Swans flying on black day for Arsenal

Arsenal 0 Swansea 2

In any case it isn’t the Frenchman the BSM are keen to topple. Those who gathered outside the Emirates Stadium before this game — the Metropolitan Police say they numbered around the 2,000 mark — are unhappy with ‘Silent’ Stan Kroenke and the rest of the board for building them a super stadium, steadfastly divesting it of superstar players yet still charging supporters staggeringly high prices. Arsenal, let us not forget, is the home of the €17 fish and chip platter as well as the €2,400 season ticket...

The protesters, having walked rather than marched (more civilised, you see), sang songs that included the satirical “Stan Kroenke We Pay For Your Wig” and the plaintive “We’re Arsenal Till We’re Skint” to emphasise their point, which they believe can be summed up in one banner: Where has our Arsenal gone?