Arsenal v the Arsenalistas of Arsenal do Minho (aka Braga) (and a car park)

By Billy the Dog McGraw.  Our man in the car park. Thus it was. I know the Guardian said it was 25 passes, but that’s tripe.  They were quite clearly drunk at the time.  I could see them in their little press boxy type thing, below us executive types in club level with me old …

An early comparison between seasons

by Walter Broeckx Last season I tried to compare our season with the one before and as some readers rather liked the idea I thought I would try to do this again. Last year I used the method of comparing the games against the same opponents, no matter at which time in the season they …

The philosophy of Wenger: what would be too great a price to pay for a trophy?

What constitutes failure? By Tony Attwood One of the most interesting issues raised in correspondence about the “philosophy of Wenger” articles was the question, “what constitutes failure”.  I was asked whether seven years without a trophy would be a failure?  Or ten years? And that led me into thinking that really that was far too …