Arsenal’s Top 5 Most Expensive Signings: Breaking the Bank in North London

    Arsenal has been making some serious moves in the transfer market lately, and this summer was no exception. With the signing of Riccardo Calafiori for £42 million, the Gunners continue to show they’re not afraid to spend big to bring top talent to the Emirates. But where does this signing rank among Arsenal’s …

Arsenal v Brighton, injuries, the referee’s form; Havertz to score or assist, the 2004 run

      Arsenal v Brighton: past results and future prospects Anyone for Arsenal? (as the transfer window tinkles into broken fragments) A luncthime match means the Untold team leaving their base in the East Mindland early in the morning without time for writing, so this is the expected team as per yesterday.  But to …

Arsenal v Brighton: past results and future prospects

    Anyone for Arsenal? (as the transfer window tinkles into broken fragments) How likely are Arsenal to move out of the 8 game group stage in Europe? And in Arsenal’s history today… 30 August: Arsenal start the longest run of any club ever in the top division By Sir Hardly Anyone So it is …

Anyone for Arsenal? (as the transfer window tinkles into broken fragments)

How likely are Arsenal to move out of the 8 game group stage in Europe? Fanatically secretive PGMO turns out to be also grossly financially incompetent By Bulldog Drummond And yes I know that the conventional phrase is that the window “slams shut” but this year I thought we ought to change things not least …

How likely are Arsenal to move out of the 8 game group stage in Europe?

    Fanatically secretive PGMO turns out to be also grossly financially incompetent Why clubs like Arsenal are getting less and less interested in older players By tony Attwood As you may have heard we have a totally different approach in the Champions League this season with eight games against different clubs in the first …

Fanatically secretive PGMO turns out to be also grossly financially incompetent

    Why clubs like Arsenal are getting less and less interested in older players 5 players in, 4 players sold, 6 out on loan, 2 released, 4 out on a free. That’s the window By Tony Attwood The one thing we know about PGMO, is that we don’t know much about the organisation that …

Why clubs like Arsenal are getting less and less interested in older players

    Today on the Arsenal History Society site 25 years ago Arsenal sold a player and used the profit to build a new training centre. 5 players in, 4 players sold, 6 out on loan, 2 released, 4 out on a free. That’s the window Where do we normally get to after three games? …

5 players in, 4 players sold, 6 out on loan, 2 released, 4 out on a free. That’s the window

      Where do we normally get to after three games Just how many players do Arsenal need in their squad to win the league? By Sir Hardly Anyone So with Eddie Nketiah having a medical at Crystal Palace (according to reports and we all know what that means) the deal is perhaps finally …

Where do we normally get to after three games

  Just how many players do Arsenal need in their squad to win the league? Why are so few players changing clubs this summer? Today on the Arsenal History site: The video of the greatest Arsenal hattrick of all time By Tony Attwood Last season for Arsenal’s third game in the league, the club played …

Just how many players do Arsenal need in their squad to win the league?

    By Tony Attwood Why are so few players changing clubs this summer? Football’s darker side. How the offenders can attack the complainant A piece in the Telegraph heralds the “Football clubs’ blueprint to a successful summer” which sounds rather exciting but ultimately tell us the answer is “Spending smart and getting the timing …

Why are so few players changing clubs this summer?

    Football’s darker side. How the offenders can attack the complainant Transfers 25 August: 73 players coming to Arsenal, 30 players leaving By Tony Attwood Let’s pretend, for a second, that you really don’t have much time for transfer gossip.  They are always out there, and as we prove each year, no more than …

Football’s darker side. How the offenders can attack the complainant

    Transfers 25 August: 73 players cominig to Arsenal, 30 players leaving Highlights and the last time Arsenal won their first three league games…. By Tony Attwood If there is one issue that football doesn’t want to talk about because it is just too awkward, it is abuse of youngsters within clubs.   When there …

Transfers 25 August: 73 players coming to Arsenal, 30 players leaving

      Transfers 25 August: 73 players cominig to Arsenal, 30 players leaving Highlights and the last time Arsenal won their first three league games…. By Sir Hardly Anyone Our regular review of the transfer market usually hits around 110 players arriving and the entire squad leaving, but this summer matters are running slowly …

Highlights and the last time Arsenal won their first three league games….

    Arsenal transfers: who is next and then what? By Tony Attwood In case you missed it all or you want to see it again, the highlights are here https://youtu.be/i7Lf7yL61xc And so we have a start to relish (but also – see below a note of caution if we win the third game).  For …

Beyond the Pitch: How iGaming Sponsorships Could Enhance the Arsenal Experience

Source: pexels.com Arsenal, one of the most popular and successful clubs in English football, has a very rich history. The team is revered for its unique attacking playstyle that has created many memorable moments over the years. This has helped the team stand out and attract sponsorships from various sources in its lifespan. Arsenal has …

Aston Villa v Arsenal – referee variation and today’s Arsenal team

      The referee: how Arsenal have managed to cut their yellow card total so dramatically Aston Villa v Arsenal: Arsenal against the kings of the yellow cards Aston Villa v Arsenal; the game of phases and the home/away difference Aston Villa v Arsenal: what the last six results tell us will happen Aston …

The referee: how Arsenal have managed to cut their yellow card total so dramatically

      By Bulldog Drummond Aston Villa v Arsenal: Arsenal against the kings of the yellow cards Aston Villa v Arsenal; the game of phases and the home/away difference Aston Villa v Arsenal: what the last six results tell us will happen Aston Villa v Arsenal: the transfers, the centre forward and 52 years …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: Arsenal against the kings of the yellow cards

    Previously…. Aston Villa v Arsenal; the game of phases and the home/away difference Aston Villa v Arsenal: what the last six results tell us will happen Aston Villa v Arsenal: the transfers, the centre forward and 52 years since winning the 3rd division By Bulldog Drummond There is, in the Premier League a …

Aston Villa v Arsenal; the game of phases and the home/away difference

    By Bulldog Drummond Aston Villa v Arsenal: what the last six results tell us will happen Aston Villa v Arsenal: the transfers, the centre forward and 52 years since winning the 3rd division Villa v Arsenal games tend to go in phases.  For example, between January 2014 and September 2019, the clubs played …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: what the last six results tell us will happen

      Aston Villa v Arsenal: the transfers, the centre forward and 52 years since winning the 3rd division Arsenal are set to complete the ­signing of Mikel Merino   By Bulldog Drummond As we saw through last season, the last six games table and its companion the last ten games table are tables …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: the transfers, the centre forward and 52 years since winning the 3rd division

    Arsenal are set to complete the ­signing of Mikel Merino Arsenal transfers – who is coming next and then what? By Bulldog Drummond The Guardian tells us “Arsenal and Aston Villa have similar problems to solve, Ilkay Gündogan returns and transfer whirlwind continues.” That “similar problems” seems a typical raging exaggeration to me, …

Arsenal are set to complete the ­signing of Mikel Merino

    Arsenal transfers – who is coming next and then what? Why Arsenal is now the go-to club of choice for so many players By Tony Attwood So either this is one of the biggest journalistic cock ups of all time or Arsenal have actually signed Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad.   He previously played …

Arsenal transfers – who is coming next and then what?

        Editorial note: apologies for this site going off line for a while in recent days.  I’m painfully aware of this, and am doing all I can to get it fixed. Why Arsenal is now the go-to club of choice for so many players How journalists try to destabilise clubs by their …

Why Arsenal is now the go-to club of choice for so many players

    How journalists try to destabilise clubs by their constant demand for change Football has just got incredibly weird – from the Arsenal game to the rest of the world By Tony Attwood “Chelsea targets will think twice before joining – they could be next year’s Raheem Sterling” is a headline in the Telegraph …

How journalists try to destabilise clubs by their constant demand for change

  Football has just got incredibly weird – from the Arsenal game to the rest of the world Havertz signing is genius but how could Arsenal be so utterly stupid? By Tony Attwood Change in football is inevitable.  Players get older, players get injured, players lose their form.   But in the media the key story, …