Part one -The first 10 years…. 20 years? 20 years since the unknown French manager walked through the door and who would have thought he would still be manager to this day. Wenger arrived at Highbury in October 1996 and Arsenal fans didn’t have a clue who he was. Wenger had a lot to prove […]
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Arsene and his transfers Part Deux- The Vieira gene pool experiment
18th January, 2005: London, England The day had been a long time coming for Patrick Vieira. Being an Invincible had been too much of an achievement for his ultra competitive personality to accept. He needed a challenge to flourish, to establish himself as one of the all-time greats of world football. For that, he […]
Arsenal’s August attacking alternatives?
Some solutions to Arsene’s striker crisis Could there be a striker crisis in the first few weeks of the season for Arsenal? With a couple of tough fixtures to start off the season, including Liverpool and Leicester, Wenger may have to improvise with his team to find someone who will do a job through the […]
Nick Hornby suggests being a Gooner requires patience as social media reaches Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read about football, and one of its many interesting aspects is the writer’s willingness to lay bare his obsession and discuss what it really means to be a fan. Hornby talks about how Arsenal helped him deal with the divorce of […]
And the Award for the best team at Euro 2016 goes to ……. Arsenal!!
And the best team at the Euros are… What a great Euros it has been for Arsenal players. What I will argue here is that Arsenal as a club have had the best performing players at the tournament as a whole. With Giroud scoring three goals and helping France get themselves to the final, surely […]
Arsene and his transfers Part 1 – Exclusive truth behind Takuma Asano signing
Arsene and his transfers- Part Un January 31st, 2016. It was a misty morning as Arsene drove through London on his way to meeting the newest signing of the transfer window. It had been a hard couple of days since the window opened, he regularly checked Twitter on his secret account regularly. @LondonisRed96 was not […]
Arsenal’s Three Captain Fantastics – Part 3
By Gary Lawrence TONY ADAMS I thought We’d never see another Arsenal captain as influential and inspiring as Joe Mercer or Frank McLintock. But 10 years after Bertie Mee made his most calamitous decision as Arsenal manager, selling Frank McLintock to QPR. Tony Adams arrived on the scene. I was there at Highbury in November […]
Arsenal’s Three Captain Fantastics – Part Two!
By Gary Lawrence FRANK McLINTOCK Frank was born in Glasgow and grew up fast living in the Gorbals, where you soon learnt how to look after yourself. He was a talented young player and Leicester City signed him at 17 in 1956. His mother insisted that before she gave her consent for Frank to go […]
Arsenal’s Three Captain Fantastics – Part 1
By Gary Lawrence There have been so many Arsenal captains over the course of the club’s history. From the very first, one of the founding fathers of the club David Danskin, right up to Mikel Arteta. There have been some very successful ones such as Patrick Vieira, and Alex James. Wee Alec is probably the […]
Jack Wilshere not being fit just one of the lessons England never learn from
I have had this blog tooling around in my head for a while and my apologies for being away, but there has not been much for me to write about, with England mostly being dissected to death on the news websites. But this is a blog more about England and not Arsenal. As an England […]