The Premier League is England’s top football league, where 20 teams compete to become champions. It’s watched by over a billion fans in nearly 200 countries, making it the most-watched league globally. The season runs from August to May, with each team playing home and away matches. Teams earn points for wins and draws, and … Read more
Over the years a club of Arsenal’s stature has had world-class players in every area of the pitch. It is the great goalscorers, such as Thierry Henry, Ian Wright and, before them, Cliff Bastin who tend to take the glory and most of the plaudits. The Gunners have been blessed with amazing goalkeepers too, who … Read more
For the second consecutive year, Arsenal found themselves top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day. Being top at Christmas has typically been a good omen for any title hopefuls as over the last 14 seasons, the side top on December 25th has gone on to be crowned champions on 10 occasions. Fast forward … Read more
At the time of writing, heading into October’s international break, Tottenham are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League table with Arsenal breathing down their necks in second spot. Both sides remain unbeaten after eight games of the 2023/24 season and each has won six and drawn two. With the Gunners and Spurs … Read more
You’ve no doubt all heard of St Patrick’s Day when the Guinness flows and the shamrock-strewn parties continue into the small hours. Or how about good old St George’s Day, celebrating the patron saint of England (and Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Ethiopia and Syria… among others) and marking that famous time when some Turkish chap who … Read more
The All or Nothing series is an Amazon documentary-style show that follows a sports team’s journey during a season. Whilst not all English fans may realise it, the first documentary was released in 2016 and followed the NFL team, the Arizona Cardinals. Since then, the programme has gone on to do seasons with various other NFL … Read more
Where a club train is almost as important as where a club plays, as in training the conditions have to be as similar to the stadium pitch as possible so that the players have as big an advantage as possible over the opposition. As well as this a training ground must have the most up-to-date and … Read more
Arsenal are one of the most famous teams in the world and have won many trophies over the decades. Arsenal was founded way back in 1886 in London by a group of workers from a munitions factory in Woolwich (which might be confusing to some fans of the north London club given that Woolwich is … Read more
Arsenal’s ownership is somewhat different to some other Premier League football clubs, as it is owned by a parent company named Arsenal Holdings plc. Arsenal Holdings is owned by Stan Kroenke, who is the sole shareholder in Arsenal Football Club, and also the CEO of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, the parent company of Arsenal Holdings and … Read more
For Arsenal players, especially those that have come from abroad, one of the first priorities upon joining the club is to secure a home, ideally one nearby to the training ground in London Colney, Hertfordshire. These houses are typically stunning and are often situated in a very small number of highly affluent areas that are … Read more