AN ODE TO FREDDIE
BY MARK CULLENAsk any football fan about the Arsenal side that went 49 Premier League Games Unbeaten, or the Invincibles as they are better known, and they will talk about the likes of Thierry Henry,...
View ArticleSURVIVING PARIS
BY AHMED YUSSUFMum was still fast asleep when I woke up, washed my face and put on my uniform. There were still several hours until I was due at school as I turned on my freakishly small television and...
View ArticleHOW TO OVERTURN A THUMPING HOME DEFEAT
BY PETE ELDONLosing to Bayern this week reminded me that better Arsenal teams than this one have had the capacity to be even more outclassed at home by European opposition.Back in the long distant past...
View ArticleA LATE NIGHT DISCOVERY
BY JON SHAYI still remember finding out about Arsenal for the very first time. Growing up in the U.S. in the late 1970s and early ‘80s meant that I lived in a soccer, football wasteland. Come to think...
View ArticleFOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
BY ANNA LVOVALiving in Moscow my relationship with live Arsenal performances has been complicated (by which I mean non-existent) for years. Despite barely missing a game on television during the 14...
View ArticleA BRILLIANT BEGINNING
BY OLIVER WILSON-NUNNMy interest in football sparked quite late compared to some other fans. The rest of my family absolutely hates the game, but at the age of 15 I made a conscientious decision to...
View ArticleAN AUDIENCE WITH GOD
BY MATT MASONI met God 14 years ago. We sat alone in a hotel conference room and he told me about his work. Being God, he was quite humble about his achievements. Gently clasping his long fingers...
View ArticleKIERAN GIBBS SAVES ARSENAL
BY SEAN MARLANDWatching Arsenal defend a lead can be stressful at the best of times, but when a Champions League spot and the club's future are hanging by a thread, the whole experience descends...
View ArticleAFTER 17 YEARS OF WAITING, IT ONLY TOOK TWO MINUTES…
BY STEVE COOPERYou certainly won’t need me to tell you that if Arsenal finish this season empty-handed it will be nine years since we last won a trophy.But believe me, things have been worse.In 1970 I...
View ArticleTHE DAY I TOOK ON THE ARSENAL CHAIRMAN
By JEFFREY L. FREEMAN In the early years of my life the German nation were causing me and the team certain inconveniences.If memory serves me correctly it was about 1943 when my father decided to...
View ArticleBACARY SAGNA: A TRUE GENT AND SO MUCH MORE
BY ALAN RANSCOMBEIn late 2008, my daughters Sian and Evie had part time waitressing jobs at a bar and restaurant called the Maze Inn in North London, where some of the Arsenal players sometimes went to...
View ArticleI PAID £2,000 FOR AN ARSENAL PROGRAMME FROM 1928
Nick Latamsing has been watching Arsenal since the 1970s but his life changed forever when he attended a programme fair in 1987. Since that day he’s been collecting Arsenal programmes and a few years...
View ArticleTHE DAY I USED THE REFEREE’S TOILET AT HIGHBURY
BY DEBORAH COLLINSWhen I was asked if I'd like to contribute an anecdote to this site I said, what, like the time I used the referee's toilet at Highbury? That'll do nicely, I was told. Now, when I...
View ArticleIN DEFENCE OF SYLVAIN WILTORD
BY SEAN MARLANDArsenal v Aston Villa. Sunday 9th December 2001. After West Ham's victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, the North Bank was bristling with unspoken optimism as...
View ArticleI'D FOUND MY TEAM, I'D FOUND THE ARSENAL
BY ANDREW NAPIERThe rain was lashing against the windows as the train pulled into Liverpool Street. The smoke from the engine drifted past, the station lights twinkled and the screech from the brakes...
View ArticleMY FIRST-EVER AWAY GAME WAS AT OLD TRAFFORD
BY AKHIL VYASSaturday 14 March 1998. A day that changed me forever. It was the day every football fan in England knew Arsenal were in the title race, but also the day of my first Arsenal away game. By...
View Article"IT HAD AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON MY LIFE" - JEFFREY FREEMAN INTERVIEW
Jeffrey Freeman previously wrote for The Arsenal Collective about his lifetime support of the Gunners and how frustration with the quality of the club’s football in the 1960s led him to a confrontation...
View ArticleWALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG: A WALK THROUGH A BERGKAMP WONDERLAND
BY BARRY PLUMMER / @bazplummerThere’s only one, Dennis Bergkamp. Reminiscing about one of the greatest players ever to grace our football club, and hearing his famous song play through my mind, there...
View ArticleMy First Game was a Surreal Champions League Final
BY TAYMOUR KHASHOGGI It was through playground chatter, and much to the chagrin of my parents, that I found out that the Champions League final would soon be played no more than 30 minutes from where I...
View ArticleA LEGENDARY RELATIVE
BY LIAM HARDINGIn 1912 one of the best players to ever grace the beautiful game was born. That man is my great-granddad, Ted Drake.While I was always aware of the fact I was related to the striker - a...
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