Last year after 12 games played, Tottenham were top, 7 years ago we were 8th

By Tony Attwood Yes one year ago after 12 games played, Tottenham were top of the league.   And just to prove that I am not making it all up, here is the table Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Tottenham Hotspur 12 7 4 1 24 10 14 25 2 Liverpool …

The new game for the billionaires: buying a multiplicity of football clubs

By Tony Attwood Given that Arsenal have not graced the second tier of English football since the 1914/15 season* it might seem that worrying about the level of debt in the Championship is hardly relevant to an Arsenal blog. But actually the state of affairs in the Championship is relevant to all of us, both …

What factors (beside scoring goals) make a team rise up the league table?

By Tony Attwood What helps a club get to toward the top of the league?  Is it a policy of team rotation and using lots of players?  Or the number of tackles that the side put in?  Or maybe a propensity for fouling.  Or perhaps the opposite – not fouling.  Or maybe it is changing …