The Arsenal Women – a Season Preview ahead of the game against West Ham

  By Andrew Crawshaw   Our Women completed their pre-season preparations by taking part in the Toulouse International Ladies Cup last weekend against three of the top teams in Europe – Montpellier and PSG from France with Bayern Munich being the fourth team involved. Like the Emirates Cup each team played two matches, we were …

Arsenal’s models of finance and the difficult road we’re travelling

By Tony Attwood There are basically five models of finance in English football at the moment. 1: The self-sustaining club The club which through commercial sponsorship, attendances at matches, TV revenue and advertising revenue makes enough money to keep going without the need of an outside investor.  This is the model of Manchester United.  Through …

What will happen if Arsenal lose to Chelsea this weekend?

by Tony Attwood Even the most dislocated and indeed dissolute newspaper football columnist will have recognised four factors about this season: a) Arsenal have a new manager. b) The new manager is working to instil a different style and approach in the players from that which has gone before. c) Five new players have been …