Aug 29
Many people don’t like to talk about the commercial aspects of the game. Like frightened ostriches they shove their heads in the sand, recalling the ‘good old days’ when fans were smashed into pens, blacks weren’t allowed to play and getting piss drunk and in a bust up was considered a good afternoon. Fortunately most Arsenal Americans live in the 21st century and understand the era in which we live and follow the Arsenal. Recently John and Matt Simmons, a father-son Gooner pair wrote a book entitled “Winning together: the story of the Arsenal brand” (you...
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Mar 06
Over the years Arsenal America has brought you interviews with people like Nick Hornby and the Fox Sports World Report crew. Today, we add to that illustrious list with Sports Illustrated columnist Steve Rushin. Steve recently was named the National Sportswriter of the Year, an award bestowed by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. His Air and Space column is always worth a read. In fact, that’s how I learned he supported Arsenal. A couple of years back he referenced our old ‘Schadenfreude of the Week’ feature. I remember people sending me emails saying...
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Oct 15
For many Arsenal Americans, Fever Pitch was a major factor in their development as a Gooner. It was our entr?e into the history of the club. It has, in fact, become the Bible for Arsenal fans.
It would be hard to underestimate the importance of this book. Today it seems every team has a fan who writes about the trials and tribulations of rooting for the hometown XI. But in the early 90s, when admitting you were a football fan was like admitting...
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Oct 01
Television is a ruthless business. In order to make it you’ve got to be tough, and good. Sure, we’ve all seen the recent trend in sports of having “babes” as reporters. They last about a season, or less, and are soon forgotten. Michelle Lissel has got talent. And if you read her bigsoccer.com forum, plenty of male admirers as well. She was nice enough to answer some questions….
ArseAm: Michelle, you seem quite comfortable mixing it up with Jeremy and...
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Sep 24
As this week?s poll clearly indicated, Bobby McMahon of Fox Sports World has a loyal following among Gooners. So I figured the least I could do was get him for an interview. Bobby was kind enough to accept the offer.
Arsenal America: What’s your background, how did you get to where you are today?
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Sep 17
For those of us here in the States, Fox Sports World is the greatest cable station going right now. They show soccer, and lots of it. They also have a nightly show, the Fox Sports World Report, that is like SportsCenter, only if SportsCenter showed nothing but soccer highlights.
Arsenal America recently had the chance to catch up with Jeremy St. Louis, one of the lead anchors for the show…
ArseAm: Ok, let’s get this out in the open right now. Are the rumours about you and Michelle Lisselle dating true?
JSL: Hahaha - ummm no. Michelle is way too good for the...
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Oct 14
Recently, I had a chance to speak with Jon Spurling, author of ?Rebels For The Cause ? The Alternative History Of Arsenal Football Club?. For the many of us who are relatively new to Arsenal, this is a terrific book that provides a fascinating insight into the history of the club and how we are perceived by others (opposing fans, the FA, the media, etc).
Jon does a terrific job of balancing his obvious affection for Arsenal with not being afraid to uncover some of the more seemly aspects of our...
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Feb 20
Looks like the Frank Simek article got lost in the change-over. Here it is for those who missed it…
Arsenal FC has players from some of the biggest soccer playing nations in the world on their books. France, Holland, Brazil, The United States (hey, we finished in the top eight in Japan/Korea!). That?s right, Arsenal youth team member Frank Simek hails from Illinois, the heartland of America. I had a chance to chat with Frank after he had competed in a recent U-20 tournament here in the States. Frank has established himself with the youth team setup at Arsenal, appearing in the...
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