arsenal ceased to be a social institution a long time ago. All taht guff about tradition, or even Charlie George telling you on a statium tour that we dont need a sugar daddy cos "we make our own money at this club" is just window dressing.

We are a property business with a lossmaking football club tacked on as an afterthought. Nothing more.

And just on that dont get too excited when you see our profits comparing favourably to United's. United make money out of football and our numbers are massively flattered by non repeatable property dealing. When you look at what our football club/franchise/whatever is worth its peanuts by comparison.