I originally posted this about a year ago, with figures up to 901 games for Arsene. With the help of Andy Kelly I’ve updated it to present day and added to and corrected various stats from early days. I am only including competitive matches in what are now considered the major competitions. Charity/Community Shield matches…

Here’s the result of the poll from a couple of days ago: So Man City are hardly overwhelmingly preferred as champions if Arsenal don’t win, but they are considered the least offensive of the three other options. My reasoning for a City vote was fairly well summed up by a commenter on the previous post:…

I want Arsenal to win the title. In fact I would love it, LOVE it. It’s a four horse race right now – with two big bloated rich subsidised horses, and two slightly smaller horses who’ve been around ages and are still buying their own hay. I think that’s the common metaphor these days. Anyway,…

Okay, he hasn’t actually said those words, but he did say he believed he would have failed by 2011 if he hadn’t won a trophy, as you can see from this piece from 2009. We Arsenal fans still await a trophy, therefore by his own definition he is a failure. All right, I’m just kidding,…

One point from the two most recent matches against our top four rivals and Man Utd is not great. But to take our minds off that, Arsenal’s half year accounts to the end of November 2013 will be out soon. One figure of interest will be the cash balance. Arsenal hold by far the biggest…

Well, so says Lee Dixon anyway. To be precise, he says “Mertesacker has got a stature about him that is reminiscent of Tony,” while “You could compare Koscielny to Keown given his same dogged determination to do his job.” Of course this was said just before the Arsenal defence let in five against Liverpool, which…

Recently I posted this looking at Arsenal’s chances of winning the Premier League title based on a few recent statistics. And despite the odd setback, this is still the best League season and best chance of a title in years. But the bookies aren’t usually too far out with their projections, so what are the…

Some Arsenal history I found while looking at old programmes: in 1973 Arsenal finished second in the League, but weren’t allowed to enter the UEFA Cup the following season. Why? Because Spurs had won the League Cup! Confused? The ever-archaic and backward looking Football League and FA still had rules in place that meant more…

Lack of time means blog posts here are getting fewer and further between lately, but when someone gives me info like that below, I think why not share it.I just waited till the FA Cup fourth round was out of the way. I’m dubious about the value of many stats in football, at least in…

Ah, the transfer window – is it open yet? Hard to tell as an Arsenal supporter. Obviously there is considerably less angst among fans at the moment than there was last summer, but the papers still need something to talk about. A few days ago @arseblog tweeted this bit of news: I say news. Obviously…