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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?


Brian Fettner

Brian Fettner, known on Twitter as @GunnerFaithful.


Martijn Stolze

Martijn Stolze is an unwavering Gooner since 1998. All the staggering highs and shattering lows have taken a toll on his health.


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.


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.


Queen of Suburbia


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.


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...


Top of the league. What does history tell us about the first 6 results.

A win on Saturday made that 5 wins in a row in the Premier League for Arsenal, meaning Arsenal have picked up 15 points from their first 6 games of the season, putting us top of the League. Already bookies have shortened the odds on Arsenal to win the title, at the start of the season you could’ve picked up as much as 16/1 on Arsenal to win the title, now we’re as short as 4/1. Of course bookies aren’t best way to judge how a season is going to pan out, one loss next week and we’ll be back at the 14/1 odds we were on pre-Villa. My point is however, I think everybody has been surprised by how well Arsenal have started, despite the shocking opening day loss and the mountainous injury list, the question is can Arsenal maintain this?

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Theo on the left?

Theo Walcott has been taking a bit of stick recently. To be fair, he's been taking stick for most of his career at Arsenal. Much of this criticism has centred around his remarkably frustrating lack of end product, whether that be his finish, cross or final pass.

Whilst last season it seemed he had turned a corner, finishing with aplomb on regular occasions (a caveat must be added in that his form did appear, coincidentally or not, to drop after he had signed the lucrative contract he had been yearning for), he unfortunately seems to have slipped back into 'mediocrity' at the start of this season.

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