Henry Dove
Terry Anderson
Luigi Gaspar
Today's Arsenal birthdays:
1932 - Henry Dove (1950 - 1958)
1944 - Terry Anderson (1959 - 1965)
2004 - Luigi Gaspar (2020 - 2022)
A couple of lyrical masterpieces in After The Watershed and Words That Say.
If Emirates Airlines is a profitable company then the money it receives comes from its passengers, not the UAE government.
They mentioned Cristian Stellini in the commentary and I had to look him up. Not quite as bad as Tudor.
I've looked back through 14 days of posts and replies and can't see any regarding Manchester City.
But are Emirates and Sobha also funded by the UAE government?
Just had a look and they are third in La Liga, not top of the table.
Do the UAE give Emirates Airlines money or is the airline self-sufficient?
With Liverpool away at the weekend...
I'm not averse to the players earning big money as they are not exploiting anyone else to earn that money. They are employees, not employers. However, they don't need to earn such vast sums but there's not much we can do as there will always be another team that would pay them.
I wrote an article about ticket prices from 1980 to 2015. They outstripped the UK average and inflation but were dwarfed by the rise of players' wages. In 1980 the highest paid player earned 11 times the average wage, in 2015 it was 111 times the average wage.
They're all deliberately getting themselves booked so they miss the second leg and don't get booed off the pitch at half-time.
Just checked and they have another goalie on the bench. He's 27, been at the club since he was 9 and has played just one first team game (which they lost, obviously).
Trump should invade Tottenham and rescue those poor fans.
Yep, and all there in a letter from the Chelsea secretary to West Ham secretary.
Me too, funnily enough. Trying to explain to Man City, Chelsea & Newcastle fans that Littlewoods / John Moores didn't bankroll Liverpool's 1960-1990 success but they refused to accept the truth.
So much easier to analyse back in the good old days before parent companies, amortisation and all the other financial jiggery-pokery.
Oasis need to re-record Don't Look Back In Anger and change the lyrics to:
Please don't put your life in the hands
Of an AI chatbot
That will fuck it all up
Not a great deal in the grand scheme. Out of interest, how do you decide which company's accounts to compare when a football club is part of a group. For example, why do you choose Arsenal Holdings rather The Arsenal Football Club? Which companies do you use for Man City & Chelsea?
How much did KSE put into Arsenal in 2024-25?
Christian Norgaard
Noni Madueke
1994 - Christian Norgaard (2025 - )
2002 - Noni Madueke (2025 - )
Sir Robert Bellinger
George Bradshaw
Arthur Milton
Lassana "blink and you missed him" Diarra
Today's Arsenal birthdays:
1910 - Sir Robert Bellinger (1960 - 2002 director)
1913 - George Bradshaw (1935 - 1936)
1928 - Arthur Milton (1945 - 1955)
1985 - Lassana Diarra (2007 - 2008)
Tried to bribe their way into the Southern League, which failed, then tried it with the Football League clubs who were more than happy to accept their money.
We should change our name to Aaaaaaarsenal, like those taxi firms in the Yellow Pages.
Every non-Arsenal fan screaming conspiracy after a former Chelsea player and a former Man City player drew the balls.
It's not short for Association Football Club. It's just AFC Bournemouth.
This was the first mention of the word "gooner" or "gooners" in the official match day programme - 9 September 1989.
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