An Arsenal home game is quickly re-establishing itself on London’s tourist trail. Based on this display by the table-topping Gunners, this trend will continue.
Walking to Arsenal on a match day, it’s impossible not to notice the volume of tourists in attendance, with the sound of excited foreign voices chattering in the autumn breeze.
In recent years, the numbers of international visitors had, at least empirically, dwindled in correlation with Arsenal’s lack of success. Now that the Gunners are purring again, visitors from abroad are flocking back and it’s easy to see why.
Premier League champions Arsenal will finally lift the coveted trophy this weekend after 22 long years. LAYTH YOUSIF pays tribute to and remembers those who are not here to see it


