Morning all…
So there we have it, the one guy who could challenge Fergie for the ‘redist nose’ has finally stepped down.
Due to lack of positive news, I’ll make today a tribute to the last of a long list of ‘Hill-Woods’ who have been involved with Arsenal FC.
Peter Hill-Wood was born in Kensington, London. He has three children Julian, Charles and Sarah – the latter is married to Timothy Dana, an American!
He is the third generation of his family to serve as Chairman of Arsenal. Staggering eh, yet it would seem that neither of his two sons have chosen to continue the family connection with the club.
His father, Denis Hill-Wood (in office 1962–1982), and his grandfather, Samuel Hill-Wood (1929–1936 and 1946–1949) preceded his involvement with the club and Peter succeeded his father after the latter’s death in 1982.
Of late, he’d not been in charge of any day-to-day business at the club, thank goodness, that’s been left to CEO Ivan Gazidis but of course, as we all know, Arsène Wenger has had his nose poked into everything to do with the club!
Peter Hill-Wood was a colleague of Chips Keswick at Hambros in the early days and that connection saw him recruited to the Arsenal board. Funny enough, he is the man to replace our very own red nose.
Hill-Wood sold much of his family holdings in the club to former vice-chairman David Dein back in 80’s and 90’s.
The rest went to ‘We don’t want his sort’ Stan Kroenke.
So that’s him in a nutshell, now he’s gone, he’s finally left the building.
Anyone sad?
I strongly suspect that answer in most fans head will be ‘no’.
That’s what is sad. He is the last of his family to be involved in our club, yet no-one gives a toss….
In fact most will be glad to see the back of him – me personally, I’ll just be glad not to read his comments in The Daily Star which have all too often ended up being the total opposite of what finally happened.
I think Robin and his family are very happy in London and it’s unlikely that he will leave and I don’t think he is solely motivated by money as some players are.
Weeks later his was gone, sold and to one of our biggest rivals…..
Regardless of what we all think, he and his family over the years have done Arsenal proud. (Not latterly I know)
I truly hope that PHW has a long and happy retirement.
Thank goodness he has stepped down though…
In comes Sir Chips, there’s a whole new post for another day….
Have a good day all….
Morning all…
Off out to the in-laws shortly, have a good day and enjoy the sunshine…
Morning all
The image above……..it reminds me of someone……..the Verger in Dad’s Army.
Any other offers?
Not wishing to seem too churlish, although it would be quite easy really, I hope he has a new lease pf life, after his Arsenal tortures. I ,ean younare long time dead and nobody wants to die, do they?
Good luck old fellow.
morning rico,
its sad he has left with so many unhappy with him.
Morning All,
mg,
Hope we won’t being saying the same about wenger.
good morning all!
I’m off in the morning
Catch you later
hey fred,
i just do not get the plan at the club.
sir chips???
it seems to me he has been appointed as stop gap.a chairman to hold the fort???
are the rumours true about a take over??
please let this be true
Morning All,
The Q & A the other day with Ivan Gazidis,someone mentioned,
Deja vu..
The Guardian, Friday 29 August 2008
Arsenal’s second largest shareholder, Danny Fiszman, revealed last night that the club is ready to give Arsène Wenger £30m to spend on a single player before the close of the transfer window if the manager asks for the money.
Fiszman dismissed suggestions that Wenger has settled for artistic merit over mounting a serious challenge to Manchester United and Chelsea and he insisted Arsenal were in rude financial health even before effectively balancing the books on their summer signings, with their only notable buys so far being Samir Nasri and Mikaël Silvestre.
He said it would be “no problem” to finance a £30m signing. “If he said to us ‘I want this guy and he’s £30m, can I buy him?’ the answer is yes. Absolutely yes,” the director said. “We totally back him. It’s his decision.” Wenger is looking to buy another midfielder and Fiszman strongly rejected the idea that the manager prefers style to substance.
“Absolutely not. We want to win and win badly but Arsène believes in creating teams the way he does. There’s a dual problem for him. If we were to buy names, you are talking about relatively mature players who need to be integrated into the way Arsène plays. They don’t know our style and it also impacts on the youngsters who’ve been brought through.”
Fiszman dismissed talk of a crisis after last weekend’s defeat at Fulham, but accepted Arsenal need to capture their first trophy since 2005. “I think it is time we won something again but only one club can win the Champions League and one can win the Premiership. We were close as you possibly can be last year … We are optimistic this year.”
and then keith elderman stated we could afford to spend 100 mill and he got the chop..
the problem for me with dannys statement is you need experience to bring the beast out in the younger players..
cesc career took of because he had players like paddy v,,gilberto and bergkamp around him..
if i can see that surely the clubs directors and manager can see it
A lot of fans seem to blame the board for us not spending,
not wenger.
Happy weekends folks,
Finally we’d get to see some footy this week. Spain Vs Mighty Hannibal’s warriors.
Btw, last night I read profile of Mr. Chips and I told myself I’d die to work at the levels he has. His profile was very impressive. For some who haven’t read it, here it is
Former Directorships:
Anglo American PLC (1995 – 2001)
Bank of England (1993 – 2001)
The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (1992 – 2001)
IMI PLC (1994 – 2003)
Investec Bank plc (2000 – 2010)
Investec PLC (2002 – 2010)
Persimmon PLC (1984 – 2006)
E Oppenheimer & Sons (1993 – 2013)
You can bet on one thing, there are going to be many more sponsorship and lots of money. We’re going to match Bayern in few years.
Your right mg,we need to find a player like,
Paddy to help our young lads.
Rooney could be that player..I think
they are in it together.
if wenger did not agree with the clubs policy’s why did he not give the board an ultimatum.
GIVE ME MONEY OR I’M OFF
wenger is a board memeber
Hi Rico, just pop in to say hello.
1996/97 to 2012/13 … £415,927,600 revenues
1996/97 to 2012/13 … £475,750,000 Expenditure
1996/97 to 2012/13 … (£59,822,400) Loss in Player Transfer
Season … Player Sales … … Purchase … … Net Transfer Cost
12/13 … … 50,116,000 … … 46,640,000 … ….. 3,476,000
11/12 … … 68,895,200 … … 57,618,000 … … 11,277,200
10/11 … ….. 8,096,000 … … 20,240,000 … … (12,144,000)
09/10 … … 41,976,000 … …10,560,000 … … 31,416,000
08/09 … … 22,704,000 … … 35,332,000 … … (12,628,000)
07/08 … … 50,248,000 … … 27,500,000 … … 22,748,000
06/07 … … 14,102,000 … … 13,266,000 … … …. 836,000
05/06 … … 22,000,000 … … 40,480,000 … … (18,480,000)
04/05 … ….. 3,445,200 … … 10,560,000 … … (7,114,800)
03/04 … ….. 1,056,000 … … 38,346,000 … … (37,290,000)
02/03 … … 10,665,600 … ….. 9,438,000 … ….. 1,227,600
01/02 … ….. 7,216,000 … … 28,762,800 … … (21,546,800)
00/01 … … 55,418,000 … … 48,224,000 … ….. 7,194,000
99/00 … … 35,948,000 … … 19,932,000 … … 16,016,000
98/99 … ….. 1,276,000 … … 16,456,000 … … (15,180,000)
97/98 … ….. 1,073,600 … … 19,382,000 … …(18,308,400)
96/97 … … 12,865,600 … ….. 5,376,800 … ….. 7,488,800
95/96 … ….. 1,936,000 … … 16,148,000 … … (14,212,000)
…………………………………………
94/95 … ….. 3,696,000 … ….. 6,318,400 … … (2,622,400)
93/94 … … …. 334,400 … ….. 1,122,000 … ….. (787,600)
92/93 … ….. 2,860,000 … ….. 4,048,000 … … (1,188,000)
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Frednerk, there is a urban myth that Arsene Wenger will never spend on players. But he did and from 1996/97 to 2012/13, his playing spending has a deficit of (£59,822,400).
wenger only buys prospects
as soon as we have a prospect that becomes something we sell on for a profit.
we became the ajax of the pl.
Sir Chips is a member of the Keswick family which control Hong Kong company Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine.
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It means that he is a scion of those 19th century opium traders that created two Opium Wars against Imperial China, including land grab at Kowloon island and Hong Kong Island.
Expect his “old boys network” in Hong Kong and Mainland China to bring in more commercial deals and sponsorships from Hong Kong/China.
merlin,
90% of what wenger has bought in last 8 years has either jumped ship or been terrible.
we have not improved as a team.
the attractive football made us look better than what we really are.
how long have we been waiting for a decent gk.
how long have we been waiting for a replacement for gilberto.
no 1 can tell me if wenger went to the board 5 years a go and said i want to buy player (x) he is going to cost 20mill the board would say no.
wenger does not ask the board what players to buy,its his decision alone.
7.5 mill a year for keeping the books straight.
why did wenger not take a pay cut for 1 season instead of putting ST prices up over 6% last year.
had my little out burst,
off to pour some concrete
have a happy every 1
day
Morning all,
Yes, another sad day for AFC, thought PHW would never retire, feel that he has let us all down very badly.
rico, enjoy the Queen’s Birthday Parade wont ya.
A strange fact, despite what we may think of him, is that other than his Grandfather Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, that PHW has been Arsenal’s most successful Chairman in terms of League Championships…
Not sure, but as far as total trophies are concerned, PHW has been the most successful in the clubs history…
Good Morning Lady and Gentlemen.
Hiya habib. Strange but true…..PHW is the most successful chairman regarding trophies and also financial success.
Merlin was here 🙂 good to see you mate.
Interesting to read the opening salvo from Barcelona, concerning their rumoured interest in Laurent Koscielny…..
They failed to unsettle Vermaelen, so now they’re switching targets…
Maybe Kozzer was their target all along?
What will Wenger/Arsenal/Gazides/Kroenke do if a large bid comes in for Kozzer?
Will those greedy buggers sell our most accomplished defender?
Has Kozzer been tapped up already? Hence his statement the other week casting doubts on AFC’s/Wenger’s ambition…
Are we witnessing the beginning of another example of Arsenal’s growing reputation as a Feeder club???
Hiya Coach…
Booooo!! How is everybody??? Glad to see the back of PHW. Not to be ageist, but he’s a dinosaur. 😉
Hiya, rico. 🙂 Where you off to now? AK, how’s London? Hello, Dev!!
Hiya Agag…
London is busy, with shoppers… 😀
The weather is a right mix n match.
Sunny this morning, now it’s raining… 🙁
agag :- Yes he was , but the age gap between him and Chips isn’t immense , we have to hope that the man is more pro-active thanhis predecessor
However his position in the Diamond trade with De – Beers makes for an interesting take on the Usmanov situation .I dug this up form a few years back.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-diamonds-and-gems?oid=38610&sn=detail.
potter very interesting.
any 1 think kroenke decided to put chips in to really get on usmanovs nerves.
Afternoon all,
Dev… you are right Mg is Gambon… 😉
Very interesting Potter… with AU the proverbial rabbit hole runs very deeper if people choose to listen.
Mg, so you honestly think PHW chose Mr Chips as his replacement?
tsgh i did not say that.
who is gambon?
Fizman was in the diamond trade is there a link between Fiz and Chips? In a good way not in a vinegary way!
Seriously, how long has Mr Chips been on the board? Anybody know?
i think around 2005
Sir Chips.A knighted potato?Here’s oping we get Dein back..
Liked the Fiz and Chips bit Wavy , wish I had thought of it.
howdy folks……
hey
whats new? have we signed anyone yet?
where is everybody????
were waiting for some unknown from the congo to be announced.
yippeeeeeee
there all gone to watch gareth bales medical at the VET!
hahahahahhhhaha now thats rich…..i ll bet AK and WATH bought front row seats.
congo you say? is he dikembe mutombo?lol
no i think its MR BOMBASTICK(spelling),,ha
Hey Stan, you ‘out’ on good behaviour???
hahahahahh i love this guy rico…….where have you been hiding all the while malaga gooner. i need a fellow brother here. HH is too serious sometimes you know. glad you re blogging with us now. hope you re staying for real. HH is a family. you ll love it here, take it from me.
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey AK is here. whats going on big guy? gosh i ve missed ya. how is the missus?
Sorry, Kev. I got sidetracked. 🙁 I think I will like London very much. 😛
potter, I hope Chips isn’t as antiquated as PHW. Can’t be too hard. 😀
Goonieeeee! How are you? I hope you’ve been on your best behavior. 😉 I hope Cassie is doing well. 🙂
cheers goonster,,
when the club is so bad the only thing you can do is laugh or cry.
i choose to have a bit of fun when appropriate,
hahahahhhaah come on AGAG i ve been on my best behaviourfor months now. how are ya lil mama? miss me? lol
Ha ha Stan, I think you should give us your transfer wish list?!
nah kev, am done with transfers. mata still hurts. where is adam?
Hello, malaga. What are you doing in Malaga? 🙂
Goonie, that’s to make up for all the years preceding when you didn’t know how to behave. 😀 😀 We’ve all missed your crazy comments. 🙂
but i ll have fellaini cesc begovic and rooney( even though i hate that twat faced bastard)
AK, hahaha. Goonie with his “You heard it here, first.” Lol. And we bought none of those players.
rub it in AGAG but we all know i was spot on but for dickless law ruining my day in the sun. grrrrrrrrr.
hi agg,, im in the sunny south east of ireland.
That’s halfway across the world from me, Malaga. 😀
Sorry, goonie, couldn’t resist. Wait til Dev/WATH gets their hands on you. 😛
with the clubs past and present directors involved in the diamond trade and usmanov getting his claws into it is as well is not surprising we have not signed any 1 from sierra leone.
nudge,nudge,wink,wink
bah like i should be worried what that old drunk WATH thinks about me. he ll probably be so drunk he wont notice am online.
where you from agg?
Hiya Agag… You will be in shopping paradise in London, buddy…
I gotta hit the shops next week.
I’ll keep you up to speed… 😛
sierra leone??? ginge is i think or is that bondex?
blood diamonds
Evening all, any news 🙂
yes rico apparently me and malaga gooner are heading to africa to hunt for daimonds and chics.
evening rico,no just having a bit of fun
Goonster.
adamant…….
Hi Stan. How are things?
Hello Goonie, how are you and Mrs Goonie? Long time no see….
Good Mg, just going to catch up on the day’s comments…
whats cracking big brother? how’s tricks?
we re good maam…….thank you.
I was awarded the OBE today Stan.
adam i ve been chilling like my african american neighbor ll say…..lol
hahahahhhhaha OBE huh? you mean obnoxious british egghead????
As long as you and the wife are well Stan, that’s everything
It was for services to the Glue Industry. My suggestion to boil down various scumbags for glue has received official approval.
hahahhahahahah i ve extended the lsit adam….can we add maureen ho to it. i hate that flea bitten potugee bastard.
With pleasure Stan. He will be second in the giant pot, after Durham.
rico you there
hahahahahah why do you hate that prick so much adam?
For sure Mg…
i was having a goosey gander at another site and some 1 has just posted that they work for a factory that makes party stuff.
they have said they got an order for 2500 black curly wiggs??
this is not me acting the fool
would be nice if true but prob bs
Stan. If you saw the picture of him in Brazil recently, where he was apparently the victim of an attempted mugging, you wouldn’t need to ask that question.
His crimes range from stealing oxygen to wearing disgusting shirts, being sickeningly anti-Arsenal and that indefinable quality of being universally repellent and suitable only for making glue from.
Even the knife-wielding mugger was so repulsed by him that he ran away.
did i hear kozzer threatening to leave us if we dont win anything soon??? the nerve of these arsenal players. who was kozzer a few years ago? who knew that french fag?? Him and sir chesny conspired to lose us a trophy we should have won against birmingham. i dont blame him though…..i blame arsene.
Which site Mg?
If it’s the rumour one, then…..
hahahahahahahah stop it adam……..you re gonna make me pee on myself.
Hi Rico.
its a rumour site,,
we live i hope,,would be huge for us though.
Hello Adam..
Micko, I did watch some, it was quite grand 🙂
goonster sorry for getting involved with your chat with adam
wenger should of been sacked after the birmingham game.
mg i dont think he should have been sacked but given an ultimatum. am sick to my stomach with the board.
Not a scrap of Arsenal news around the world….
Any more on this Umbongo guy Lee mentioned early this morning??
rico nice gravatar by the way….lol
umbongo huh? sounds like weed to me*puffs and exhales* UMBONGOOOOOOOOOOOO.lol
Good Evening Lady and Gentlemen.
Have we signed Goonie yet???? For the ladies team of course. 😉
Inbox Rico…..and double quick if you can. 😉
mate if wenger was not part of the strategy why is he not managing another club.
we keep being told he has been offered loads of jobs all around the world.
so why is he still at arsenal??
there 1 big happy family
Who have we signed???? Bingo Bongo????? 😆
hey dev, no hard feelings then amigo. you finally forgave me. am happy. missed you fella. how is the little prince?
evening dg
Spain under 21 have beaten Norway 3-0 (who wacked England 3-1). I hate to think what the result would have been had England been the opponents.
Norway were disciplined, but Spain were too much technical for the Norwegians.
the little prince is ok Goonie. growing taller by the minute. Above my shoulder and still 9 years old.
i hear alcantara and isco is really ripping them dev, how true is that?
Goonster, we are at the same stage again, IG has all the talk, now he needs to make sure AW backs it up….
Alcantara and Isco were superb. But there is one of the Spaniards I would like to see at AFC…..Marc Bartra. He is a ball playing centreback who can play also right back. Alcantara would be nice but we have OX who can play there.
hahahahhah well am not suprised DG you re barely 5 feet tall.lol
Hello, again! 🙂 Whacha doin’ rico? Hiya, Adam and Dev. 🙂
In an hour’s time I will watch the Italy vs Holland under 21.
Pity Insigne will not be playing.
are u seriously comparing thiago to AOC? no way. alcantara is heads and shoulder above the ox anyday anytime. no contest.
Hi Agag
Hi Devil, why double quick??
Hi Agag, when do you fly??
pulling your leg Rico. 😉
but check it……hope you enjoy it.
rico, we’re close to 5 million hits. Holy wow!!
How’s Mrs Adam? 😉
Alcantara does not have the body build that the OX has. He still is not the finished article at CAM but will be there in around two seasons time.
I’m in sunny Maldives now, rico. 😛 I’ll send you photos. When are you off?
She is well Agag. Many thanks -and she sends her regards. Are you coming to Arsenal land?
hey dev how credible is the news that we ve met the release clause in sideshow bob’s contract? can you confirm it?
ehhhhh???? who is sideshow bob????
marouane fellaini….
a website is reporting that we have signed fellaini and higuain for a combined 46 mill.
dont know the site the forum im looking at wont advertise any 1 else.
has any 1 else seen this?
I’ll keep it for Monday Devil, weekends are usually quiet, unless there is some juicy gossip to add on – thank you 🙂
Dev, sideshow bob is otherwise known as The Human Microphone. 😀
Adam,my calendar looks like it’s not happening even remotely soon. 😥 And I haaaate having to apply for visas. 😕
MG i ll dance naked in the white house in front of michelle obama if we actually pull that off!
Fab Agag, have a wonderful time. Next Saturday for me, but nothing so grand as The Maldives….
This has got Kerry Packer written all over it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/14/rupert-murdoch-summer-contest-football
Greed pure greed.!
Mg, if that happens, I get a fiver off of Ak, but it’s all bollox I suspect and I’m still busy saving to pay my debt… 😉
thanks Lady. I knew you would like it.
Goonie and MG……….I never take what I read on the net seriously. I believe we have signed someone when I see him out on the pitch during the season itself.
Fellaini and Higuain for 46 million??? AW would have a fit, diarrhoea and a bout of nausea at the mere mention of such a sum let alone parting with it.
ha,,would be something.
im sitting here with the rosary beads out..
Or IPL Potter…
Agag. A great shame but perhaps the next HHCC meeting should be in Manila? Balut all round? With chips of course.
lmao,rico&devil
You’d love it, rico. 🙂 Very pretty.
Hello back to Mrs Adam. 🙂 I hope to hear about her shopping, Adam. 😛
Careful, goonie. You might be deported. 😉
Bye, Dev and malaga who’s not from Malaga. 😀
Good night, all!!
nite agg,take care
you can laugh your fucking ass off how much you want MG. we have been so much through it these last 8 summers that we are becoming sceptic about top players for top dollar at AFC.
Night Agag.
Goonie deported??? his ass would need two tankers roped side by sides to fit in. 😉 😆
Adam, there are NO decent curry houses here. 🙁 I’d be amazed if you could eat balut. Try tamilok (woodworm), too. Haha. You’d enjoy it.
nobody is deporting me DG… am too chiseled for that. i mean have you seen me? where is adam when you need him?
Night agag, have a fab time out there….
just before you go Agag…….once I saw a documentary where in old times people in the Philipinnes used to eat ants. Is it true that they saw them as a delicacy???
devil you dont get me,,its got to stage where i laugh instead of crying.
the bs from them lot is like water of a ducks.
chill out or you will end up in the mental,i have been there its not nice
Evening all, Nice one Rico.
Not had a chance to read the comments yet, but i would assume that most Fans would be glad to see the back of the Hillwood’s. Personally i see it as an end to an era, The Hillwood’s have served Arsenal well for a very long time. Many times this last Hillwood has put his foot in it, but he is an old timer, losing his marbles, and his health. I see today a time to reflect on the Hillwood’s giving their time to chair the club i have always supported, only to see a foreigner come in and take over. I see this appointment as i have all the corner shops in the country, all being took over by foreign people Garages takeaways and everything else. Some may call me a racist but i don’t hate anybody but i am also an Englishman who used to love his country as i have always loved Arsenal. Peter was a prat no doubt about that but he was a succesfull prat a sad day indeed for me. The end of an Era,. Happy retirement.
They’d have to drag Goonie out by the lips. 🙂
hahahahahahahahahahahah dont start now adam……blonde adonis remember? jeez! nobody listens around here.
Off for dinner. Later Stan….
Hi Sp, thanks but it was just going through the motions, glad to see the back of his ‘words’ – but I do hope his health improves and he has a long retirement….
Enjoy Adam, don’t eat too much 😉
see ya adam…….
Let me guess we’ve signed an embryo….or absolutely no one?!?! Ambition and intent, just a thought…..
Come on down happy clappers!
Rooney has been on the piss in Monty’s bar in Vale de Lobo, not outside the Emirates as reported.
cheers Adam. Enjoy your dinner. and take some wine with it to wash it well.
We splashed out yet Rico. 🙂
That’s what I thought too Lee, he’s celebrating his 5th Anny in LV, not in London…. Pfffff
Yes Sp, Wenger is on holiday and splashing around in the pool…. 😉
have a good weekend every 1.
off to down a few pints of porter.
cheer up devil
Thats OK Rico, let him refresh himself, he needs to be fit for when the window rises.
Enjoy Mg..
😛 Sp, doesn’t he just….
Did you have a good day Rico???
I am watching the Holland vs Italy game. not too much exciting really at the moment. Thanks God Insigne is playing. I would really like to see him in an AFC shirt.
De Jong is also good for Holland.
So far Holland have taken 3 shots (all off target) while Italy have not even tried to pull the trigger. But we all know how the Italians play. They defend ad nauseam and then pull the trigger in the last minutes.
It was a good day thanks Devil… Considering it was with the in-laws…. 😉
Wiynaldum is coming to life now. He is a typical dutch winger but who can also double up as a lateral striker. A sort of fast Theo but a superior technical baggage.
I enjoy it a lot with the in-laws…….especially when Mum in law puts the exquisite plates in front of me. Even at Ma I enjoy it when she puts the home made cheese cakes (pastizzi) in front of me. Tbh they spoil me to bits.
all they need is a bit of praise and a couple of compliments…..and literally they put the world at my feet. Or a plate in front of my mouth 😉
I do really Devil, just like to be naughty 😉
I’m off folks, have a good evening…
Night all….
79th minute………..Italian counter attack and its 1-0. Italy in the final.
as usual the Italians soaked up the pressure and in the end it paid off.
cu u all tomorrow
gd night Lady and Gentlemen
Good Morning Lady and Gentlemen.
In our country today its Father’s Day. And I presume its the same in your countries as well. So HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all of you who are dads and to your dads. To those who are still alive and to those who have gone to heaven. Even though we are grown ups now we will still remember this………….
what a lovely post to start the day with.
same to you devil and to all on HH.
morning all
Morning Devil – Happy Fathers Day to you and all other Dads out there…
New Post is up
Hi Mg