Colin Sheridan: Dear Arsenal, don't kid yourself second is anywhere

The purpose of this letter is to impress upon you the importance of the next few days for your club - not just as a team - but as an idea

POINTS DROPPED: Arsenal's Bukayo Saka reacts after the Premier League draw against Southampton at the Emirates Stadium, London. Pic: John Walton/PA Wire

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023 - 07:15

Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Dear Arsenal Football Club,

I hope this finds you well. The purpose of this letter is to impress upon you the importance of the next few days for your club - not just as a team - but as an idea. A sporting organism. A sociological project. I am writing this, not as a fan, but as a friend, an ally who has tested and tasted much of what threatens to befall you now.