Sky dub Arsenal game In an extraordinary move Sky TV changed the sound track of the Arsenal v Chelsea match on May 6 2007. Crowd sound was turned down and general football noise was dubbed onto the game instead. No explanation has been given by Sky but it is thought that it might be to…
FIFA, governing body of football hate the G14, the group of powerful European clubs who have their own agenda – most notably that players should be paid by their countries when on international duty, and that clubs should be compensated for injuries on international duty at far beyond the current rates. FIFA want UEFA to…
Guardian falls of Wembley spoof story On 9 March 2007 the Guardian fell for one of the silliest spoofs in the football world. On its Sports Blog it ran a gushing story praising the new wonder Wembley, extolling its virtues and telling us all how this had really been worth waiting for. Anxious to show…
The long running battle between the BBC and Arsenal is covered elsewhere, but in 2007 the Corporation allowed its regular contributors to descend to an even deeper level of stupidity. It started on the Friday evening before Arsenal played at Anfield in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. Arsenal, as always, had posted their…
According to some in 2007 Arsenal imploded. David Dein was ejected, Henry left… What was going on? These pages tell you the story that (as far as we know) no one else has ever printed (unless they copied it from us). For the history of David Dein’s departure click on Dein. But for the deeper…
5 Lies they love to tell about Arsenal. 1. Hot dogs cost £10 each. No one is going to say that the food in the WengerDrome is cheap, and no one is going to say that for the ordinary supporters it is gourmet, but the reality is that it is better than in most grounds. …
Having wandered into a mathematical world of unreal numbers yesterday, today we face the big issue. Where do negative stories come from? Right up to the signing of Mr A yesterday there were stories saying the deal was dead – one I saw said that the FA were going to refuse the deal for being…
First, because 23 is a prime number. Just like 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and 19 before it, and an infinite number thereafter. Second it was Theo’s number and we all love Theo. Third it was David Beckham’s number at Real Mad, and Russians somehow think that if you are British you love…
In my story on January 26 I said that we were definitely signing Arshavin. I said this not because I thought the Lord Wenger was desperate, and not because I had deep insight into the workings of the KGB, but rather because of the array of people who had far too much invested in the…
These days, when a ref makes a dubious decision, the inclination of most people is to blame the ref’s ability. The suggestion is that referees today are simply not able to keep up with the speed of the game. What most commentators don’t suggest is that the ref might have been bought. In Italy of…
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