henry waddon

Henry is a freelance writer and newly-qualified doctor. He has previously written for pulications like VERSUS, Arsenal fanzine 'GOONER' and 'Alternative Wales'. For other media, he has taken part in prestigious schemes like BBC Writers 'Voices', and has written for esteemed institutions like the Old Vic Theatre.

STORIES BY henry waddon

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/ 100 days ago

Black Arsenal book explores club’s relationship to black culture

Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka and Matthew Harle’s much-anticipated new book, Black Arsenal: Club, Culture, Identity, can be essential. In what already feels like a vital, seminal text, Black Arsenal weaves together insight from professors, artists, fans, coaches, photographers, ex-players, and journalists alike, in charting Arsenal Football Club’s pioneering relationship with Black British culture in the […]

ByHenry Waddon

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/ 136 days ago

It's still Thierry Henry's world. We're still just living in it

It takes a very special kind of individual to generate a heart-aching nostalgia for an era that you do not even remember. It takes a special, special player to instill a yearning for a period of soccer history that transpired before you were even born, and before you were even conceived. But in the never-ending […]

ByHenry Waddon