Government threatens to remove FA funding. Again. Will they at last keep their word?

By Tony Attwood When you ain’t got nothing to say, but everyone is saying lots of stuff, then just say what your predecessor or your boss said last time and hope no one notices. Thus goes the thinking of Sports Minister Tracey Crouch.  In May 2016 the FA was warned that if it didn’t reform itself …

Do other clubs get the same level of constant sniping and negative reporting or is it just Arsenal?

By Tony Attwood I have often wondered whether other clubs in the Premier League have the same level of dedicated “failure” stories aimed at them as Arsenal does. The problem is that seeking out newspaper stories and trying to follow them through, is time consuming, and although there are six people who regularly contribute stories …