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A BBC report last week reaffirmed the well known fact that Arsenal is the most expensive club to support in England. The cheapest season ticket, at £985, easily dwarves Arsenal’s Premier League rivals and, on average, an Arsenal fan living in London, attending every home game and spending on food, drinks and programmes, will part with well over £2000 a year.
The cost of an Arsenal season ticket is most likely calculated with two key components in mind. Firstly, the cost of putting on a quality match day experience. Arsenal, located in North London, under four miles from Charing Cross, is one of the most central of London’s fashionable sides.
London prices mean the cost of policing, catering, stewarding etc. will be greatly superior to most clubs in England. Furthermore, with a far bigger stadium than its London rivals, Arsenal has to pay for more of the aforementioned services.
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Summer 2013 at Arsenal will be remembered as one of the most dichotomous periods in the club’s recent history.
From May until the beginning of September Arsene Wenger was derided as an anachronism; here was a manager out of his depth in the modern game, overshadowed by the young pretenders at rival clubs, seemingly clueless in the transfer window and scorned upon by the press.
Cue a manic twenty-four hours and the 63 year-old is suddenly a hero again. Such is the nature of modern football. Knee-jerk reactions are no longer the preserve of fans, they are heavily present amongst the press as well.
The on-field situation largely reflects this. After losing against Aston Villa, Arsenal have won four, scored nine and conceded one. Arsenal’s crisis has turned into huge promise.
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Arsenal’s transfer policy has been a mystery to fans for years and has attracted widespread media derision this summer, but with the £42m signing of German playmaker Mesut Ozil, the main protagonist may have delivered a telling blow in the final act.
However, the tumultuous summer endured by the fans and the relative lack of success over the last eight years will not be erased by one signing. Current levels of Ozil-induced euphoria will naturally diminish and the spotlight will again shift to the manager, the team and ultimately, the results.
Nevertheless, there are wider issues for fans to consider. Reflecting on Wenger’s actions over the summer months and the direction the game has taken in general, generates some searching questions on how we view Arsenal as a football club and an institution.
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It’s no great secret that since his arrival in North London, Arsene Wenger has been targeted by the media, as the enemy of the Premier League, a foreigner no less, who came into our country and declared a one-man Révolution against the British game.
Origins of the Feud
With a comprehensive philosophy which encompassed every aspect of running a football club, from player’s diets and discipline to a unique style of play and overseas scouting networks, Wenger was changing the face of English football.
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Written by Richard Hall
It is not 1940, George Allison is not politely instructing Ted Drake from the side lines and the fate of the British Empire does not hang in the balance.
It is 2013 and the Empire is now the Emirates and the Germans are not across the channel, they are now in the squad. The threat is now a different one as agents in grey suits replace the grey uniforms of the Wermacht.
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