Lincoln City at the Arsenal: historic coincidences, out of date websites, last minute signings…

By Bulldog Drummond It is, to say the least, interesting to reflect upon the fact that our opponents this weekend were founded two years before Dial Square, who after one match in 1986, then in January 1887 became Royal Arsenal.  Indeed the interesting if occasionally inaccurate official website of the club gives a decent chronology of …

Arsenal in the FA Cup; change of rules, change of name, the heritage, the records

by Bulldog Drummond And so, the FA Cup. Derided by the anti-Arsenal-Arsenal and dismissed by the Arrogant Amnesiacs with Asssumptions, undoubtedly in both cases because Arsenal are rather successsful at it, but still a competition of some merit and worth in my view.(as anyone who has had the pleasure of being at an FA Cup …

How can we get the sort of Arsenal that the Anti-Arsenal and Arrogant Amnesics desire?

By Tony Attwood The desire of some supporters seems to be to have Arsenal getting results akin to those achieved by Manchester United in the 21 seasons between 1993 and 2013.  During that period they won the league 13 times, they came second five times and came third three times.  It came after a period …