Andrew Mangan (writer)

Andrew Declan Mangan is an Irish writer, voiceover artist and blogger known for creating the long-running website Arseblog about Arsenal F.C.[2][3] The Irish Independent called it "the most-consumed football fan content in world football."[4]

This article is about the blogger. For the former footballer, see Andy Mangan.

Andrew Declan Mangan
Mangan in 2022
Born1971
Croydon, London, England[1]
Occupation(s)Writer, blogger, voiceover artist
Known forarseblog.com

Mangan started the site in 2002 while living in Barcelona and it won Best Sports blog at the Bloggies in 2007, as well as Best Sports Blog at the Irish Blog Awards in 2008, 2010 and 2011.[5][6][7]

In 2006 Mangan launched Arsecast, which was the first club-specific football podcast. By 2022, more than 650 episodes had been released.[8]

A second podcast, Arsecast Extra — a weekly with 544 episodes as of September 2023 — was launched in 2014 with Mangan joined by James McNicholas; a performer, writer and sports journalist for The Athletic.[8] The site now contains "a seven-day-a-week news site, two podcasts a week, live events" including liveblogging of football matches.[2]

Arseblog is read by both football players and sports journalists, occasionally scooping other sports reporters. [9][10][11][12]

Mangan also works as a voiceover artist and has written for ESPN, The Guardian and The Irish Times. Andrew likes dogs. [13]

Personal life

Mangan's parents are from Drimnagh, Dublin. He was born in Croydon and lived in Yorkshire before his family moved back to Ireland when he was ten.[2] He currently lives in Kimmage.[2][4] He is married and has one daughter.[2] A golfing prodigy Mangan scored a hole-in-one at the age of 15. Mangan is also a keen fan of Phil Collins and Genesis.

References
  1. "Seven Questions – Andrew Mangan @Arseblog". Arsenal Addict.
  2. Mangan, Andrew (26 May 2017). "State of Play: When love of the Arsenal hits fever pitch for devoted Irish man". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. McRae, Donald (12 May 2018). "Life down an Arsène Wenger YouTube rabbit hole at three in the morning". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. Weckler, Adrian (17 June 2015). "From Arseblog to arts: the blog king with big podcast plans". independent. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. "Seventh Annual Weblog Awards: The 2007 Bloggies". Seventh Annual Weblog Awards. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. "Irish Blog Awards 2008 – And the Winners are…". Maman Poulet. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. "2010 Irish Blog Awards winners - The Original Blog Awards in Ireland". Irish Blog Awards - Blog Awards Ireland. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  8. "Arsecast Archives". Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  9. Smith, Rory (22 January 2021). "Mesut Özil's Long Goodbye". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. Lawrence, Amy (3 October 2017). "Stan Kroenke makes £525m offer to buy Alisher Usmanov's Arsenal shares". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  11. Butler, Andrew (2 February 2018). "Arsenal meme lord David Ornstein has finally spoken out about his internet fame". Dream Team FC. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. White, Mark (2 April 2020). "Cesc Fabregas reminds us of an important lesson – fans don't actually want players to be honest". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  13. Mangan, Andrew (23 March 2018). "Future uncertain for Ramsey and Wilshere". ESPN.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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