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Andy Kelly

@goonerak

Arsenal fan and unofficial club historian. Undignified weirdo. Website: The Arsenal Collection.

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It seems strange that Arsenal are singled out for their stance over the handling of Partey but other teams (e.g. Man City and Newcastle) are given a free pass when it comes to how they handled similar situations.

13.03.2026 08:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just started watching Dirty Business. These people, like those involved in the Post Office scandal, are the absolute scum of the earth. Complete and utter cunts with no morals whatsoever.

12.03.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ask the Doctor to borrow his TARDIS.

12.03.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not just the Americans that are stuck with him.

12.03.2026 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ronnie Green

Ronnie Green

Les Shannon

Les Shannon

Today's Arsenal birthdays:
1912 - Ronnie Green (1933 - 1935)
1926 - Les Shannon (1962 - 1966 coach)

12.03.2026 08:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What will the media do if Arsenal are the only English club left in the Champions League next week?

11.03.2026 21:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fellow Arsenal fans, there as many as 18 more games to play this season. Enjoy!

11.03.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Valverde's third goal.

11.03.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's different to a normal clenched fist and looks weird

11.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Henry Dove

Henry Dove

Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson

Luigi Gaspar

Luigi Gaspar

Today's Arsenal birthdays:
1932 - Henry Dove (1950 - 1958)
1944 - Terry Anderson (1959 - 1965)
2004 - Luigi Gaspar (2020 - 2022)

11.03.2026 08:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A couple of lyrical masterpieces in After The Watershed and Words That Say.

11.03.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 07:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Emirates Airlines is a profitable company then the money it receives comes from its passengers, not the UAE government.

10.03.2026 23:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They mentioned Cristian Stellini in the commentary and I had to look him up. Not quite as bad as Tudor.

10.03.2026 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've looked back through 14 days of posts and replies and can't see any regarding Manchester City.

10.03.2026 23:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But are Emirates and Sobha also funded by the UAE government?

10.03.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just had a look and they are third in La Liga, not top of the table.

10.03.2026 22:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do the UAE give Emirates Airlines money or is the airline self-sufficient?

10.03.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With Liverpool away at the weekend...

10.03.2026 22:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

10.03.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

10.03.2026 22:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're all deliberately getting themselves booked so they miss the second leg and don't get booed off the pitch at half-time.

10.03.2026 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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).

10.03.2026 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump should invade Tottenham and rescue those poor fans.

10.03.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now, Igor, about this boat...

10.03.2026 20:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, and all there in a letter from the Chelsea secretary to West Ham secretary.

10.03.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

10.03.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So much easier to analyse back in the good old days before parent companies, amortisation and all the other financial jiggery-pokery.

10.03.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

10.03.2026 10:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0