Decades from now, Arsenal historians might look back on this period in Arsenal history as the Acronym Wars: The WOBs against the AKBs, with a few others thrown in – BSM, AST, AAAs, you name it, someone’s made up a TLA for it. But why is there a division between WOBs and AKBs? What don’t…

Are we calling it Shirtgate or Sleevegate? I’m not sure. Either way, in the absence of any proper Arsenal news, the story of Flamini cutting the sleeves off his shirt for the recent Man Utd match has rolled on for a few days in a rather larger way than it would have if there were…

Some people laughingly say this blog isn’t positive enough. Nonsense. An utterly ridiculous notion. But just in case it’s true I’ve got a guest to write this post previewing exactly why Arsenal will beat Man U.  Over to Bryan Thomson, aka @PlutoSA ******************** You, dear reader, are embarking on a journey this fine morn/afternoon/eve. A…

What happens to Arsenal’s small shareholders if Alisher Usmanov buys all Stan Kroenke’s shares, or if Kroenke buys all of Usmanov’s? You may be wondering: If one of our pet billionaires gets bored and decides to bugger off and leave Arsenal in the hands of the other, what will happen to the remaining small shareholders?…

If the subject of Arsenal’s shareholders is a bit dull to you, then maybe skip this one. Don’t leave some sarky comment afterwards, because I have warned you. If you’d rather just see Spurs fans making fools of themselves in blog comments, go and read this instead. As you probably know, Alisher Usmanov’s Red &…

This is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. This newspaper report, found by Arsenal historian Mark Andrews (@RoyalArsenalMRA), is from 1974, shortly after George Armstrong got a testimonial from Arsenal for his 12 years of service to that point, and having just passed the landmark of 500 first team matches. George made a…

Just a brief post as Alisher Usmanov and Farhad Moshiri’s jointly owned investment vehicle R&W Holdings have announced that they’ve taken their Arsenal shareholding over the symbolic 30 per cent mark today with the purchase of 6 shares. There’s no update on Arsenal.com as yet, though these normally appear on a Friday, so if the…

The Arsenal Holdings AGM for this year takes place on Thursday October 17, 2013. It’s traditionally held on the third Thursday in October, and since the stadium move has been held in one of the Club Level eating and drinking areas. As with all Public Limited Companies, Arsenal are obliged to hold an AGM and…

Well now, some more statistics for us to get our teeth into. Some Arsenal fans have long lamented the apparently never-ending injury list we seem to suffer. There is of course some bias in our opinion about how much we are affected by injuries compared to other clubs, as we notice what happens to our…

To continue this week’s theme of statistics, here’s another that’s getting on my nerves: Arsenal have played seven league matches so far this season and amassed 16 points. In the corresponding fixtures last season we had a 100 per cent record and amassed 21 points! Ergo we are doing worse than last year, despite being…