There must be half a dozen clubs in the EPL whose directors and staff seriously believe they could join the elite and get into the Champions League, year after year. Everton, Tottenham, Manchester City come to mind (although obviously not this season in Tottenham’s case). Maybe Portsmouth and Blackburn share the ambitions too. But as…
Arsenal were poor against Birmingham City FC on 12 January, we can’t get away from that, but what made matters much worse was the appearance once again of the blight that is sweeping the game – time wasting when the ball is out of play. Birmingham were not as bad as other teams – over…
May 13, 2007. Sports section page 15 Article by Rod Liddle. [The emirates] “where the games are played in an eerie, chilling silence.” Obviously not a place Mr Liddle has ever been – or maybe he went when there was not a match on.
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…
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…
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…
Welcome to the WengerDrome This web site was set up on the day Arsenal announced the new stadium would be called the Emirates. We then predicted Arsenal would, within one year of opening the new stadium become the third biggest club in the world. We were wrong. They became the second biggest club – just…
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…
Dein: what really happened When, in April 2007, David Dein suddenly left Arsenal, having been not just vice-chairman but also the man who brought Wenger to Arsenal, there was shock and amazement. But what really happened? Although this web site does regularly benefit from insights and information from insiders on this issue it is important…
Gilles Grimandi was one of Wenger’s first transfers into Arsenal. Never a glamorous player, he worked for the squad, playing when required, in any position required. Once he turned out for the first team on sunday, and then led the reserves in a League Cup game the next day. Despite his modest profile he won…
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