Life Archives: 04/2021

Arsenal will join a social media blackout this weekend as clubs look to force the various platforms to do something substantial about abuse online.

Stan Kroenke may be worth a whole heap of money but that doesn’t mean he does anything good with it and in 2018 he was named one of the worst when it comes to charitable giving.

There is, naturally, a lot of anger around about the nerve of the ‘top’ 12 teams, wanting to re-orientate football but it’s no surprise.

The formation of the new European Super League will see the founding clubs split €3.5bn between them just for signing up, but where is that money coming from?

It’s frustrating to read only people who ‘hate’ football could come up with a plan as heinous at the European Super League when it’s much more simple than that.

The European Super League is coming and, if Stan Kroneke gets his way, it could be the end of football as we know it with Arsenal going truly global

Steven Gerrard has hailed Arsenal for facing down Slavia Prague before the game started after their player had been banned for 10 games for racially abusing Ranger’s Glen Kamara.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang contracted malaria while on international duty during the last break but the player has now returned home after two days in hospital

Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela has been handed a 10-match ban by UEFA for his racist abuse of former Arsenal youngster and Rangers’ man, Glen Kamara

Arsenal’s Leah Williamson has backed a call for clubs to boycott social media in a bid to force companies to take abuse seriously.

Willian has added his voice to the growing calls for more action to be taken to tackle racial abuse online while admitting he is sometimes even afraid to look at his phone.