There is a new book out, or just about to be, from David Peace, he of The Damned United fame. His subject this time is Bill Shankly, the man who made Liverpool into a Big Club. I have no particular interest in Shankly, given I was still very young when he retired, but of course…

Here’s the result of the poll I put up on this blog last night. Well it seems as though most have not yet lost faith in Arsene Wenger tying up a big deal or two in August. Given the likely cost of the most likely purchase, Mr L Suarez, spending could easily be in the…

So far it’s a big fat zero. Are you confident that Arsene will spend anything? I must say I’m starting to think he might not based on some of his recent comments. But on the other hand, he’s letting players go out on loan as well as selling the underperformers, so unless we’re going back…

Well I wasn’t going to write anything else about Suarez, but let’s face it, what the hell else is there to write about for Arsenal fans? We may sign someone one day, but it’s August and so far we have one free transfer in and about a dozen free transfers out. Yes, all right, a…

The second half of my favourite magazine from my childhood. See here for part 1. Twenty years later the same picture of the unnamed little boy above featured on the cover of the first edition of Fever Pitch. I was assured a few months ago by Mirror journalist John Cross that Ken Jones, who wrote…

In 1971 Arsenal won the Double for the first time, becoming only the fourth club in history to do so, and only the second in the 20th century. To celebrate this momentous achievement the Daily Mirror produced a magazine called The Glory Of The Gunners. Here is the first half of it. (The front and…

I’m really just throwing this out there to see if anyone has better info or a better memory than me. Please comment with your thoughts. The other day I was pondering on the formation of the Premier League and trying to work out which came first: the extra money or the decision to split from…

I’m short on time at the moment, so a guest post today from Dyllan Munro. Exactly who has the best midfield in London? For many years now Arsenal fans have salivated over the attractive, possession-oriented football on display. However, while we have been forced to watch many of our talented stars leave, the likes of…

This is something I wrote a couple of months ago while the season was still going on, but unless I’m going mad and can’t find it, I never posted it here. I just found it again, and with a few tweaks it’s still pertinent, given that no money has yet been spent this summer. There’s…

There is a lot of BS about football on twitter. It’s worst in the summer when there’s no actual meaningful football going on, and all there is to talk about is who might sign for whom. Some people even try and make money from peddling fake transfer news and asking you to click on links…