I used to think it was just the International Olympic Committee who were bloated with the idea of their own self-importance, then when Sepp Blatter appeared I had to add Fifa to that list, but I still assumed Uefa weren’t really so bad. I mean, they’re only in charge of the football on one continent,…

This is a short guest post from Sam Ruback, who retweets shedloads of good Arsenal stuff that saves me the trouble of following all kinds of dweebs and clogging my timeline with their less interesting stuff. Follow Sam on twitter: @SamuelRuback A couple of thoughts on the accusation from certain journalists and fans that ‘Arsenal…

Pundits in general and Alan Shearer in particular couldn’t stop telling us that Spain would be/are the first country to win three major tournaments in a row, before during and after their success at Euro 2012. This isn’t quite true, but it does depend a bit on your definition of ‘major trophy’. I certainly wouldn’t…

I wrote a blog at the start of last season on whether we should sell RvP or give him a huge fat new contract. Here we are 10 months later and it looks as though he’s going to force the issue now, so here’s an update. RvP claimed to be far too busy all season…

Interesting little bit of side info from the Glasgow Rangers debt crisis: they currently owe Arsenal £438,982.63. This is detailed in the Administrator’s report dated 20 June, and apparently relating to the period up to 14 June. Arsenal are alphabetically first in a very long list of debtors that includes over £94 million to HM…

In the absence of anything new going on at Arsenal today, or indeed for what seems like ages, here’s a report from the Daily Express on New Year’s Eve 1991. It’s amazing how many big Arsenal stories they’ve fitted into a few paragraphs here. Firstly, City boss Peter ‘Monkey’s Heed’ Reid was after Steve Bould…

Premier League Chairmen, players and their agents are no doubt celebrating the new TV deal that gives the PL a combined £3 billion from Sky and BT for three years, starting in 2013. What about the rest of us? Good news? Although Sky can easily soak up the cost from its millions of subscribers, I…

This is the list of fines dished out by Uefa at Euro 2012. Spot the odd one out. Croatia fined: €80,000 for the setting-off and throwing of fireworks, and the improper conduct of supporters (racist chants, racist symbols) at the Group C match against Italy on 14 June €30,000  for the setting off and throwing…

As Red & White Holdings get closer to 30% of Arsenal shares, here’s a summary of shares traded on Plus Markets for the last 18 months, including the current month to date. This shouldn’t be taken as an indication of the total number of shares traded, as many purchases are done off-market, including the huge…

England are rubbish at penalties and have lost 6 out of 7 shootouts in major competitions, as well as 1 out of 1 in some minor competition. This isn’t just bad luck. There is good evidence that countries that do better in shootouts are those whose populations have a more collectivist nature, whereas we English…