It is with a sad and broken heart that I withdraw my
support from Arsenal Football Club. I have been
supporting this club for over 18 years, through all
the ups and downs. I have witnessed the greats
come and go, been part of something special, but I
feel that something ‘special’ is no more. My reasons
for discontinuing my support are based primarily on
a moral issue. Please read further before criticizing.
It is no secret that over the past eight years or so,
AFC has become first and foremost a business,
football club second. The owner, a Mr. Stanley
Kroenke with majority shares of 72% roughly, has
been using AFC as a ‘money tree’ with absolutely no
sign of passion and support for this club. It is purely
a profit machine for him, one which relies heavily
on the unwavering support from the fans to
continue to flourish. Now there is nothing really
wrong with that from a business perspective, but
the fans MUST ask the question: As clients, are we
getting what we are paying for? Is the type of
football we are watching worth the highest ticket
prices in Europe? It goes deeper than that still.
Some of us breathe Arsenal. We eat and sleep
Arsenal. We bleed for Arsenal. Yet in knowledge of
this, our owner and board members continue to
exploit us week in and out. They continue to make
promises which they are not keeping. BUT, end of
the day it is only the fans who are suffering and are
without. Stanley Kroenke still walks away each
month with a profit, Gazidis keeps receiving his
annual pay rise and Arsene Wenger still continues
to get one of the largest pay packets for a manager
in Europe.
We are being exploited and it sickens me to my
stomach knowing that I am fulling their (the boards)
back pockets each year, while my beloved Arsenal
is suffering. The last eight years we have been
witness to neglect and a deterioration beyond
acceptable parameters. I personally will not stand
for this anymore. If the board want money, they will
NOT be getting another cent from me. My time and
passion will be put into something else which
actually respects me and my feelings.
I also feel very much for some of the players who
clearly love Arsenal. Players like Jack Wilshere, Carl
Jenkinson, Sczesny etc all who give it 100% every
game but who are sweating blood for a manager
who’s sole ambition is just to cut top 4. It is unfair
and actually makes my blood boil. Then you have
people wondering why so many players up and
leave for greener pastures.
So fare well Arsenal. The best thing that could
happen to you is a new owner and manager and I
really feel sorry for the fans who will continue to be
abused and exploited by a corrupt and greedy
board. We have to make a stand sometime in our
lives and I regard my football and my passion as
something not to be taken lightly.

u tried. pls do not join pdp. there clubs with clear/clean sense of sportsmanship in epl. the devil is a liar and whatsoever the devil gives u with one hand, he will collect with the other hand.
in epl, there are 20 clubs and only one is devil incarnate, pls choose from the other 19 and stay away from the devil.
i left arsenal in 2004 and since then, my pains in soccer are gone even when we are not winning. i am a blue soldier now but where u go next is not my concern rather i am happy that u have finally decided to run away from heart attack BUT PLS, AVOID THE DEVIL(pdp).