Paul Williams

‘Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…’ Okay, maybe that’s quite a dramatic opening, perhaps even unnecessary. However, it’s hard to escape the feeling that…

Arsenal’s victory at Hull City on Tuesday ensured that we will continue our defence of the FA Cup this weekend. I don’t know, because I…

Was Santi Cazorla’s knee ligament injury the moment Arsenal’s title challenge was fatally torpedoed, even before they got to play United and Swansea? It’s likely…

It’s hard to look back on the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League tie with Barcelona with anything other than a sense of regret. Okay,…

In his first first team start since last April, Danny Welbeck completed 67 minutes against Hull City on Saturday. And that is almost the best…

Arsenal are the newly installed bookies favourites to win the Premier League for the first time since 2004. I’m not sure what our odds were…

The change in month, it seems, has not brought about a change in fortunes for our beloved Arsenal. The optimism fostered by the pre-Christmas win…

John Terry will not be offered a new deal by Chelsea at the end of this season. On hearing this news, my first reaction was…

The Lightning Seeds once wrote a song called Sugar Coated Icebergs. You may not remember it, hell, you may not even remember the Lightning Seeds.…

Danny Welbeck is back in full training for Arsenal. Truly these are words that most of us probably never thought we’d type. Rumours that Special…

Alexis and Mesut Özil’s return to first team action could not be coming at a better time. For weeks now, the Arsenal starting XI, at least…

Aaron Ramsey’s last minute goal line clearance took Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League following a goalless draw at Stoke City. In truth, there wasn’t…

This weekend, in a line surely designed to troll Arsenal fans everywhere, one tabloid wrote off the FA Cup as a competition only Arsenal were…

In Mesut Özil, Arsenal have a footballer who can deliver us the Premier League title. Hopefully, I have your attention now, yes? Good. That’s how good…

I’m not convinced that the last week saw us learn anything about Arsenal we didn’t already know. Okay, so the battering we took at Southampton…

The presents have been bought, though not wrapped and, thankful that we only live a five minute walk from Waitrose, the shopping is in. It…

According to reports, the Chelsea board are considering replacing Jose Mourinho with Juande Ramos. Read that sentence again and let it sink in. The Chelsea…

Santi Cazorla’s ruptured knee ligaments are, obviously, both a pain for him and for Arsenal Football Club. I begin here, because as happens sometimes, I…

I wouldn’t say that I have spent the last few weeks soul searching, but it is fair to say that I have been in a…

I hope you’ll forgive me, comrades, for not dwelling on Arsenal’s impressive 3-0 win against Dinamo Zagreb. I’d like to dedicate Wednesday’s column to my…