But although London clubs do have an advantage in terms of fewer long journeys, there is still no excuse for the fixture-setting agency bunching the London derbies together in this way. To do it once ...

That one very annoying London defeat for Arsenal was in February at home to West Ham 0-1, and it brings me back to one of my regular topics – that Arsenal do not lose the odd match occasionally, but ...

Overall, we have to agree that two games do not tell us how the season will end, but it does give a clue as to the overall pattern of events. Last season, after two games, the three relegated clubs ...

If referees are picked without reference to the sides they are overseeing, we would expect the percentage of home wins, away wins and draws to be roughly similar between referees.

If you have a strong distaste for Liverpool FC and believe they inherently cheat or have arrangements with refs you might not want to watch and listen, but if you want a broader perspective on how a ...

Leeds have not won two opening games in a row since just after the turn of the century, and they generally seem to lose in London – I suppose the cleaner air quality takes the players a bit by ...

But there is a difference, because the mortgage covers part of the value of the house, and house prices invariably go up. However, footballers are different, for with them the value of the player goes ...

"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger ...

Moving on to more recent days in the last 14 games between the two clubs, starting on 1 November 2003, Leeds have not won a single match. Indeed twice in the last four meetings we have beaten them 4-1 ...

This is of course, a very rough and ready calculation – really a bit of fun for the start of the season. But it does suggest that the biggest change we are likely to see is a rise or fall of nine or ...

Put another way, the immediate expectation upon Arteta, generated by the media and supported by some pack-following supporters, is to prove he can be a Premier League winner. The immediate expectation ...