Right, a few shorts to get through…

The never ending Arsènal book signing tour hits Stevenage

Okay, 12 noon tomorrow (Saturday), Waterstones in Stevenage. My co-author Alex Fynn will be signing copies of our book, ‘Arsènal: The Making of a Modern Superclub’. Due to the risk of my giving any would-be punters this godawful bug I am currently enduring, my own presence is a long shot, but if I make a Lazarus style recovery I’ll join him. The store is located in a shopping centre called The Forum – postcode is SG1 1ES if you want to look it up on streetmap. If you can’t make it on the day, but wish to reserve a signed copy, then phone 01438 745986. If you want to know more about the book including an offer to buy a discounted copy online, go to the bottom of this page…

Gooner Podcast 16 now online

Er, actually, so is number 15! 16 was recorded on Monday evening earlier this week, 15 was what was left over from 14 – recorded the Monday after the West Brom game way back when. Don’t ask. Anyway, in the latest edition, topics for discussion include Why the team performed so poorly against Hull, whether the players care about Arsenal and the wisdom of signing Mikael Silvestre. Also, are there divisions in the playing squad and the improvement in Theo Walcott’s form.

There are two ways of hearing it. First up, online without downloading by simply clicking here. Alternatively, if you want to download it to play on your mp3 player or at your leisure on your computer, visit this page move your cursor over where it says ‘episode 16’ in red text and then…

For pc users, right click your mouse and select ‘save target as’. For mac users press ‘control’ on your keyboard and then click your mouse and select ‘download linked file’. Once it’s downloaded you can play the file using your mp3 software, and transfer it to your iPod/mp3 player. If you’ve subscribed to the podcast on iTunes previously, it will automatically download when it next checks for updates. But if you go looking for it with their search facility, you won’t find it. Why? God alone knows! iTunes experts welcome to get in touch!

Spurs joke

A lot of photo funnies and financial stories have done the email rounds about our friends from the Lane. Here’s one that tickled me…

I was in the pub Saturday night and next to me was a guy with the sweetest looking dog imaginable. When the Tottenham score was read out on TV this dog went berserk. It started growling and barking, even tried to bite a couple of people nearby.
I said, “Bloody hell mate, what’s that all about?”
He replied, “Oh he does that every time Tottenham lose”
I said, “Well what happens when they win?”
He replied, “ F**k knows, I’ve only had him six months!”

Further reading

Some interesting online pieces that I’ve been directed to from email correspondents, for which my thanks.

Excellent and lengthy piece on Arsène Wenger’s concentration on youth from last weekend’s Sunday Times. Thanks to Brian Dawes.

Opinion piece on the abuse suffered by Sol Campbell from Spurs fans at Fratton Park. Thanks to Ian Henry.

Financial turmoil. Read down for the sting in the tale at the end of the description of the woes of Mr Cred C Runch . Thanks to Pete Swingewood.

Times Arsenal archive – warning, if you start searching for stuff, you could be lost for days! I spotted this one!

That lot should keep you going during lunchtime!

More Arsènal info

I’ve posted this a few times before, so it’s been shoved to the bottom of the page to spare people ploughing through it again if they’ve seen it all before…

Reviews of the book can be read elsewhere on this site, Arsenal World and A Cultured Left Foot for those that want to know more before deciding to buy. And there’s an adaptation come extract you can read to get a flavour of the book that was printed recently in The Observer sports section