Arsenal On the Edge: The dramatic story of 2024-25 season

A brilliant new Arsenal book is out now by former Gooner Fanzine editor Kevin Whitcher long-time collaborator Alex Fynn 

By the standards of most clubs in the Premier League and Champions League, Arsenal’s 2024-25 season was a resounding success.

They had hoped to go one better than second place in the Premier League and semi-final of the Champions League.

The fact that they did not shouldn’t detract from what was an exciting and tumultuous season, in which Arsenal overcame controversial referee decisions and a swathe of injuries to deliver outstanding highs such as thrashing their erstwhile nemesis Manchester City, the humbling of the European Champions, Real Madrid and delivering a record-breaking defeat of PSV Eindhoven.

Written by two veteran observers of the club for many years, Arsenal: On the Edge is a comprehensive analysis of a major force in domestic and European football that delves into everything from squad-building and selections to triumphs and controversies, and reflects on what the team need to do to ensure that 2025-26 sees the end of Arsenal’s long wait for the Premier League title.

Praise for Arsenal: On the Edge

“Alex Fynn and Kevin Whitcher have written extensively about Arsenal over the years. The research involved has given them a keen insight into the workings of the club. This book comes from a place of both love and knowledge.”

Alan Smith, Arsenal and England, 1987–1994

“Kevin Whitcher is an authentic voice on Arsenal whose eye for detail has been honed over decades of observing, questioning and caring about the club.”

Amy Lawrence, The Athletic

“Alex knows football, knows the business of football and knows Arsenal. This book is an essential page turner for Gooners and fans of any club who want to get into the boardroom as well as the dressing room.”

Kieran Maguire, associate professor in football finance and author of The Price of Football

AUTHORS

Alex Fynn has advised the FA, the Football League and several Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, on media and marketing. He has collaborated with Kevin Whitcher on three previous books: The Glorious Game, the bestseller Arsenal: The Making of a Modern Superclub and Arsène and Arsenal.

In 2022, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Solent University for services to sport.

Kevin Whitcher edited the long-running Arsenal fanzine The Gooner from 2000 to 2020 and now writes a Substack column, ‘Arsenal Musings’.

He has attended Arsenal matches regularly since 1986 and has written five books on the club.

He lives in London and works as a holistic therapist.

Arsenal: On the Edge

The dramatic story of 2024-25 season

Alex Fynn and Kevin Whitcher

Price: £16.99 paperback original

Current Black Friday deal from Amazon £11.54

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