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That’s it for the KitKat

I started this blog as ‘Praise be the KitKat’. How quickly things can change. I was inspired when I ate a KitKat at half time at an Arsenal match. The…
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Thoughts from the terraces

Here’s a thought about the Everton sanction, sent to us at AISA. Anyone else suspicious of the FA’s relatively rapid sanction of Everton and the severe penalty imposed on what…
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QUESTIONS THAT ARISE FROM SATURDAY

We have put to the club issues arising from the turnstile failures. They cover contingency planning, what happens to people who couldn’t touch in (when every attendance counts towards retaining…
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Farewell Highbury

Here’s the story of the demolition of the old Arsenal Stadium as told in stills taken from Highbury Hill. It was created in the early days of the new-fangled YouTube…
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An audience with Brendon Batson

Brendon played for Arsenal under Bertie Mee and was the club's first black player. Since 1984, he's been part of the PFA and is especially active in promoting equality in…