Thought Space

As we look back over the season of 2011/12, the Gooner family has had many highs and lows, but there are several things that we need to be thankful for. Therefore, with an ode to the footballing gods, we Arsenal fans give thanks for the following: Robin Van Persie. The goals, the assists, and the man himself. Best Arsenal captain since a certain Manchester City development executive (come home Paddy!). Everyone needs to pray he decides to stick around and become one of the all time Arsenal gr....

Last week (one week before the live semi finals started), my friend and work colleague Jonathan Stidwill had the (some would say dubious) distinction of appearing on the television on ITV2's Britains Got More Talent programme. Having audition with over 60,000 other people at the pre-screening auditions, Jonathan was selected to go through to the live shows, putting him in the top 1% of those who auditioned. Some may not be aware that only a small fraction of people who audition for such shows ev....

On the last evening of March 2012, Brixton high street and the pubs around Brixton Academy (Wetherspoons anyway) were crammed full of tongue in cheek glam impersonators and people who looked like Motley Crue groupies which means only one thing; Steel Panther were in town and ready to party. We arrived somewhat after doors and thus only caught the end of the support performance, provided on this occasion by Cambridge natives The Treatment. The Treatment have just been announced to support KIS....

Having been a Cambridge resident for the last 18 months (approx), usually the gig venues of choice for the bigger tours are limited to trips to London to go to Wembley Arena or The O2. This time however, due to a combination of the onsale date co-inciding with last year's Sonisphere and the decision to surprise my brother in-law with a ticket for his Christmas present, we ended up with tickets to see the mighty Rammstein at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena for my first ever gig outside London or th....

As we all know, things aren't exactly rosy in the world of the Arsenal fan at present. Annoyed over sub standard performances (or more importantly the amount of effort shown in those performances more than the results by certain players), worries over a certain dutch goal machine staying at the club beyond the end of the season, contract issues for other players, how to get rid of certain players come the summer and now the financial information that has aired itself as a result of the Arsenal S....