Hail To The Thief! Why Football needs to be freed from SKY’s greed.
On about the 10th of March last season I phoned Sky TV and cancelled my Sports subscription. I was paying something along the line of £80 a month to watch Dave TV, the occasional thing on Sky Atlantic, Football, Golf, NFL and Horse racing. When I actually sat down and went through where money goes […]
Redirect your hate, Kroenke Out
Redirect your hate, Kroenke Out I know that GunnersTown isn’t a political beast, but it’s a forum I write on, so I am going to take this opportunity. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, launched ‘My Outdoor TV’ in the United Kingdom over the weekend and as far as I am concerned, Arsenal should not, in anyway, […]
If Wenger is right on ‘Last Year of Contracts’ it is the end of Football as we know it
“Yes, I think in the future you will see that more and more. Players going to the end of their contracts. Why? Because transfers become so high, even for normal players, that you will see more and more players going to the end of their contract because nobody will want to pay the amount of […]
Where would Monsieur Thomas Lemar play if he arrives at Arsenal?
Rumours abound about a certain Monsieur Thomas Lemar. Many are hopeful that Arsenal are in hot pursuit for the mercurial creative midfielder. Everyone has watched his YouTube best bits videos to death by now I am guessing but there is also one question that is left on many an Arsenal fans lips… Where would he […]
Think you’re better than Wenger? Prove it in the Gunners Town Fantasy Football League
So you think you know best!!!! So you think you know how to pick a better team than Wenger? So you think you know how to buy players better than Gazidis? So you think you know how to spend money better than Kroenke So you think you can beat a previous DreamTeam winner (TBH that’s […]
Football Journalism not about Facts, just about Click-bait and Arsenal fans easy to Hook!
Over the years professions change. Jobs adapt to the environment, to new technology, to smarter people. My job for instance is very different to how it was when I began 20 years ago, driven largely by the growth of the internet. I am sure most of us that started work in the previous century can […]
Give me an Arsenal Box to Box Midfielder who can play 223 our of 225 Games!! – Noddy Talbot, Highbury Hero
The latest Highbury Hero takes us back in the time machine to 1979. When Arsenal signed a player who’d been a part of the Ipswich Town side that broke our hearts at Wembley just eight months previously. It’s The Arsenal’s equivalent of the Duracell bunny that went on forever. It’s Brian “Noddy” Talbot. Noddy […]
Only Ox truly shines, N’Zonzi is the type of player Gunners need and Player Ratings v Sevilla
Arsenal concluded their pre-season ahead of the 2017/18 Premier League season by losing 2-1 against Sevilla, but also lifted the Emirates Cup in the process. The fixture between the two sides saw summer signing Alexandre Lacazette make his first official start for the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger maintained his faith in Mohamed […]
Reiss Nelson is Arsenal’s rising star
The displays from Reiss Nelson may have put a lot of people on alert, especially Eliseu who is surely in fear of further damage to his career at the moment. Taking a look at his attributes would be educational given how fast he seems to be adapting to the senior game. With the evidence that […]
Not so much ‘Arsenal and me’ more ‘Arsenal is me’ – Lessons in Life from AFC
I was asked by the Official Arsenal Pune Supporters Club, in India, to judge an essay writing competition. The title of subject was ‘Arsenal and me’ and today I read the contributions of three selected finalists. The winner from three strong contenders is below and the winning author is Arbaaz Shaikh. Arbaaz is 18 and […]