In a bombshell development last night it was revealed that Manchester City and their Abu Dhabi owners are declaring civil war and taking unprecedented action in the High Court against the Premier League. If they win the case then the Premier League is finished. If clubs funded by oil states like Manchester City are unrestrained […]
Author Archive | Gary Lawrence
So, who from the present side would get into the Invincibles?
I thought as we haven’t any Arsenal games until we play Manchester City on Easter Sunday I’d have a bit of fun by looking at the present team who in my opinion are the best side we’ve had since the Invincibles and comparing the two sides and seeing how many of the present team I […]
Why Arsenal were wise to offer starboy Saka a shiny new contract
I’m absolutely delighted as I’m sure all Arsenal fans are that Bukayo Saka has signed a new contract till 2027. He is the face of Arsenal Football Club and it is so important to tie down the jewel in the Arsenal crown to a new long term deal. Some may say £300k a week is […]
Arsenal Squad Cull: these 5 (out of 20) current players should get the chop
So much work to do in this summer window I was looking at our squad sheet on the back of yesterday’s match programme and started to tot up how many players we’d have for next season and it adds up to Arsenal having to do as much as they did in the last summer window […]
In Arteta We Trust – a legacy Arsenal fan weighs in on “The Process”
Our manager isn’t the finished article. He has made mistakes in the past and he will make mistakes in the future. However the bumps in the road are becoming further and further apart. For a young coach who’s never managed before at any level he is doing a remarkable job. When he arrived at Arsenal […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – The Finale
The season was reaching its climax with Arsenal on 61 points from 39 matches and Leeds on 60 points from 40 games. The stakes were sky high as Arsenal travelled to Yorkshire to meet their title rivals knowing that a victory at Elland Road would win us the title for the first time since 1953. […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – Part 2
The cold snap over Christmas continued into the New Year and Arsenal’s FA Cup third round tie against non-league giant killers Yeovil Town was postponed due to a frozen pitch. Many a big club had come unstuck on their infamous sloping pitch and the non-league side were angry and upset about the referee calling off […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – Part 1
Everyone at Highbury and all the fans including me were looking forward to the new season with great excitement and expectation after the team’s success in the Fairs Cup. However Arsenal couldn’t have had a tougher start to the 1970-71 season. Away to the Champions Everton at a raucous Goodison Park. The Gunners were one […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – The Prelude
This week marks the 50th anniversary of The Arsenal winning their first ever historic Double. I’m 64 years old and back then as a 14 year old living in South Woodford recently moved from Hackney. I used listen to The Beatles singing “When I’m Sixty Four” and couldn’t imagine being that age as that seemed […]
We’ve won the battle but not the war – we cannot let up until we get #KroenkeOut
That was the most dramatic 48 hours in football. Fortunately the European Super League has been stopped in it’s tracks. The six billionaire owners overplayed their hand completely underestimating the reaction from the media, the government the future King of this country and most of all the fans. I felt so proud when I saw […]