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 […]
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 […]
Being a woman in a predominantly man’s domain is never easy, though things are slowly becoming better and easier through better exposure and support. And yet it will take a long time before we see any kind of true balance between the sexes (I’m referring to equal opportunity rather than equality as many use it). […]
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 […]
Hi. The round of last 16 was concluded on Monday evening and so here I am. I originally intended to maybe review it in 2 parts, but the first three games were so dire they made for very little writing material, hence the on-the-go change of plans. Lo and behold. France 2-1 Ireland Deschamps reverted […]
It’s a quite morning in London Colney. The birds are tweeting, the squirrels are rummaging and the only other noise is the low crescendo of rippling gravel under the tyres of a solitary Ferrari, making its lonely way down the drive to the front door. The car comes to a halt and out jumps Theo, […]
Well, That Jamie Vardy saga was entertaining whilst it lasted. Nearly a week on, I still cannot quite believe there were so many Arsenal fans disappointed with him choosing to sign a new deal at Leicester. Yes, he scored 24 goals and was part of a title winning squad, but seriously… is he the type […]
Having closely monitored Granit Xhaka’s performances in his three appearances for Switzerland during their Euro 2016 campaign to date, I was surprised to hear the recently appointed Hibernian manager, Neil Lennon’s assessment of our recent addition. In Neil’s assessment, he stated that he hasn’t been overly impressed by what he has seen so far and […]
The UEFA Euro 2016 competition has began in earnest, with several thrills occurring during the revamped 24- team tourney. The Arsenal is represented by 9 players, eight of whom played a part in the recently ended ‘freak’ season, whilst one joined in a strange-by-Arsenal-standards move, in the person of Granit Xhaka. As the competition is […]
Congratulations to John McKerchar, who has won a certified authentic print of the above photo, signed by Arsenal legend Ian Wright, and generously donated by Exclusive Memorabilia. John’s prize will be delivered to his UK address shortly. Gunners Town would like to thank all those who entered. The answer to the competition question: On September 13, 1997, Ian […]
