At the start of 2020, despite the feel-good factor of Mikel Arteta’s late-December appointment as…
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The Fleeting Rise and Melancholic Fall of Michu, the Player the Streets Will Never Forget
There are some footballers you just never forget. Diego Maradona for his flamboyantly gifted dribbling…
Belgium’s Next Noa Lang: Three Breakout Stars
Noa Lang is a sort of commodity who has lit up the league in his…
Arsenal, Dortmund, Holland: Remarks on relatability in a football team
I have a problem. I know what a successful club looks like. The trophies, the…
Finding Arsenal: The Value of Thinning the Herd
Fans like to believe that their club has some intrinsic identity. There is some quality…
FP Book Review: Caviar and Sausages by Tony Kokkinos
Age can limit us in our understanding of what we love the most. Without delving…
Book Review – Arsenal for Everyone by Dave Seager
“If you ask me what my life will look like a few years from now,…
Arsenal 1970-71: There and Back Again
This week marks fifty years since Arsenal won the league-and-cup double. There is a lot to learn from that season – for the club and fans both.
FP Book Review: My Life and Lessons in Red and White – Arsène Wenger
What is the measure of a life? Is it tangible successes or achievements, personal or…
My Life in Red and White: Wenger and the Artist’s Curse
The word “passion” has become a bit of a joke. It’s the kind of superficial…
Lir: A part of Boston where football holds a different meaning
A stone’s throw away from Hynes Convention Center sits Lir. Just one of the many…
Santi Cazorla – The gift that keeps on giving
As a long-time football fan, I’m well-versed with turbulent emotions. As a long-time Arsenal fan,…
Arteta-ball: An Alternative Match-Report
A win against Manchester United for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal show that the Spaniard was already imposing a much-welcome structure and order to proceedings
We need to talk about the Granit Xhaka incident
There is a video on the internet, titled The horribly slow murderer with the extremely…
The nice guy who could mess you up – Farewell, Aaron Ramsey
April and May 2019 saw the finales for Game of Thrones and Marvel Phase 3,…
Unai’s At The Wheel: Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United
Football runs on narrative cycles as much as anything else in sport, culture, or life.…
Almost Invincible by Dan Betts (An Arsenal book review)
Dan Betts tells us why it is important to remember and celebrate the achievements of…
Arsene’s Double Double by Dave Seager (A book review)
Reviewing a poetic tribute to Arsene Wenger in the style of Dr. Seuss Arsene Wenger is the…
Boston Gooners: A football fan club in a soccer nation
Our writer went to a pub in Boston on a Sunday, expecting the television to…
Dirk Kuyt, Robin Van Persie, and the story of Feyenoord
A complex club like Feyenoord Rotterdam can only be truly understood by looking at two…