The keyword in all this is “frustration”. It has nothing to do with all the players Arsenal are buying. It is that we should beat the Tots and nothing else matters.

Now the first thing to note is that it is going to happen very rarely – each of the 20 Premier League clubs will be involved with “extra access” twice in the entire season, and on each occasion it ...

One of the great points about Arsenal giving Max Dowman outings with the first team in the pre-season tour, is often overlooked in commentaries, but it is real all the same. And it is the impact this ...

Of course, this is trivia, and of course Tottenham’s ranking is greatly reduced by last season’s utter disaster, but still – over ten years Tottenham have come above Arsenal six seasons running from ...

In terms of chances created, Arsenal were pretty close to the average: historically in the League, the percentage converted is 12%. Last season for Arsenal it was 11%. Not bad given the injuries to ...

There is also the fact that Arsenal need to keep some way within FFP rules so that if players are urgently needed to cover for a couple of long-term injuries, there is room within the rules (as well ...

The first game with both clubs settled in north London was a friendly in August 1914 at White Hart Lane. Arsenal of Division Two, beat Tottenham of Division One, 5-1 and that sort of set things up for ...

The big difference in the clubs’ last season was in defence, in which Arsenal conceded 34 in the league to Tottenham’s 65 – and it looked toward the end as if they were going for the double (double ...

By Christophe Jost I remember a few years back UA being the only place, or one of the only places, were Arsenal’s women’s team games were reported on, with attendances of a few hundred people. I ...

And indeed, this coming season, this is not the only important anniversary that the club seems to be unaware or, at the very least, disinterested in: the 100th consecutive season in the top division.

Now the answer to that of course is that this is still a democracy in which we can by and large, speak our minds, but that argument ignores the fact that as supporters, part of our role is not just to ...