Matchweek 21 – All the Games and Officials, and predictions

by Andrew Crawshaw Here courtesy of premierleague.com are the New Year games.  Please note that kickoffs are at 15:00 London time unless noted otherwise:- Tuesday 1 January 12:30 Everton v Leicester City Referee: Martin Atkinson Assistants: Stephen Child, Lee Betts Fourth official: Anthony Taylor Everton v Leicester: the predictions 15:00 Arsenal v Fulham Referee: Graham Scott Assistants: Richard West, Neil Davies Fourth official: …

Peter Hill Wood and the end of the dream of an Arsenal owned by its fans

By Tony Attwood As you will probably have heard Peter Hill-Wood died this week at the age of 82.  He came onto the board in 1962 and became chairman in 1982, serving until he stepped down through ill health in 2013. The Hill-Wood engagement with Arsenal goes back to the time of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, the …

Why the failure against Liverpool was inevitable, and what Arsenal need now.

by Tony Attwood During the past two seasons there was a fair amount of talk, not to mention poster waving, along with a spot of aircraft flying and marching, concerning the future of Mr Wenger.   Not particularly to deny what he had done for the club in the past, but rather to question what he …