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There's a lot of Gooners out there in cyberspace producing some great Arsenal content - these are the ones we enjoy most, but if you think we're missing something which deserves to be featured, please let us know by email .
General Arsenal Sites
Arsenal World is Arsenal's biggest independent website and the Online Gooner's big Daddy because it's webmaster Chris Parry was the man responsible for designing the first version of our website back in the late 90s. There's a very lively message board, loads of statistics, tables, archive material, wallpaper, E-cards, articles, match-reports, reviews, and it's one of the few sites licensed to provide fixtures.
The original Arsenal website is Arseweb which has been around since 1996. It has all the usual facts and figures, but also includes quite a bit of unusual material - a list of celebrity Gooners for example and a section devoted to times when Arsenal have cropped up in movies or TV shows. Great stuff!
Arsenal's premier Scum bashing website is undoubtedly Up The Arse offering such delights as the Highbury punch bag, the ultimate fixtures list and the most hated ref - which proves beyond doubt the consistency of Graham Poll. It also has the best 'Story of the Gunners' to be found on the web and the legendary Spurs Clock. It would be even better with more regular updates, but I understand that Arnold J Aardvark is a very busy man.
There are plenty of other general Arsenal sites around which all bring something to the party. Arsenal Land has some great articles, including the most tear-inducing tribute to David Rocastle around. Arsenal Mania always has something to say about the latest news stories involving Arsenal, whilst All Goonerdup has an amusing 'Anorak' section and the GoonerBabe locker room is worth a look!
Supporters Groups
We here at The Gooner are right behind what the Arsenal Supporters Trust are trying to achieve. Visit their website and find out how they are facilitating supporter ownership of Arsenal as well as promoting the interests of fans who already own shares in the Club. Details of how to join and get involved are also available.
Another group of fans who deserve your support is REDaction who have been behind most of the efforts to improve the atmosphere at Arsenal games over the last few years. If you're in need of the words to a chant you thought you heard at the last game, then the chances are you'll be able to find them here.
The Official Supporters Club has been around for donkey's years - 1949 to be exact! Member privileges include use of the club bar on matchdays and organised travel to away games. They also publish the original Arsenal fanzine Gunflash.
Arsenal America is a very decent site for our fellow Gooners across the pond with plenty of articles worthy of a visit and if you do happen to be travelling in the States among the site's many features is a fairly comprehensive listing of pubs which show live matches on TV.
Blogs
Start your day with a seriously good blog - Arseblog is one of the best. It's byline claims "it's fuckin' excellent" and quite frankly who are we to disagree? A regular morning update, with links, from a highly entertaining site that pulls no punches and will never kick a man when he's down if a steam-roller is available to flatten him.
Arsenal News Review does exactly what it says on the tin with Ian Grant and Myles Palmer reviewing the news stories affecting our club whilst also providing some of their own thoughts on proceedings.
These are by no means the only Arsenal blogs around and whilst they all contain much the same information, they have varying styles to suit different tastes, so the following are all worth a visit:
East Lower
GunnerBlog
The Cannon
Goodplaya
The Mighty Arsenal
Arsenal Forum
Wrighty7's Arsenal Blog
Latest Arsenal News Blog
Forums & Message Boards
There seems to be no end of forums and message boards dedicated to Arsenal popping up on the net. Here are just a few worth checking out:
The Arsenal Forum
Miscellaneous
The internet has something for everyone and we don't just mean the Highbury Spy's sexual tendancies! For example, if you're in need of some information regarding a game Arsenal have played in Europe, then there's not many better places to go than EuroArsenal which has a complete record of European results with scorers, line-ups and numerous images.
On the other hand, if you want something to remember Highbury by, and who doesn't, then have a look at these Arsenal Images by artist Dick Gilhespy who has painted some stunning pictures of many grounds in the UK.
We are very please to have discovered The Polish Arsenal Website. It will only be of interest to those who speak Polish however as the entire site is in the Polish language.
We hope you will have found something amongst the above to enjoy. Please remember to let us know if there's any sites missing which you think are worthy of our attention.
Soccer-Art has some very interesting Arsenal wallpapers with an very distinct artistic touch. we have a sample selection available under our own wallpaper page but for please see the site for the full collection.
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