Arteta’s authority gamble pays off, but let’s hope he feels he’s proved himself now

By Sir Hardly Anyone Making yourself bigger than the team by making the maintenance of your authority more important than anything else is what the leadership books say you absolutely should not do as a leader.  Absolutely not. But Arteta takes a different view, his authority is supreme, he demands obedience and he will be …

Arsenal v Tottenham: selecting the Arsenal team without injuries

By Bulldog Drummond This picture of Dial Square reminds us of course of the club’s origins, and the ordinary working men who simply wanted to play football on a Saturday afternoon. We’ve travelled such a long way since 1886 and what football is today would be quite meaningless to a traveller in time from those …