Introducing: The Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com

Two years ago, I started this blog when a group of Arsenal supporters were feeling as if their ability to comment on the club they supported at the time was being hampered.  That was the basic genesis for this site and its over riding policy of – regardless of your opinion you can have a voice here. Now, we find ourselves in a similar situation as the club we love has decided to shut down its online community.

That is why I have decided to create the Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com. Even though we congregate in person, via twitter, blogs or Facebook, there still needs to be a place that is all about our great community of suporters. In one sense I know the rationale for the club shutting them down. Twitter and Facebook are far easier and less time consuming to manage. If you only knew what it took just go get this little one up – you’d understand. But still, it was a great tool and without so much as the rationale as to why the forum was suddenly shut down, there is concern that the fans are being left behind yet again.

Nonethless, there is still a need. Now, I don’t pretend that this will become the place to replace the Arsenal forums. However, I do believe in providing an ends to a means for Arsenal supporters. So here you are  – the Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com.

We’ve tried to keep the topics as close to what they were on the Arsenal forums however we’ve also added some of our own “flair” to it. There are likely to be some glitches – I don’t pretend to know phpbb all that well. If you spot or encounter a glitch let us know via the contact form on YouAreMyArsenal.com and we’ll be sure to fix it as soon as we can. I say we – I actually mean me. So bear with us.

There are also some enhancements to make it an even better experience than what was possible at Arsenal.com. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you use it.

To access the forums there is a link in the right side links or you can just go HERE. Please note in the early stages all registrations will have to be approved by an admin – right now that is just me. Please bear with me as I will approve everyone I can.

Cheers.

Da Admin Gooner (DAG)