Surprising facts from the unveiling of the “25-man squads”

As I revealed here back in July with my article titled In which I explain the “homegrown” rule so that even journalists can understand it the homegrown rule is, well, to be blunt, it’s fucking stupid.

Misunderstood by the xenophobic populace as a rule that is supposed to be forcing teams to play more Englishmen it is, [...]

Did you know that Shay Given is ‘homegrown?’

Oh hell…

If I lived nearer to GMT, I’d have plenty of time to compose my thoughts on a Saturday morning, even the Saturday morning the title race officially kicks off. But as it stands Spuds and Citeh kicked this year off at 4:45am local time and of course I was up to watch it.

I had forgotten [...]

Eduardo, kids, money and Liege

First off, I need to say thanks to everyone for the positive comments on yesterday’s blog, you’re the other reason I do this. It’s so great to see so many Gooners from such far flung places around the world united in a single cause: the Arsenal.

Now, on to the news…

Eduardo

Yesterday at Eduardo’s auto de fé the [...]