By 11 Gunners When David Beckham curled one of his trademark free kicks at the 'Theatre of Dreams', little he would have known that a nation was awakening into a sporting renaissance of sorts. The day was 18th August and the year was 2001, when Premier League games were being aired Live for the [. Click to continue reading...

Ten insane events from the weekend. 1: England blast ref and security (BBC) England joined FIFA in 1905, and you'd think they would have got the hang of things by now. But in case this helps guys: everything FIFA does is a shambles, aimed to make a profit for those in power (well over £100m from this [. Click to continue reading...

It looks like the insanity and greed of those who run football (in terms of the leagues and associations) is starting to impact on the real centres of football: the clubs. Of course the clubs are not all sweet darlings themselves and we spend much of our time here debating the lunatic actions of Manchester [. Click to continue reading...

There are sounds and signs around that things are improving but, beware the false dawn. Since I started wandering around the by-ways of football in this blog I've been moaning about rotational fouling (Wigan are the latest to adopt it), and it is cheery to note that the Great Lord Wenger is now "set" (as [. Click to continue reading...

So, yesterday the Corruption Files took a sneak look at the governing bodies. Now we move on to someone they employ. When Fabio Capello turned up in England he was known as a man with a bit of a murky financial history. Not quite on Icelandic levels, but still, a little bit racey, if you know [.. Click to continue reading...

The organisation running the top league in English football has a long history of corruption dating back at least to 1919 when Manchester United and Liverpool, who had been found guilty of match fixing in the final pre-war season were allowed to go unpunished and continue unhindered. Arsenal benefitted from the final outcome of that [. Click to continue reading...

As we wait and see if the EPL will take action against Adebayor, as FIFA has taken action against Eduardo, it is time to contemplate... Why UEFA's Verdict on Eduardo is Wrong – A reasoned critique of an unreasonable decision By "stuartlondon" A 'dive' is a self induced fall that does not result from illegal contact with another [. Click to continue reading...

Who benefits from these internationals? By Simon Bailey With the current round of international football matches over, and the players heading back to their respective clubs in various states of disrepair, it makes me wonder about their true value. In this round were some Friendlies and some World Cup Qualifiers. Click to continue reading...

Oh what to do in Cripplegate Week the week when all our top stars go off and get injured while playing not for the Arsenal who pay their wages but for a bunch of morons called "international managers" who treat them with utter contempt. Well, the first thing is, if you fancy doing a spot [...] Click to continue reading...

Oh what to do in Cripplegate Week the week when all our top stars go off and get injured while playing not for the Arsenal who pay their wages but for a bunch of morons called "international managers" who treat them with utter contempt. Well, the first thing is, if you fancy doing a spot [...] Click to continue reading...

At last, a club willing to stand up and fight against the insane, bent and discredited UEFA. Arsenal's statement over the Eduardo affair was everything we could have wished for a complete catalogue of everything that is wrong with the warped European governing body, including its arrogant belief that it can get away with anything, [. Click to continue reading...

At last, a club willing to stand up and fight against the insane, bent and discredited UEFA. Arsenal's statement over the Eduardo affair was everything we could have wished for a complete catalogue of everything that is wrong with the warped European governing body, including its arrogant belief that it can get away with anything, [. Click to continue reading...

Here's a stange story.  Michel Platini says that he will pass legislation to ensure that from 2012/13 onwards every club in the Champs League have to have accounts in balance. That presumably means that the club has positive assets take the money they owe away from the assets they have and if it is positive [. Click to continue reading...

Here's a stange story.  Michel Platini says that he will pass legislation to ensure that from 2012/13 onwards every club in the Champs League have to have accounts in balance. That presumably means that the club has positive assets take the money they owe away from the assets they have and if it is positive [. Click to continue reading...

During the 1990/1991 season a group of Manchester IOU (then known as plain Manchester Thugs) players ran around some Arsenal players and there was a bit of pushing and shoving. In typical idiotic, insane, pathetic, stupid, disgraceful, bizarre and incomprehensible style the League decided to take two points away from Arsenal, and thus scupper their [. Click to continue reading...

During the 1990/1991 season a group of Manchester IOU (then known as plain Manchester Thugs) players ran around some Arsenal players and there was a bit of pushing and shoving. In typical idiotic, insane, pathetic, stupid, disgraceful, bizarre and incomprehensible style the League decided to take two points away from Arsenal, and thus scupper their [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's youth team managed to squirm their way through to the Groupie Stage of the Euro Cup last night on the "Most Goals Scored" rule. "It really is ludicrous," said Letmedrivethe Koach talking on ITV, "no other competition in the world uses this method of deciding the winner. What has the issue of who scored the [. Click to continue reading...