O Captain, your subconscious has wrecked my Bentley “O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! […]
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A Gunners Town Guide to Gooners at the World Cup
Afternoon chaps, by the time you read this, the 2014 Brazilian World Cup will have started. The majority of the best players plying their trade will be present and the roller-coaster ride will give us some thrilling highs and gut-wrenching lows. Personally, I am saddened that the tropical climate will almost certainly rob us of […]
The World’s No1 Soccer Skills Trainer in action – ‘Football Flick’
About a year ago a lady I knew through work sent some information about a new football product designed by her husband and a friend to those she knew had a passion for football and thought might be interested. It was about the time I was taking over Gunners Town with a few partners. I […]
Good things come to those who wait (in the Transfer Window!)
The season has ended and, for Arsenal, it has ended on an immeasurable high. Winning our first trophy in 9 years has induced a collective sigh of relief and utter joy amongst the fan base and it’s importance should not be underestimated, especially as the progressive effect it could have is yet to be seen. […]
The Low down on Patrick Vieira and Project Emirates – Exclusive
The first rule of Project Emirates is… Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Look we can’t get Wenger to be our manager, know matter hope much money I throw at him he just won’t leave Arsenal. He said it had something to do with respect and ‘honoring a contract’. Khaldoon Al Mubarak Well boss, we’ve […]
The Essential Guide to Surviving Transfer Silly Season – Part 1
Here Comes the Summer Welcome Back to The Silly Season As you may or may not know, last summer I wrote a weekly column throughout what we’ve come to know as the Silly Season. Yep, you read that right. I actually wrote a weekly column covering the whole of last summer’s transfer window fun. Well, […]
Dear Deidre I have been dumped by Patrick, Thierry and Francesc, what should I do?
Dear Deirdre, I’m thirty two years old. Since 2005, I’ve been dumped by a succession of men who have left me for (usually) rich foreign sorts who can offer so much more than I can. First, there was Patrick. Well built, charming…very French. But I suspected that he had a roving eye from as far […]
FA Cup Double sends Manager off vindicated !
We need to be more clinical and more creative in the final third without a shadow of a doubt. I sometimes think that we play too much football in the wrong areas. That includes our own defensive third and the attacking third and it’s decision making. We’re disappointed, I’m disappointed today because we’re dominating games […]
I am still Cross End of Season Comedy Awards – Not to be missed!
Good evening, and welcome to the annual ‘End of Season Cross Awards’ night, hosted by Greg Cross (several well-known celebrity Gooners passed up on this). Please join me as we celebrate the last eight months of Arsenal-related awards and acknowledgments. ‘The Abou Diaby Kicking John Terry in the Face Schadenfreude Award’ This award was […]
Worst World Cup Kits of All Time
Oh dear Lauren! VIVA Uruguay! Not something the England fans will be chanting this summer – or the Ghanaians ever for that matter – but Bolivia did back in 1930, and they spelled it right across their strip. That was in the inaugural World Cup and things have gone from bad to worse, and […]