Remembering Geordie Armstrong: The Underrated Assassin on the Wing with 621 Arsenal Appearances but no National Full cap

by The Long Shadow - 21/03/202022/03/20204

George ‘Geordie’ Armstrong was every inch the modern-day winger. Born in Hebburn in Newcastle in 1944, George Armstrong made his debut for the Gunners at the tender age of 17, making a total of 621 appearances, which was a record at the time of his departure in 1977. Blessed with a hunger and

A Unique Talent With an Average Appetite for the Game ; Is This Mesut Ozil’s Legacy at Arsenal

by The Long Shadow - 13/02/202013/02/20202

Mesut Ozil has a beautiful gift. An immensely talented footballer with a sublime ability, exquisite touch and superb vision but like so many before him, he has chosen to waste periods of his career with an attitude and application that didn’t match the talent. He could have been one of the

Former players Join Ranks to Criticise Arsenal and Their coach and its About Time Somebody Talked Sense

by The Long Shadow - 02/11/20190

It’s bad enough when results are not going your way. The fans are restless and every decision is scrutinized from every angle but when the press and media sense trouble, it intensifies to almost unmanageable levels. Who’d be a football manager ? The same has happened with Arsenal and their