added a few of my fellow Arsenal fans in on the basis we were all dead confident – right up to the point West Ham scored their second goal last weekend. Too late to change predictions now,…