Latest articles by Jon Spurling
Henry Norris: The man who moved Arsenal to Highbury – and became Tottenham's first true enemy
Arsenal Jon Spurling on the controversial figure who took Arsenal to Highbury over a hundred years ago
What Bruce Rioch did for Arsenal – looking back 20 years on from his arrival
Arsenal The hard-nosed Scot gets a bad rep for his ill-fated season at Highbury, but Jon Spurling says plenty of good was done too...
The craziest season in English football: when the champions got relegated and ‘Lucky Arsenal’ annoyed the nation
Action Replay Hapless title holders, unlikely contenders at the top and a glut of mid-ranking sides upsetting the established order – the 1937/38 season was mental from start to finish
9 times football fell victim to fake news: arrests, deaths and sex changes
Arsene Wenger has dismissed suggestions of first-team assistant Boro Primorac leaving as "fake news" – already a buzzword of 2017 thanks to a certain White House incumbent. But as Jon Spurling discovers, mistruths in the game were being reported long before Donald Trump got up in grills. Sad!
Highbury's curtain raiser: the beginning of an era
Arsenal Jon Spurling, in his book Highbury: The Story of Arsenal in N5, re-lives Woolwich Arsenal's Highbury opener against Leicester Fosse...
David Platt at Arsenal: why didn't it work out at Highbury for the England dynamo?
Arsenal Twenty years ago Arsenal took a step towards a new era by signing the England international from Sampdoria. It didn't all go to plan, however, as Jon Spurling explains...
Mesut Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo and football's altruists: 12 footballers with big, big hearts
Mesut Özil Mesut Ozil's generosity has resulted in 11 Brazilian children having life-saving surgery thanks to his foundation, but the Arsenal playmaker isn't the only star to demonstrate that not all footballers are self-obsessed prima donnas...
FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.6, Alfredo Di Stefano
FFT 100 Greatest Held in wonder by Charlton, Beckenbauer and Puskas, the Blond Arrow rampaged his way around South America and Spain to make history with Real Madrid
Michu, Marco and Killer Kilcline: 10 one-season wonders who burned brightly but briefly for these clubs
Lists From Argentina's most decorated player having an Indian summer at the King Power to Swansea's Spanish revelation, Jon Spurling discusses 10 of the most fleeting talents from footballing folklore
Ranked! Arsene Wenger’s 10 most defining moments at Arsenal
Arsene Wenger As the fastidious Frenchman brings down the curtain on his game-changing Gunners tenure, FFT presents his most intriguing episodes in north London
6 things everyone will miss about Arsene Wenger
Lists Jon Spurling picks six Wenger traits we'll all get misty-eyed over when the Frenchman leaves north London after almost 22 years this summer
9 World Cup squads that spectacularly imploded mid-tournament
FIFA World Cup Greedy players, managers under fire and the ultimate basket case squad – Jon Spurling on when World Cup teams tore themselves apart off the pitch
Why David Rocastle means so much to Arsenal fans
David Rocastle On this day in 2001, the former England midfielder passed away after losing his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 19 years on, Jon Spurling explains why 'Rocky' remains such an iconic figure for Gunners everywhere
They've won the cup (again), but now what? Five things Arsenal need to do
Arsenal Jon Spurling earmarks strikers, steel and injury prevention as areas for improvement for Arsene Wenger...
The 8 biggest touchline bust-ups: Di Canio vs Capello, Gattuso vs Jordan
Paolo Di Canio Jon Spurling rounds up some of the most memorable battles to have taken place on the side of the pitch, featuring headbutts, punches and strangulation...
Why Arsenal can banish their November blues
Arsenal The Gunners have traditionally struggled in the eleventh month of the year, but Jon Spurling believes things could be different this time around
Football's most embarrassing relatives, including Pele's son, Le Tissier's brother and Pione Sisto's dancing parents
John Terry It's Mother's Day on Sunday, so Jon Spurling picked out 10 examples of family members making things a little uncomfortable for some stars of the game...
Where Are They Now? Arsenal’s 1997/98 Double winners
FFTWATN Can you remember who was part of Arsene Wenger’s first great Gunners side? Dig in to find out more about them
Sorry, Theo: it's time you and Arsenal parted ways – for your sake too
Theo Walcott It's now over 10 years since the England forward moved to the Emirates Stadium, writes Jon Spurling, but there's been too little progress since then to justify the club retaining his services...
10 times fans went too far: featuring bananas, baseball bats and alien invasions
Football supporters overreacting? Hard as that notion is to believe, some supporters' actions have proved somewhat overzealous down the years
The case for Harry Redknapp: why he's not lost it yet
Harry Redknapp Well, so says Jon Spurling anyway, who continues our series of FFT writers picking their No.1 man for England’s top job
5 things that Arsenal’s January transfer window tells us about their future
Arsenal From a determined new approach to getting deals over the line and the end of underachievers, Jon Spurling on the lessons to take from a busy winter
Ranked! Arsenal's 10 worst signings of the Premier League era
Arsenal From misfiring strikers to hapless centre-backs: Jon Spurling on the transfers that Arsenal fans would really rather forget
