Recently Arsenal went to Liverpool and won 2-0. Twenty years ago the same thing happened, with that match marking the third appearance of the young Romford Pele himself, Ray Parlour. Ray’s debut the previous season had also been against Liverpool at Anfield, where he gave away a penalty and Arsenal lost. But for this match…

All the transfers to and from every club in the Premier League in Summer 2012, courtesy of The Times. Twitter: @AngryOfN5

Interesting piece here from The Times on Saturday, from the ever-entertaining Fink Tank column. It seems that long balls are more effective for scoring goals than short passing. I have my doubts about this, because I don’t think it’s comparing things properly, despite their efforts to only include passes intended to make progress towards a…

Yesterday I asked the question: If you have to choose one of them, which would you prefer as Arsenal owner, Kroenke or Usmanov? I don’t want either as sole owner or even majority owner, but I phrased the question so that it just measures the popularity of the two gentlemen. It wasn’t meant to decide…

Just out of interest, I want to see if Mr Kroenke is currently more popular than Mr Usmanov among Arsenal fans. It’s a straight popularity contest, not a discussion on the best ownership model, which for the record would not have either of them or anyone else as majority or sole owner. I’m also asking…

I’ve seen people say things like, “We have improved this year, but last year we finished 19 points behind the two Manchester teams; we can’t make that up in one season.” In response I give you the following facts: In 2010-2011, Newcastle managed 46 points, while last season they got 65 and finished fifth. Look…

You may be aware – because for one thing I’ve mentioned it several times – that Arsenal.com show the numbers of shares held by Arsenal’s two principle shareholders, Messrs Kroenke and Usmanov (and Moshiri technically, but frankly who’s interested in him?). Arsenal do this to satisfy Premier League rules that state that they: a) must…

Whether or not Alisher Usmanov has reached the 30 per cent shareholding of Arsenal he’s been after, the Premier League have made it clear in their new rulebook that it won’t entitle him to any privileged information. Their definitions of directors and control of clubs have not changed from last year, but they have inserted…

I’ve heard this evening from a normally very reliable source – if you’re on Twitter you’ll know who – that Alisher Usmanov now controls 30 per cent of Arsenal shares. They may not all be in his name yet, unless he has been doing a lot of paperwork over the last couple of days, but…

Already I’m bored by the stat that we are the only team who has not yet conceded a goal in all the four divisions of English football. For a start everyone below the Premier League has played four games, so they’ve had an extra chance to concede. I don’t know whether any hadn’t conceded after…