Posted in Club History on Sep 22nd, 2026
Over the last year I have been chronicling the modern rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham in the Gooner. Despite my obvious bias as an Arsenal fan of sixty eight years standing, I tried to look as dispassionately as possible at the way the two clubs have developed. Someone of my age would view the rivalry […]
Posted in Analysis, Club History, Interlull, Waffle on Jul 30th, 2026
We have tried over the close season to enjoy the title success that we craved so much and for so long. To my surprise and disappointment, I’ve experienced a recent wave of negativity which seems to emanate partly from injury problems experienced in the World Cup and a disappointment that we’ve been outbid by Chelsea […]
Posted in Analysis, Club History, Opinions, Waffle on Jul 25th, 2026
Since Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (“KSE”) completed the takeover at Arsenal in September 2018, the club has undergone a gradual, considered, methodical transformation at all levels. Like all revolutions – for that is what it has been – some of it has been bloody; some of it deeply unpleasant. Cast your mind back to April […]
Posted in Club History, Fan Experience, Tribute on Jun 26th, 2026
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal has always been a singing club. It’s one of the things I most love about going to football. The creativity mostly comes from away fans as they make up songs on trains, in buses, in pubs and in away concourses all over the land. I remember my son and I […]
Posted in Club History, Club News, Goonerholic, Tribute on May 19th, 2026
Bournemouth 1-1 Manchester C115y…the blue mancs pull a bottle job… And so, after 22 years ….. years of slow decline laced with financial penury, having our best talent cherry-picked, a promising youth policy aborted by predators, several false dawns, bargain basement signings, competing against financially doped nouveau-riche pretenders, poor appointments to key positions and poor […]
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