So, here we go guys and gals, the utter arse ache that is the summer transfer window; arguably the only time of the year Arsene Wenger will dip into the club’s cash reserves and buy some players. It is also a time of utter frustration, compulsive head-scratching and incessant thigh rubbing (although usually there’s less […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Good afternoon Gooners! At the start of the month, it was my birthday. It is with a heavy heart that I write this, but ‘Gunners Town’ disrespected me; me, Greg Cross, a fairly prolific provider of Friday columns, and for this reason, I have to consider my future. I received no cake, no card nor […]
Ahh, the glorious feeling of an impending FA Cup Final weekend that involves your team; the aerial shots of the stadium, the minute-by-minute coach arrival updates, the walk up Wembley Way, festooned with colour – red and white and gold and black – is there a better sight in football? Maybe once, the European Cup […]
Crikey! The season’s almost up…where did the time go?! Have we all enjoyed it? You know, the sight of Mesut Ozil wearing the red and white, passing the ball into space that only those in the nose-bleed seats can see, or have you found that this season has been yet another example of Ground-hog-Day, you […]
Good afternoon gang, May is blissfully upon us, I am a year older, wiser and tired-er and have thusly concocted today’s column pre-birthday drinking. On the time of this going live, I desperately hope I am not deliriously hung-over; lying bare and destitute in a ditch/field/stables (delete as applicable). These things cannot be ruled out […]
“Ah, hello. Come in, do take a seat. What seems to be the matter?” “Well, I, er, have been having these feelings, movements even, inside me. I first noticed them when I was watching Arsenal play West Ham last week. Arsenal, well, you know, have been going through a bit of a bad patch of […]
Good Friday Gooners, how are we all? You find me today in reflective mood. Among the many joys that marriage has brought me, has been the ‘inheritance’ of nephews and nieces from her side of the family. Two of my nephews – 12 and 14 – are Gooners, with one a fully paid up ‘I […]
