The Garrison

The Garrison is our page for our sporadic columnists and feature pieces on the Gunners first team.

Contributors include:

Will Benn

William Benn is an attractive and well-built Arsenal fanatic living within pie-throwing distance of the Emirates. Supporter 1995-2013. Football-ignoring idiot 1998-2005, so managed to dramatically escape enjoying the greatest moments of our recent history. Made it back just in time for the CL final, thank goodness. Still an optimist, if a touch more cynical as the years go by. Will, will be writing about Arsenal as only Will can. Did we mention attractive?

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Brian Fettner

Brian Fettner, known on Twitter as @GunnerFaithful.

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Martijn Stolze

Martijn Stolze is an unwavering Gooner since 1998. All the staggering highs and shattering lows have taken a toll on his health.

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Barnaby Merrill

Barnaby is a mere stripling in terms of life and footballing experience, but a lack of much resembling a social life has given him great insight into the world of football, from both a tactical and a fan's viewpoint. He's also fond of a nice soapbox, telling fans how best to get behind the team and respond to the mind-crushingly dull tide of transfer rumours that fill everyday Gooner life.

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Lewis Rowland

This boyhood Arsenal fan enjoys writing about the beautiful game and Arsenal in particular. Lewis writes match previews, statistical analyses and opinion pieces.

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Christopher Flanagan

Christopher is a man so obsessed with football he started writing academic papers about it. Christopher has been an attendee of the Arsenal for 20 years and it's safe to say he has enjoyed several minutes of it. Writing for Goonersphere about the business of football, the law around it, and anything else that piques his interest.

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Andy Stern

Andy is an Arsenal fan who attends as many first team games as he can, as well as frequently going to youth games. He's a firm believer in Arsene Wenger, and despises people who have 'always loved watching Borussia Dortmund'! Achievements: Once nearly bought Marc Overmars' house...

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Arsenal Have The Best Away Stand

Written by Goonersphere on 26 October 2014. Posted in The Garrison

Ticket prices have dominated the press for a few weeks now and for quite a long time Arsenal are unfairly painted as having the highest ticket prices in football - which any Gooner with a solitary brain cell can prove is factually incorrect. High ticket prices are often cited as the cause for the so-called lack of atmosphere at the Emirates and whilst there have been some excellent vocal perfomances from the stands in matches like Bayern and Spurs it is an almost unquestionable view - held by most Arsenal supporters - that our home fans are eclipsed by our away fans.

Wenger's 18 Best Matches #Wenger18

Written by Goonersphere on 01 October 2014. Posted in The Garrison

On October 1st 1996 Arsène Wenger was unveiled as the new Arsenal FC manager. Over the next 18 years he would lead the club to glorious highs and a few lows borne from the very high standards he himself set. There was joy, there was misery, there was elation and anger but all along the way there was Wenger. He has transformed our beloved club in more ways than one and has sacrificed himself for the good of Arsenal FC, ironically showing humility and lack of ego whilst doing so for a man so infamously characterised as stubborn and arrogant.

Thank you for all of the memories Arsène. Here is a break down of our favourite 18 Wenger matches.

Arsenal A Feeder Club For England MNT?

Written by Will Schwartz on 24 September 2014. Posted in The Garrison

Rewind to July 2010. Spain have just won the World Cup after narrowly edging out the Netherlands in an ugly 1-0 affair. The Netherland’s constant harrying of the Spanish prevents them from implementing their revolutionary tiki taka style, however their quality is simply too much for the Dutch to handle. While multiple La Liga clubs were represented among the Spanish side, an astonishing 7 Barcelona players started the match. This is no coincidence. An overlying theme among La Furia Roja was togetherness, with the players syncing up in a way that other countries sporting players from a patchwork of clubs could only dream of. Barcelona had in a sense become a “feeder club” to the national side, developing top Spanish talent into eventual World Cup winners.