Getcha Gooner! Print copy of current Gooner Fanzine on sale at Arsenal vs Wolves 

Order your copy of the Gooner Fanzine print Issue No313 - why not grab your copy of our humble labour of love at Arsenal vs Wolves 

Order your new issue of the Gooner by clicking on the links below 

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Our current issue is on sale tonight at Arsenal vs Wolves 

Why not order your copy of the new Gooner Fanzine here If you can't make the game why not pre-order our brand new issue here, or by clicking into the image above. 

Packed with outstanding Arsenal writing from outstanding Arsenal writers including Charlie Ashmore, Charles Watts, Richard Howes, Steve Pye (That 1980s Blog), Peter Le Beau, David Fensome, Ian Jenkinson, Simon Rose, Freddie Cardy, Ian Mills, John Harding, Tia Thorne, Paul Brooker (Countryman’s Column), Mike McDonald (Coach Mike), Richard Smith, Drey Gray, Alistair Coleman, Miles Saward, Ruth Beck Art and Serge Braga-Mullin.

I have to say a massive thank you to Joel @sportthroughhalens_ after I came across his absolutely brilliant photography during Arsenal's League Cup match up at Port Vale.

The talented Joel is a Gooner exiled in Stoke, and I was so impressed by his outstanding work I got in touch to ask if we could use his image of mighty Max Dowman for the front cover of our new issue.

As you can see, thankfully Joel said yes. For more of his superb pictures follow him on Insta @sportthroughhalens_

And don't forget to keep an eye out for the brilliant Lumi Lehmuskallio's always excellent preview video of issue 313 later this week. 

I also have to say a massive well done to our Gooner writers and creatives for their professionalism in getting their copy to me in good time, as deadlines were tight as they've ever been for this issue - mostly because I was gallivanting for a week in the Baltic States based around covering England's game in Latvia.

For more from my trip add your email to my Substack Layth's Take. Speaking of which...

Layth's Take Substack

Speaking of my Substack, could I please ask that if you enjoy reading my Arsenal coverage (and perhaps my writing on travel, music, life and dogs) then please consider supporting my work by upgrading to a paid subscriber. 

Some of you have been reading my Arsenal work for nearly 15 years now, across a variety of newspapers and websites, and I love each and every single one of you for taking the time to do so.

Over the years, I'm proud to say that some of my readers have even become friends - and while I don't expect anyone to always agree with what I write (heaven forbid! It'd be a boring world if we always agreed on everything) - I really do appreciate you taking the time to read my work, whether you agree with what I write or not. 

If you do enjoy my work, could I please ask that you consider supporting my Substack platform for less than the price of a pint a month.

Not least because it will allow me to write more of such things on that platform that hopefully you will enjoy.

With the way journalism is going now, Substack is already being seen as a vital way for writers to connect with their audiences, now that those pathetic corporate beancounters who run big newspapers and big websites these days simply don't care for anything that isn't clickbait. 

By the way, if you needed another reason to take out a subscription to my Layth's Take Substack then every single penny raised will go to the upkeep of the Gooner Fanzine and paying its bills - so we can't say fairer than that. 

If the above works for you, or you'd simply like to explore my extensive archive first, then here is the link  - or simply google Layth's Take Substack for more.

Cheers...... 

Housekeeping

Don't forget to add your email here so that you can still receive our Gooner Fanzine Friday newsletters once our three month freebie from Mailchimp expires after I spent far too much time and effort moaning at them about their extortionate prices.

A massive thank you to everyone I've bumped into recently, in Bilbao, San Sebastián, Meadow Park, Vale Park and St James's Park, and Fulham - not to mention flogging the Gooner at Arsenal tube and Bear Roundabout this season who have taken the time to come up to me and share such kind words about the Gooner, not least when sharing their condolences about the late Steve Ashford. (

Please note as we went to press before the awful news about Steve broke, we will be decidating our December issue to the Highbury Spy's memory.

The Return of Well Played / Pile of Pony 

Don't forget to send in your Well Played/Pile of Pony mentions - that's why we've brought it back by popular demand - and we'd love to see your take on anything Arsenal-related, good or bad..............

Letters Page

Please do feel free to contact us (email details below) with anything you'd like to share/get off your chest. Our letters pages will only be as good as the letters we receive so please do get writing! 

………….Gooner admin

We have taken steps to improve our 'customer service' which hopefully some of you may have noticed.We're also up to date with sending issues/replacement issues out to readers bar a very small handful of cases, which we will be working on today. 

We are attempting to streamline our admin, so please can we ask everyone to use the email info@goonerfanzine.com as our sole point of contact for our readers and subscribers. 

Thanks again for helping to Save the Gooner Fanzine.Come on you Gunners! 

Layth and the Gooner team