Sometimes as a football fan you get bad days. These include days where you lose 1-0 at home to Newcastle thanks to horrible land monster Andy Carroll and his head of bone. These include days where you lose to at home to West Brom, a side of limited

Dear Hotspur, T
This must be
Theapogee
Of your attempts to avenge Sol Campbell.
It ranks with the triumphant parading
Of Rohan Ricketts.

Oh, Rohan Ricketts!
Why do you now trade your sorry ply at
Moldovan Intertoto Cup outsiders FC Dacia Chiinu?
Was it

The fanshare scheme (recently announced)
Grants fans the chance to purchase up to 12% of the club
This is more than a ninth,
But less than an eighth.
It is good news for fans of sharing
Shares in fans remain unaffected
Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith has no

Joe Cole, oh. Oh, Joe Cole.
Joe Cole you looked reasonably lively.
Joe Cole you were sent off for a tackle
That was suspicious, described as
Uncharacteristic by many.
Like the suicide of Dr David Kelly.
Unlike him, Joe Cole, you were going to sign for

A lot has been said and will be said about the result on Sunday, but now that some of the dust has settled I feel a bit more comfortable talking about it. On the walk (which feels longer every time you do it - weird) from Highbury and Islington to

So Arsenal can go top tonight if they duff Bolton by two goals or more. They can hit the heights, rule the roost, lead the pack, top the division and no doubt indulge in a number of other activities which make them sound like an accomplished

Barring something very surprising it looks as if the great Patrick Vieira will be returning to England, accepting the luxuriant Eastlands grass as a new pasture. Who can blame him? If I was an overrated footballer (as opposed to cruelly underrated, which

Has anybody noticed how quickly the name Emirates has become totally acceptable? I remember all those doubters demanding that Arsenal fans gang up and insist on the rather more awkward Ashburton Grove. It probably has something to do with Emirates not

With just one more game (tonight’s) left for Arsenal to play before 2010, it’s a good time to reflect on a remarkable decade in the history of Arsenal FC. And what better way than with a meaningless cyber-gong show.
Sepp Blatter is having his

It has been, friends, literally weeks since I (grabber) have posted. I am sorry for this. I had a conversation in the Duchess of Kent with a friend of my dads who said that hed said there was someone in his office who said she read our blog. Since this