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Calling the Shots — A look at what Arsenal owes to David Dein

Posted in Review, Waffle on Nov 26th, 2022

I don’t read many autobiographies, especially sporting autobiographies which are inevitably ghost written (this one enlisted help from Amy Lawrence and Henry Winter) and often lack intellectual challenge. There are exceptions but that’s not what I’m here to write about. A few weeks ago our own Clock End Rider was kind enough to supply me with […]

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A genius thwarted by circumstance

Posted in Club History, Waffle on Jul 12th, 2022

Embed from Getty Images Let’s begin with a bit of fantasising. You, reader, have been commissioned to write the biography of Jack Wilshere. How would you begin? Would you follow chronology — the young lad born in Hitchin, an obvious football prodigy, and chart his career through time from there? Would you begin at the […]

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Jacques Introduces His Master to the Arsenal

Posted in Waffle on Jun 14th, 2022

Jacques and his master are driving down a quiet winding road along the Dalmatian coast. It’s springtime, the rugged Dinarides mountains on their left are sparkled with blooming Brnistra shrubs, and on their right the turquoise waters of a calm Adriatic sea are punctuated with the small fishing boats that are moored along the coast. […]

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Thrilling Dénouement Sees Big Time Success for Gooner!!

Posted in Waffle on Jun 3rd, 2022

After last week’s comprehensive review of the 2021/22 Premier League season for The Arsenal, I realized it was time once again to share the thrills and spills of the season that was in the Holics Ropey League. In fact, much like the real world, it was a season of uplys and downlys for many of […]

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A delayed appreciation- Are the Kroenkes finally winning over the Arsenal faithful 

Posted in Club History, Interlull, Waffle on Mar 25th, 2022

Several years ago we had a lengthy discussion on the Goonerholic blog about Stan Kroenke. It would be fair to say that it was a concerned and slightly acrimonious discussion because we were speculating on whether it would be better if Kroenke or Alisher Usmanov was the owner of Arsenal Football Club. That was not […]

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