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Yes, I know that they're known as Gooners. The nickname The Gunners is perfectly understandable, the team having originally been known as Woolwich Arsenal. But pronouncing Gunner as 'Gooner' doesn't have any logical justification. Such a mis-pronunciation might possibly have occurred 'oop north...

Why? It's a completely different word. It can't even be explained by local dialect/pronunciation. That argument isn't even a rooner.

Yes please..............

New words/names are invented all the time. Some last, some don't.

Common usage. Do you really not understand, for instance, why and how Chelsea are now often referred to as Chelski? Really? Not even the tiniest clue?

What's your problem? Quite a normal thing, nicknames, or made-up names for things or practices that then become universally or widely used. Listen to footballers (or cricketers) being interviewed about their team mates - Stockers, Sidders, Giggsy, Scholesey - the list could go on and on. Made up...