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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How Arsenal Can Boost Their Warchest With A Few Budget Squad Signings

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

The season isn't quite over yet but the rumour mill is turning strongly and the tabloids and football agents (real and twitter fakers) are lining up to tell us who Arsenal are going to spend their "warchest" on.

Arsenal certainly have money to spend this summer and the vociferous anti-Wenger crowd have wasted no time in letting everyone know exactly how much cash we have in the bank. The pro-Wenger crowd (and those inbetween) will have you know that this summer was always the one where the finances would come good and the manager could splurge. Either way it's not important, what is done is done and we have an FA Cup final to look forward to before we worry about squad additions for a league assault next season.

Best ever Arsenal-Chelsea games

Written by Goonersphere on 21 March 2014. Posted in The Garrison

Tomorrow we play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in what is going to be one of the most important games we'll play this season. Not only is it Arsène Wenger's 1000th match as Arsenal manager but it is an opportunity to close the gap against Chelsea to 1 point with a game in hand, throwing the title race wide open and putting Arsenal in with a superb shout.

Add to that it is against a Mourinho-led Chelsea and it becomes all the more relishing. For good measure you can add it being a 2nd straight loss for Chelsea in the league, the end of Mourinho's incredible home record and the breaking of the strangle-hold Mourinho sides seem to have over us. In short, it's a bloody big game.

The Ghost of England's Best Left Back

Written by Lewis Rowland on 05 March 2014. Posted in The Garrison

It’s easy to underestimate how important Kieran Gibbs is to Arsenal FC, the lad is 24 now and has been Arsenal’s regular left back for almost 3 years. Absolutely plagued by injuries, Kieran seems to have got over the worst, playing almost 70 games in 2 seasons, which is almost the same as his 5 first seasons combined. I first saw Kieran break on to the scene in the Emirates Cup against Inter Milan in 2007. Then a left winger, Gibbo lit up the tournament with his dazzling trickery and pace down that left hand side giving Javier Zanetti an absolute nightmare. It was pretty evident from that point on that Gibbs was destined to become a great Arsenal player.