The table above is in the order of the amount spent this summer (descending), showing Arsenal in fourth place. When it comes to the amount spent on the costliest player for each club, we can see ...

And that caught my eye because of my thoughts expressed here of late as to what the owners of Arsenal are getting out of Arsenal, especially as the club is losing so much money year on year.

So in the last couple of years, Arsenal actually lost getting on for £60m which could be considered rather careless. But they can meet football’s own rules because some of this money was spent on ...

But what, one may ask, does the Daily Express (an English newspaper we don’t normally bother with, but just for a change thought we would take a glance at today) make of this? Their remarkable ...

Due to UEFA rules, “Arsenal will wear their blue away shirt with a new pair of silver shorts and socks.” ...

Arsenal played 14 games in the Champions League last season, losing just one of the first eight games in the group stage (that to Inter away 1-0), before the two defeats to PSG at the end).

Athletic Club have not been in the Champions League for 11 years, and so we can’t trace previous meetings with the club in history. And indeed, apart from being in the Europa last season, they have ...

The answer to both of those questions above (concerning success in a club or competence in a commentator) is generally simple: by trophies for a club, and predictions and relevant insights of the ...

Nottingham Forest is called “Forest” because they started playing at the Forest Recreation Ground, which at some stage might have been in Sherwood Forest, but isn’t any more. Moving forward a little ...

The fact is, stories as we all know are made up. But at last some of the media are realising the truth. As the Telegraph says, “Edu quit job of a lifetime to join Forest roller coaster – and Arsenal ...

Last season there were 132 away wins: that is 35% of games. In short, we can see that this referee reverses the national average. Instead of seeing 35% away wins as the average referee does, he sees ...

However, while Arsenal’s goal difference is nine goals for and one against, Athletic Club’s difference is six for and four against. Athletic Club lost yesterday 0-1 at home to Alaves, which suggests ...