What I would like the directors of Arsenal to do in the New Year

By Tony Attwood It is very simple.  Not something that will cause the good gentlemen (for there are no ladies) of the board any inconvenience.  At least no more inconvenience than is caused to those of us who pay a fair amount of dosh for our season tickets. I would like one of these good …

The treatment of injured players: is there a home/away bias?

By Gordon Haverland, with additional commentary within the article by Tony Attwood The question has been raised: why do teams generally do better at home than when they play away?   There are many possible answers, but one is that the referee treats away teams differently from home teams, perhaps being more lenient with home teams …

Racism? What racism? The media denies any responsibility.

By Tony Attwood It is one of the themes I write about a lot – perhaps beyond Arsenal itself it is the theme I write about most of all: that the way the media reports issues affects the way we see the world. For it is hard to argue that a particular topic is of …