Tag Archives: Arsenal
Groundhopping at Arsenal Women FC
Arsenal Women Football Club are the most successful team in English women's soccer, and yet seeing them play -- as is almost always the case with seeing women's soccer in person -- is an up-close, easy, affordable way to spend a few hours. Considering the long list of honors won and records set, it's remarkable…
How to Buy Tickets for an Arsenal Game
We get inquiries all the time from people who want to see Arsenal play at home. So how do you buy tickets for a game at Arsenal? We get it: big club, great stadium, great city, you want to be there. But most Americans have no idea how difficult it is to buy Premier League…
Getting to Know the North London Derby, Arsenal vs Tottenham
There is no doubt that the North London Derby, Arsenal vs Tottenham, is one of the most famous and fierce derbies in English football. And considering the size of each team’s fanbase, it’s probably one of the most famous derbies in the world. So let’s take a look at the North London Derby: its origins,…
Different Worlds: Seeing a Game at Manchester United
Sitting up high on the Stretford End at Old Trafford feels like being in the middle of several worlds at once. In my immediate surroundings, my village if you will, are others like me, folks who bought a hospitality package because it was the only reliable way in, or maybe because we wanted a warm,…
Going to a Game at Arsenal?
Go Check Out Their Old Stadium
If you’re going to a game at Arsenal, it’s quite easy and worthwhile to make a visit to their old ground at Highbury. Here’s how. First, if you didn’t know the old place is still there … well, it isn’t entirely. Arsenal Stadium, which everybody just called Highbury (and sometimes “Highbury Library” for being too…
Attending a Game at Arsenal
(Editor's Note: This post was written in 2014, but it still gives a good sense of attending a game at Arsenal. I updated a few things in April, 2022.) For the longest time, I thought going to a soccer game in England was this mysterious thing that you had to be somehow "connected" to be…
English Soccer Tour: Game Day in Sunderland
My English soccer tour has always been mostly about people. And in this post from my 2014 visit to Sunderland, the people -- certainly not the game -- were the main redeeming feature of the trip! (Note: This post was written in 2014, when Sunderland were in the Premier League. I do intend to get…