Last Sunday ahead of the Everton match, thanks to ‘Play with a Legend’ I was able to not only play a small sided football match with some fellow fans at the AFC Community Hub, but also to meet and play against Arsenal hero. Nigel ‘Nutty’ Winterburn. I could barely walk for a few days but […]
This week’s trip down memory lane takes us back to 1980, when one of the most gifted left backs ever to grace the game arrived at Highbury in the oddest of circumstances. One of South London’s finest Kenny Sansom. Kenny was a class act, although he was only 5 foot 8 inches tall, he had […]
We are taking a trip in the time machine back to the late 1980’s for this week’s Highbury Hero. Arsenal have had some brilliant left backs over the years and this man is no exception. Such a consistent player and a member of the famous back four. It is Nigel “Nutty” Winterburn. Nigel was highly […]
Some interesting information can be gleaned from an article by John Stanton of BBC. He poses some topical questions – is Wenger a reluctant spender? Has his second decade been a let-down? Has he transformed our national game? How will he be judged? On the silverware front he follows just one manager – Alex Ferguson. […]
This week we’re going back to 1987 for this week’s Highbury Hero, when George Graham made one of his greatest ever signings. This man played a major role in almost all of George Graham’s trophy wins and was in my opinion one of the best centre forwards ever to play for The Arsenal – The […]
This blog was written in 2012 for our sister site 1ND2OU but we thought we would re-published and jazz it up for today…. “Arsenal since I’ve been born, best night of my life was Anfield in May 1989 – Love life, most people and all Gooners!” Amanda (@GoonerGirl1969) with a hugely receptive audience it is […]
Delighted to welcome back our good friend @garythegooner56 with a superb guest post We are now deep into the close season and social media is in full swing relentlessly churning out bullshit rumours linking The Arsenal with player after player. I don’t know about you but I’m fed up with reading about it. So I […]
I recently interviewed Alan Smith, ex Arsenal no 9, double Golden boot winner, 89 Anfield scorer, Scorer of the goal that beat Parma in the 1994 Uefa cup winners cup final, and a whole lot more. Alan is now a Sky commentator, and Daily Telegraph columnist. The interview covered his career on the pitch, and […]
Ram, Flam, thank you ma’am. Job done in Wales as the Arsenal go marching on in the Premier League and Europe. Saturday was just the latest in a recent series of enjoyable days to be a Gooner, thanks to a big win against a Cardiff City side that triumphed over Manchester City as well as […]
Where Are They Now?! This week’s Where Are They Now? Sees us delve back into the distant (but not too long ago) past, more specifically the 80s and the 90s. The player in question this week is someone who four major titles with Arsenal, as well as netting a dramatic winner in the final seconds […]
