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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Queen of Suburbia

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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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Danny Welbeck; another Wenger master-stroke?

Written by Will Schwartz on 05 September 2014. Posted in The Garrison

As far as strikers are concerned, few are more polarizing than new Arsenal signing Danny Welbeck. To some he is a talented prospect whose flaws are a product of a certain degree of rawness. To others he is the comical frontman, who’s lack of goalscoring is a true sign of mediocrity. Arsene Wenger appears to side with the former, and has tasked the young Englishman with playing in a position formerly filled by the likes of Thierry Henry and Robin Van Persie.

Don't Hate Cesc

Written on 19 August 2014. Posted in The Garrison

Watching Cesc play last night gave rise to a whirlwind of emotions that only an Arsenal fan would understand. THAT incisive pass for the second goal made my heart exasperate in awe of that beautifully constructed football move. Blink and they score. Fabregas is going to be a great signing for Chelsea and that's not a nice thing to have to admit. He will, as was apparent in last night's showing, transform the Chelsea attack. Last season they had a hard time seeing off teams in the bottom part of the table. This year, those same teams will not be able to keep up with the pace with which the Chelsea team are moving the ball.

Foreign Gooners Honour Local Fans

Written by Brian Fettner on 19 August 2014. Posted in The Garrison

Soooo, about the foreign fan thing...

I know. I know. You're thinking "oh FFS why, oh why, do we need someone else to weigh in on this tired debate?" and I get that. Truth be told, I hate myself a little for writing about it. Blogging about this feels kind of like jumping into a kiddie pool after the children have been in it all day without getting out for any pee pee breaks. The yellowish water of the foreign supporter debate is warm, smelly and pretty much everyone has pissed in it. So why would I want to jump in? Is it because I like the smell? No. Is it because the warmth feels strangely comfortable? NO! Maybe it's because feeling my just expelled warm pee surround my groin in a cold pool soothes me. We'll see.