This is a simple layman’s terms view of the Arsenal accounts for the period 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017. It’s nearly all distilled from the longer and more detailed report written by Simon Hill for the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust. All figures are rounded to the nearest million pounds. Revenues Matchday – tickets sold…
There are a few answers to this question, and depending on your angle or how you feel, you can choose the one you like most. a) There are 62,219 shares in issue (of which 62,217 can be traded because the other two are subsriber shares held by the club), so multiplying the last price a…
Arsène Wenger spent the spring dishing out more cryptic clues than the Times crossword compiler: was he staying or going? No one knew. Then we dropped out of the top four but won the FA Cup. Opinion remained divided on what Arsène should do, even on the Arsenal Board. Most fans, and some Board members,…
Inspired by an off-the-cuff poll by Brad aka @ArsenalFCView on twitter, here’s a list of some baffling things Arsene has done. To qualify, things have to be baffling at the time or be repeated or go on for a long time, so lots of suggestions I received on twitter to add to the first draft…
Arsenal’s traditional battering away to a top 6 rival has happened early this season. We haven’t had the luxury of a couple of months or more for things to settle down and the league table to take on the familiar shape of big clubs at the top and the rest fighting just to avoid being…
Strange times in the Premier League these days. When I was a boy there was a ‘Big 5′ of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd, Everton and Spurs, who tended to have a bit more money coming in through the turnstiles than most of the others, leading to more success – though in Spurs’ case not for…
I posed this question on Twitter earlier: The fact that 50 per cent went for the most massive figure shows that either they were aware of the magic of doubling numbers or they could be bothered to open Excel and do a calculation. However, as is usually the case when I attempt maths I think…
