Stability in football management for its own sake is no use. During the time Alex Ferguson was managing Man Utd, Real Madrid, a club of comparable stature, had 22 managers. United won 13 titles and two Champions Leagues; Real won 11 titles and three Champions Leagues. That’s not much different, and Ferguson’s stats and bio…
Yesterday saw the annual summer “Supporters’ Event” at Arsenal, hosted by CEO Ivan Gazidis. You have, I’m sure, read my fairly brief thoughts on it in today’s Islington Gazette, but I thought I’d expand a little as I’ve more space here. I’ve written disparagingly about these events in the past (with good reason), but this…
Now that Arsene has finally departed we can look at his complete record against the complete records of all his predecessors as Arsenal manager. I first posted this table about four years ago, then again earlier this year – but at the time we didn’t know Arsene was heading towards the exit. As well as…
Stan Kroenke is the first ever majority owner in Arsenal’s history, currently holding just over two-thirds of the shares. Specifically, as at May 2018, he holds 41,743 shares of the total of 62,219, which is 67.09 per cent. If he decides to sell up, how much profit will he make? I can’t be completely precise…
Someone asked me a while back whether Arsenal would have been better off staying at Highbury another ten or 12 years, and be moving now, as Spurs are. I considered this for a few seconds and decided that it was a flawed theory. But, said the questioner, look what’s happened: as soon as we moved…
History shows us that after 12 matches of a Premier League season there is just over a 1 in 3 chance that someone will still be unbeaten. So this will happen on average about once in every three seasons. Any team still unbeaten after 12 matches is almost certain to be one of the title…
This is an updated table from one I last posted about four years ago. As well as updating Arsene Wenger’s stats to the present, there are some changes to the early records, thanks to research by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews, who do a fantastic job over at thearsenalhistory.com. Feel free to compare how Arsene…
