As a long-suffering Gunners fan, I have had to endure the humiliation of supporting a selling club, derision from the soccer fraternity when our legendary coach blurted out that "fourth place is a trophy" (he meant that qualifying for the Champions League was a reward in itself), and now the shame that US owner Stan Kroenke was an enthusiastic participant in the recent Super League flop.
The European soccer fraternity was shocked when the 12 biggest clubs in the UK and Europe expressed their intent to create a Super League, in effect breaking away from their home championships and doing away with the small matter of having to qualify annually for the Uefa Champions League...
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