A fan for all seasons - Laurence Marks

1997 marked the arrival of a new Arsenal manager, the professional Frenchman Arsene Wenger (and a new Government too). But by mid-December 1997, a 3-1 home defeat by Blackburn Rovers gave no indication of what lay ahead for Arsenal football club. Even in early March 1998, with fewer than eight weeks of the season to go, the club trailed pacesetters Manchester United by 11 points. Then an unstoppable run carried them to the prestigious Double of Premiership and FA Cup - achieved by only four clubs (including Arsenal) this century. Longtime fan and TV scriptwriter Lawrence Marks kept a diary of that amazing season and then followed the club's fortunes through the following 1998-99 season when they challenged for the European Champions League trophy. From Wimbledon to Kiev, Liverpool to Athens, this is a witty, insightful journal of two years in football and showbusiness, by an insider of both.