Has Kroenke spent? For the decade after Arsenal’s Invincibles Arsenal supporters were told “we don’t buy superstars, we make them.” This was the sales pitch for Arsenal’s seeming lack of activity in the transfer market. We might not get the big name transfer…
Scapegoats For the past few weeks I have been reading an ethnography of English football fans called “Cans, Cops, and Carnivals” by Geoff Pearson (2012, Print ISBN-13: 9780719087219). It’s a fast read for any football fan and a habitual reader could…
White Arsenal announced the record signing of Ben White today and instead of what should be a purely celebratory atmosphere among the fans there is a heavy sense of confusion and frustration which hangs in the air. It’s not all of…