It was the morning of June 15th in Minehead, Somerset. George was standing with his son Dan on the sunlit platform, waiting for the First Great Western to arrive. The train was bound for London. As was always the case in mid-June, George was planning to attend Arsenal’s kit launch. As years went by, the […]
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Sorry Aaron but Santi Cazorla, Arsenal’s ‘Hidden Leader’ is the Key to our success and title challenge
When you think of the term leader and Arsenal football club, who are the first names that spring to mind? The aptly named ‘Bosscielny’? The Renaissance man that is Francis Coquelin? Alexis Sanchez? I suppose the Chilean did figuratively ‘carry’ the team in the latter stages of 2014, and we thank our mercurial master for […]
Arsenal’s Top 10 moments – Not all doom and gloom in the last ten years (2005-15)
In what is essentially a follow-up to Gary’s worst 10 moments, I decided to liven things up with my BEST 10 moments. Keep in mind I can only talk about those I’ve seen with my own eyes, so I’ll only cover the period from 2005 onwards. I’ll list them in chronological order. Hope you’ll enjoy […]
A Blog in Defence of the BFG – Per Mertesacker
Per Mertesacker, the BFG. The whole season I have mostly seen complaints about the German with compliments far and few between. The complaints mostly comprise the following: He’s too slow. He’s too slow. He’s too slow. He’s too slow, people say he makes it up with his intelligence… but he’s too slow for me. Some […]
Part 2 of the ‘Battle for 5th Place – A Gooner’s View of Other Clubs of the 2014-15 Season Part 7B
Hi everyone. This is part seven of my series of blogs about the status of the Premiership Clubs of the 2014-2015 Season following the conclusion of the League season. We are getting closer to the Arsenal in rivalry so this piece looking at Spurs and Liverpool was longer than those previously, so we broke this […]
The Battle for 5th Place – A Gooner’s View of Other Clubs of the 2014-15 Season Part 7A
Hi everyone. This is part seven of my series of blogs about the status of the Premiership Clubs of the 2014-2015 Season following the conclusion of the League season. In this blog, I’ll be focusing on Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. Because of the size this one will be split into 2 with Spurs first and […]
The rotation of Cazorla/Wilshere and Ramsey/Ox holds the key to success in 15/16
Arsenal’s 2014/2015 season in many ways has flirted with stability and merited praise. Aside recording back to back cup success, it has ensured sustainability in the team’s form, which sprung to life in the wake of the 2-0 win at the Etihad in January. This could be down to the change in approach (from controlling […]
Cech’s signing speaks not only about Arsene’s intentions, it also shows he has rediscovered his ruthless touch
Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I last wrote. Unfortunately, it’ll be the case for the entire month of July, as I’ve decided to gain a bit of working experience and thus took up work as an intern for a firm providing legal services. Ah well, I guess I had to do it at […]
Petr Cech’s first day at Arsenal – Official Video
An Arsenal Media film of Petr Cech’s first day with the club… [youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJkz-aqYsq0″ width=”560″ height=”320″ rel=”no”] —- Special thanks to Arsenal Media for supplying Gunners Town with the clip. invinciblogI was eleven-and-a-half. My family had just emigrated from Rhodesia to South Africa. All the kids on my street supported United or Liverpool, because of […]
Petr Cech – first official interview as an Arsenal player – Video and Transcript
[youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4TgTTPGHgw” width=”560″ height=”320″ rel=”no”] Petr, welcome to Arsenal. How does it feel to have signed for the club? It is exciting. I first came to the Premier League a long time ago and I still love playing in the Premier League and the challenges it poses with the great players and great teams […]