A singificant number of Aston Villa fans were removed from the Arsenal Villa game early on as anger grew around the statidum following the chanting of a disgusting song concerning their neighbour’s Birmigham City attack on Eduardo the week before. The song, which had clearly been widely rehearsed, was taken up by Villa supporters across the visitors’…
Everyone knows the spat between M Wenger and Ferguson, but way in which the events evolved is rarely told as a unified story. And when it is, something quite odd emerges. When Wenger joined Arsenal, Arsenal were in ruins. George Graham became the only man to be found guilty of bung taking (at least the…
Woke up this morning, turned on Radio 5, and the announcer says, “The Big 4 are playing today”. What Big 4 I hear you ask – well no I don’t but you know. There is no Big 4. There never has been a Big 4 during the history of the EPL. What we had for…
You can see it on their faces and hear it in their voices – oh how desparate Liverpool supporters are to join the Top 3 and be considered among the elite. But it won’t happen for a variety of reasons – reasons which can be best understood if we examine the difference between Arsenal and…
The FA “Cup” as it is customarily called is a competition held in high esteem – mostly because it is an opportunity for little “clubs” who have no chance of winning anything to have their day in the sunshine (or in the case of Wigan’s pitch, mud). We think of Havant and Waterlooville, Hereford, Newcastle…
Print This Post 09/06/2008 by Tony Attwood. Carlos Vela scored his second goal for Mexico’s first team in the 4-0 win over Peru, in a match played in Chicago (for reasons that will not become clear in this article). Sven (who is about to take over the team from Jesus is said to have been…
The huge gap between the top 3 in the EPL and the rest was confirmed today with a win for an Arsenal team that ended with just 3 first team regulars on the pitch. Lacking the entire first team midfield, playing the most junior of the four strikers and ending up with two left backs…
The BBC is reporting that at a meeting in London all 20 EPL clubs including Arsenal agreed to explore a proposal to extend the season to 39 games. The new games would be played at around the world, with cities bidding for the right to stage them. The additional 3 fixtures would be fixed by a draw but that…
Based on current performance, by 2011 Arsenal will have five significant teams: The first team – challenging as always for the major competitions. The “squad” team – back up players who play in the FA Cup and League Cup, plus in lesser European games, and who are available as replacement to first team players who…
The web site behind this blog: www.emiratesstadium.info is best known for housing “The Stupidity Files” – a collection of articles celebrating the total insanity and idiocy of those who play, manage, control and write about football. There’s hundreds of articles and stories on the site – but in all the years of collecting them none…
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