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MATCH[ ]DD/MM/YY[ ]HOME TEAM v. AWAY TEAM[ ]RESULTS
EPL 18/08/12 Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland EPL 25/08/12 Stoke City 0-0 Arsenal
EPL 01/09/12 Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal | 31' L. Podolski (assist by Cazorla), 68' Cazorla (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 15/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Southampton | J. Hooiveld (OG) 11' , L. Podolski 31' , Y. Gervinho 35' (assist by Arteta), N. Clyne (OG) 37', Y. Gervinho 71' , T. Walcott 88' (assist by Cazorla) UCL 19/09/12 Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal | 16' L. Podolski (assist by O. Giroud), 18' Y. Gervinho (assist by C. Jenkinson) EPL 22/09/12 Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal | 82' L. Koscielny COC 26/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Coventry City | O. Giroud 39', A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 57', A. Arshavin 63', T. Walcott 74', Miquel 80', T. Walcott 90' EPL 29/09/12 Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain)
UCL 4/10/12 Arsenal 3-1 Olympiakos Piraeus | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by Arteta), L. Podolski 56' (assist by Y. Gervinho), A. Ramsey 90'+4 (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 06/10/12 West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal | 41' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski), 77' T. Walcott (assist by O. Giroud), 83' Cazorla (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 20/10/12 Norwich City 1-0 Arsenal UCL 24/10/12 Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04 EPL 27/10/12 Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers | Arteta 84' COC 31/10/12 Reading 5-7 Arsenal (A.E.T) | 45'+2 T. Walcott, 64' O. Giroud, 89' L. Koscielny, 90'+6 T. Walcott, 103' M. Chamakh, 120'+1 T. Walcott, 120'+3 M. Chamakh
EPL 03/11/12 Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal | 90'+5 Cazorla UCL 07/11/12 Schalke 04 2-2 Arsenal | 18' T. Walcott, 26' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 10/11/12 Arsenal 3-3 Fulham | O. Giroud 11' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 23' (assist by Arteta), O. Giroud 69' (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 17/11/12 Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur | P. Mertesacker 24' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 42', O. Giroud 45'+1 (assist by Cazorla), Cazorla 60' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 90'+1 (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain) UCL 21/11/12 Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier | J. Wilshere 49' (assist by O. Giroud), L. Podolski 63' (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 24/11/12 Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal EPL 28/11/12 Everton 1-1 Arsenal | T. Walcott 1' (assist by A. Ramsey)
EPL 01/12/12 Arsenal 0-2 Swansea UCL 05/12/12 Olympiakos 2-1 Arsenal | T. Rosický 38' (assist by Gervinho) EPL 08/12/12 Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion | Arteta 26' (penalty), Arteta 64' (penalty) COC 12/12/12 Bradford City [ps]*1 - 1 Arsenal | T. Vermaelen 88' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 18/12/12 Reading 2-5 Arsenal | L. Podolski (assist by K. Gibbs) 14', Cazorla 32' (assist by L. Podolski), Cazorla 35' (assist by K. Gibbs), Cazorla 60' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 80' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 22/12/12 Wigan Athletic 0-1 Arsenal | 60' Arteta (PK) EPL 29/12/12 Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle United | T. Walcott 20' (assist by L. Podolski), A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 51' (assist by Cazorla), L. Podolski 64', T. Walcott 73' (assist by K. Gibbs), O. Giroud 85' (assist by T. Walcott), O. Giroud 87' (assist by T. Walcott), T. Walcott 90'+2 (assist by J. Wilshere)
EPL 01/01/13 Southampton 1-1 Arsenal | Guilherme (OG) 41' FA 05/01/13 Swansea 2-2 Arsenal | L. Podolski 81', K. Gibbs 83' EPL 12/01/13 Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City FA 17/01/13 Arsenal 1-0 Swansea | J. Wilshere 86' (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 19/01/13 Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal | T. Walcott 58' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 24/01/13 Arsenal 5-1 West Ham United | L. Podolski 22' (assist by J. Wilshere), O. Giroud 47' (assist by T. Walcott), Cazorla 53' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 54' (assist by L. Podolski), O. Giroud 57' (assist by L. Podolski) FA 26/01/13 Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 Arsenal | O. Giroud 17', O. Giroud 57', T. Walcott 85' EPL 29/01/13 Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool | O. Giroud 64' (assist by J. Wilshere), T. Walcott 67' (assist by O. Giroud)
EPL 02/02/13 Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City | Podolski 78' EPL 09/02/13 Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal | Cazorla 36' (assist by Walcott) FA 16/02/13 Arsenal 0-1 Blackburn Rovers UCL 20/02/13 Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich | Podolski 55' (assist by Wilshere) EPL 23/02/13 Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa | Cazorla 6', 85' (assist by Nacho Monreal)
EPL 04/03/13 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal | Mertesacker 51' (assist by Walcott) UCL 14/03/13 Bayern Munich 0-2 Arsenal | Giroud 3' (assist by Walcott), Koscielny 86' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 16/03/13 Swansea 0-2 Arsenal | Nacho Monreal 74' (assist by Giroud), Gervinho 90'+1 (assist by Ramsey) EPL 30/03/13 Arsenal 4-1 Reading | Gervinho 11' (assist by Cazorla), Cazorla 48' (assist by Gervinho), Giroud 67' (assist by Gervinho), Arteta(PK) 77'
EPL 06/04/13 West Bromwich Albion v. Arsenal EPL 13/04/13 Arsenal v. Norwich City EPL 16/04/13 Arsenal v. Everton EPL 20/04/13 Fulham v. Arsenal EPL 28/04/13 Arsenal v. Manchester United
EPL 04/05/13 Queens Park Rangers v. Arsenal EPL 12/05/13 Arsenal v. Wigan Athletic EPL 19/05/13 Newcastle United v. Arsenal
'A meeting in coarse cotton, sixpence for leather and laces. Factory hardened arms mix oil and mud. A century and a quarter forward, Gunners together; battles ahead. From those first heavy steps; Men will become gods.'
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Arsenal Football Club was originally founded in 1886 by employees of the the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal, which was an armaments factory in South-East London, in a district named Woolwich. Consequently, they were first named ‘Dial Square’ A Scotsman, David Danskin is the man said to have bought the first football for the club. Among the first players for the club was former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, Fred Beardsley who would be the one to obtain a set of red kits, the colour the Arsenal still wear today. The first match for the new club took place on December 11, 1886 in an open field in the Isle of Dogs (another London district) against a club known as the Eastern Wanderers in which the club won 6-0. What is interesting is that other than the date of this match, everything else written so far may possibly be a myth.
By Christmas however, they had changed the name of their club to Royal Arsenal. They originally played on Plumstead Common before moving to Manor Ground in 1888. Royal Arsenal would move away and then return to Manor Ground as Invicta Ground proved too costly for them. Playing in the amateur leagues proved fruitful for Royal Arsenal as they won a couple of trophies and largely outclassed the other amateur clubs from London. But it wasn’t all rosy for them as the professional clubs attempted to sign their players and they were subsequently banned for amateur football for being too professional, which relegated them to only playing friendlies and in the FA Cup. So 1893 in a bid to gain access into the Football League, Royal Arsenal changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal and became a limited liability company, and attempted to buy the Manor Ground. This ended up working and Woolwich Arsenal began life in the Second Division, where they would spend eleven years, generally finishing mid-table every year. Under the guidance of manager Harry Bradshaw, Woolwich Arsenal would gain promotion to the First Division, where they would lose their manager before the season started to Fulham. They would never come close to challenging for the League title due to financial concerns. Their playing grounds were on the South side of London where most clubs in the division were on the North side, and so to stay afloat they were forced into selling their top players, which resulted in smaller attendances for home matches. In 1910 Woolwich Arsenal went into voluntary liquidation as they were on the verge of bankruptcy when Sir Henry Norris, the chairman of Fulham FC, and other businessmen bought the club. Norris was well aware of the financial difficulties of the location of Woolwich Arsenal and so attempted to merge the club with Fulham, and when that failed, attempted to have them play on alternating Saturdays, which also failed. And so Norris focused on finding a new location for the club, eventually setting his sights on Highbury, in North London, which was met with opposition from the fans and the residents of Highbury. Norris forced it through and spent 125,000 pounds on a new Stadium (9.5 million in 2010 prices) Having been relegated back to the Second Division, Woolwich Arsenal would move to Highbury in 1913, and change their name from ‘Woolwich Arsenal’ to ‘The Arsenal. After four years of no competitive football due to World War 1, The Arsenal would gain promotion into the First Division in a dubious way. In the final season of football in 1914, Arsenal had finished in 6th place, but the First Division was expanding from 20 clubs to 22 and two clubs were to be given the extra two places in the division. Chelsea was given the one place, despite being relegated in the previous season. The other club that had been relegated was none other than Tottenham Hotspur, and they were in the running for the extra place along with Barnsley and Wolves, who had finished ahead of Arsenal. Despite all this, Norris argued that The Arsenal should obtain promotion due to their “long service to league football” and the League board agreed, voting 18-8 to promote The Arsenal. It was alleged that they only managed this promotion due to bribery by Norris with his good friend and chairman of Liverpool, John McKenna, and has fueled the long-standing intense rivalry with Tottenham every since. It has also been argued that Norris was aware of match fixing before the war by Liverpool and Manchester United and used it as a tool to be promoted. Whatever the case, The Arsenal gained entrance into the First Division in 1919 and have never left since, holding the record for the longest unbroken stretch of top-flight football.
After some very poor showing and narrowly avoiding relegation, Norris had enough of his manager Leslie Knighton and hired Herbert Chapman in 1925. Chapman would put his stamp on The Arsenal, changing the way the club did things. Chapman changed the training philosophy and physiotherapy regimes and added numbers to the players shirts, a practice that is now common-place across the footballing world. He also altered the kit, adding white sleeves in 1933, and insisted The Arsenal be known as just ‘Arsenal’ so they would be the first club in alphabetical order every time. He even managed to change the name of the nearby tube station from Gillespie Road to Arsenal, which now has a 52 metre mural to commemorate the team’s move from Highbury in 2006. Chapman also changed the way the game was played on the pitch with the new formation now called ‘WM‘ which can also be described as a 3-2-5 or a 3-2-2-3. It proved so successful that by the late 1930s, most clubs had adopted this formation In Hebert Chapman’s first season in charge, Arsenal made their best finish ever in the league by placing second, but the next few seasons had them stay mid-table. Norris allowed Chapman to spend large sums of money however, and nearly won their first ever trip to the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Cardiff City. Three years later, and after buying Arsenal greats Cliff Bastin, David Jack and Alex James, Arsenal made the FA Cup final once more, this time defeating Chapman’s old club Huddersfield Town 2-0 and earning the clubs first ever major trophy. They then won the League title for the first time in 1931, recording their best ever win against Grimsby Town, 9-1, which still stands. In 1932 Arsenal lost the FA Cup Final to Newcastle 2-1 after they had a goal that was wrongly awarded as a goal kick. The 1932-33 season would see Arsenal win their 2nd league title. In January 1934, Herbert Chapman would suddenly pass away from pneumonia, but that would not stop the winning ways as they would win the League again that season, as well as 1934-35 and 1937-38 and another FA Cup in 1936. Arsenal were such a strong club that in 1934, England had seven Arsenal players start a match and defeated the then, World Champions Italy 3-2, and is still a record for most players from a single club starting a match for England. On March 9, 1935 Arsenal saw it’s largest ever attendance for a match versus Sunderland, counting 73,295 fans at Highbury. The Second World War would suspend all competitive football for the 1939-40 season, and Highbury was used as an ARP station (Air Raid Precautions), and had a bomb destroy the North Bank roof and setting fire to the terrace. With Highbury taken Arsenal played their home matches at White Hart Lane while football still continued, although the matches do not count in official statistics as star players would play as ‘guests’ for various clubs when not in the armed forces. The war claimed nine first team Arsenal players, the most of any club in the top flight. Arsenal were also afflicted with a heavy financial burden of repairing their war damaged stadium, and consequently struggled when regular club football began once again in 1946, finishing 13th. Tom Whittaker took over as manager and won the League title in the 1947-48 season. They would then win the FA Cup in 1949-50, a 2-0 win over Liverpool. After nearly winning the Double in the 51-52 season, but failing in both competitions, Arsenal won their 7th League title the following year in what was one
of the closest title races ever, narrowly beating Preston North End only on goal average. The title would ultimately prove to be Arsenal’s last trophy for seventeen long years. Tom Whittaker would pass away in 1956, and Arsenal would try and fail with Jack Crayston, George Swindin and Billy Wright as managers, generally finishing mid-table, and having to endure Tottenham winning the double in 1961. On May 5, 1966 Highbury would see it’s lowest ever attendance be recorded with 4,554 in the stands, and having only one player in England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, a far cry from the successful and prosperous times under Chapman and Whittaker. Wright, then the manager, was fired and the Arsenal board made the odd appointment of their club physiotherapist Bertie Mee to replace him. The appointment of Bertie Mee was so surprising that he himself requested to return to his old role if he proved unsuccessful after one year. Alongside assistant Dave Sexton, Mee promoted players from the youth team, boys who would become household names in Charlie George, John Radford, and Ray Kennedy. Alongside Frank McLintock and Peter Shorey, they reached the League Cup in 1968 and 1969, but losing each one. They managed to make it into Europe for the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup however, winning it and ending their long trophy drought. The 1970-71 campaign then came, in which Arsenal recorded their first double winning campaign where they won the FA Cup and the League title, winning the league by defeating Tottenham at White Hart Lane on the last day, and defeating Liverpool 2-1 in extra time at Wembley. (And *we* complain about six years. Try 17 and then let’s talk crisis) Sadly the double winning side was broken up shortly after this, and after finishing 16th and 17, Bertie Mee gave his resignation.
Terry Neill would be appointed manager, and his time at the helm witnessed the strong emergence of an Irish core of Liam Brady, Pat Rice, Frank Stapleton, Pat Jennings, and David O’Leary which gave Arsenal a still-strong following amongst the Irish. While Neill’s time at the club was in the midst of the Liverpool dominance, he still managed to direct the club to three FA Cup finals in 1978, 79, 80 but only winning it in 79, when Alan Sunderland won the match in injury time to record a now-famous win. The 1979-80 season saw Arsenal play a record breaking 70 matches and reaching two finals, the FA Cup loss to West Ham and losing the finals in Europe to Valencia on penalties. The summer of 1980 saw Liam Brady leave for Juventus and apart from 1982-83, Arsenal continued to make the top four, but never looked like winning anything. The lost both Cup semi-finals that year and and Terry Neill struggled to manage the club, arguing with key players as a drinking culture immersed itself at Arsenal. After losing to Third Division Walsall in the League Cup, Neill was fired in Decemeber 1983 and replaced with Don Howe, under whom Arsenal would fare no better. And when Howe heard the board had approached Terry Venables (then at Barcelona) he resigned and Steve Burtenshaw was named caretaker while the club searched for a replacement. Alex Ferguson, then at Aberdeen in Scotland, was approached, but he rejected Arsenal and six month later would find himself at Manchester United.
In May 1986 former Arsenal player, George Graham was appointed manager of Arsenal. Graham would slowly sell off older players and promote from the youth team and was able to dictate a stronger sense of discipline at the club, something the previous managers had attempted and failed at. In Graham’s debut season, Arsenal was able to with the League Cup, coming from behind in the final against Liverpool with a double by Charlie Nichols. This was in the midst of a UEFA English ban for European competitions in relation to the Heysel disaster, and so Arsenal missed out on the 87-88 UEFA Cup.
The 87-88 campaign saw Arsenal lose the League Cup final to Luton Town, but Graham was building a squad that would continue to improve with their young defense coming together under captain Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, Steve Bould and Nigel Winterburn. This, buoyed by the terrific midfield of David Rocastle, Michael Thomas and Paul Merson and goal-scoring sensation Alan Smith, in 1989 Arsenal would finally win their first League title since 1971, and would do so in stunning fashion. Arsenal led the league since Christmas, but allowed Liverpool, who were going for the Double, to overtake them by losing to Derby County and drawing at home to Wimbeldon. The final match of the season was at Anfield and Arsenal were required to win by two goals in order to win the title. With 90 minutes gone, Arsenal were up 1-0 when this happened:
And Arsenal were League Champions. Arsenal would have to wait until the 1990-91 season to find success again, and had to do so despite losing two points after a on-field brawl with Manchester United at Old Trafford, and losing Tony Adams for four months when he was sent to prison for drunk driving in December that year. However, they only lost one league match the entire year, and won the title by seven points. After signing Ian Wright from Crystal Palace in 1991 and losing David Rocastle to Leeds United the year after, Arsenal became known as ‘Boring, boring Arsenal’ depending on their stout defense and the goal-scoring prowess of Wright to win games. The FA Premier League was then created for the 1992-93 season, in which Arsenal were one of the founding members, and became the first club to win the FA Cup and League Cup double. The following year Arsenal won their second European trophy, defeating Parma 1-0 in the Cup Winner’s Cup final in Copenhagen.
Arsenal were forced to sack George Graham February 1995 when it was found he had taken an illegal payment of a player. Bruce Rioch took over at Arsenal, who guided Arsenal to the Cup Winner’s Cup Final, but lost to Real Zaragoza from a 40 yarder in the 120 minute; a howler by David Seaman. The summer of 1995 saw him Rioch sign Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, breaking the English transfer recorded at the time. He was sacked just before the 1996 season over a dispute about the transfer funds. Arsenal then made the audacious and obscure decision to hire Frenchman Arsene Wenger from Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan to manage their club. Wenger changed the club, completely eliminating the drinking culture that was prevalent at the time, changing the diets and training methods of the players, and brought about a change in tactics. Wenger brought in unknown players such as Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka, Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars in 1997 and with George Graham’s noturious defense, Wenger became the first foreign manager to win the 1997-98 League title. Arsenal won the Double that year, winning the FA Cup. Ian Wright left that summer, having broken Cliff Bastin’s goalscoring record, his tally at Arsenal ending at 185 goals. The next few years were trophy-barren at Arsenal, despite signing Freddie Ljungberg and Thierry Henry. The rivalry with Manchester United fired up 1998-99 however as Arsenal finished 2nd in the League to United, and lost the FA Cup semi-final replay in extra time to them as well. The next season Arsenal again finished second best to Manchester United, this time by 18 points, and lost the EUFA Cup final in 0-0 game that went to penalties in Copenhagen to Galatasaray. The 2000-01 season saw Arsenal finish 2nd yet again to Manchester United, and lost in the FA Cup to Liverpool; as well as losing on the ‘away goals rule’ in the Champions league quarter-finals to eventual finalist Valencia.
The 2001-02 season became memorable as Arsenal’s furious attacking side lead by Thierry Henry won the Double for a record-tying third time. Arsenal were the only club to score in every game of the League that season, and went unbeaten away from home. They defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup, before also beating Chelsea in the finals. The 2002-03 was notable when Arsenal became the first club in over 20 years to retain the FA Cup title when they defeated Southampton in the final, but lost out on the League title to United losing their final game of the season at home to Leeds. That Last match day defeat to Leeds would become Arsenal’s last loss for over a year, and the 2003-04 season saw the rise of the ‘Invincibles’ where they won 26 and drew 12 matches, finishing 11 points clear of Chelsea in second place. Preston North End in 1888-89 is the only other team to have ever completed such a feat.
The following season Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 49 consecutive League matches, an English league football record, when they finally lost to Manchester United. They failed to win the title that year as the newly cash rich Chelsea finished 12 points ahead, but managed to win the FA Cup for their 3rd time in four years. The 2005-06 season was largely disappointing, and Arsenal barely managed to obtain fourth place and their Champions League spot when St. Totteringham’s day came on the very last match day when Sp*rs lost to West Ham and Arsenal won their last ever match at Highbury stadium over Wigan. In the Champions League however, Arsenal made it the Finals against Barcelona, but a silly red card to keeper Jens Lehmann early in the match had Arsenal desperately defend a 1-0 lead for most of the game, before two late goals by Barca took the title away. Arsenal completed the move from historic Highbury to the Emirates stadium July 2006. Highbury was limited to only 38,500 seats after standing was banned in English football, and with the club unable to expand the stadium and needing to increase revenue streams to compete with money-giant clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United, a move down the road to Ashburton Grove was made. To facilitate the move in a manner that did not destroy the club financially, Arsene Wenger was forced to sell off highly paid stars and transition the club with youngsters, while still managing to be highly competitive and keep the fans into the massive 60,000+ stadium. Since the move Arsenal have stayed in the Champions League, qualifying for the competition for 14 years in a row, and have remained competitive in the Premier league, but ultimately collapsing the final months of the campaigns. December 11, 2011 saw Arsenal play at home and marked Arsenal’s 125 year in existence, and Arsenal celebrated the occasion the only way they know how; with style and class. The great-great-grandson of Fred Beardsley, the man who sourced the Arsenal original kit, assisted Vic Akers with the club’s kits and was brought onto the pitch in the pre-game ceremony. Supporters’ Stories were installed on benches outside the Armoury. A sixpence was thrown by referee Howard Webb at kick-off. Inside the players’ tunnel, celebrations of the 5-3 over Chelsea, and Henri Lansbury Sp*rs goal have been included on the walls. Arsenal had the Royal Artillery and Orchestra playing outside the stadium. The 1970s greats Bob Wilson, Charlie George, Frank McLintock, John Radford and Terry Neill were all introduced onto the Emirates pitch, followed by David O’Leary, Paul Davis, George Graham, Alan Smith, Anders Limpar and Ian Wright. Members of the Invincibles then took to the pitch, Ray Parlour, Robert Pires, Jens Lehmann, Lee Dixon, Lauren and Thierry Henry showed up. The great-grandchildren of founder David Danskin carried the matchball to begin the game. They even ensured there was a cannon alongside side the pitch.
Perhaps the best part of the weekend was the Friday prior, when Arsenal unveiled the statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry outside the Stadium. So many greats could have been chosen, but it’s difficult to argue with the man who revolutionized football in the 1930s, the winning-est club captain, and the Arsenal’s record goal-scorer.
May there be more greatness to come for the beloved and storied club.
FA Cup Winners (10) 1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0 1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0 1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0 2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0 2003 Beat Southampton 1-0 2005 Beat Manchester Utd 5-4 on penalties (after 0-0 draw)
League Cup Winners (2) 1987 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1
European Nights 1970 European Fairs Cup winners beating Anderlecht of Belgium 4-3 on aggregate. 1980 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing on penalties to Valencia of Spain in Brussels. 1994 Cup Winners� Cup winners beating Parma of Italy 1-0 in the final in Copenhagen. 1995 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing 2-1 to Real Zaragoza of Spain after extra time in Paris. 2000 UEFA Cup finalists losing 4-1 on penalties to Galatasaray after a 0-0 draw and extra time in Copenhagen. 2006 UEFA Champions League finalists losing 2-1 to Barcelona of Spain in Paris.
Arsenal Ladies' Honours
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UEFA Women' Cup Winners 2007
National Premier League 1992/93, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07
National League Cup 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007
WFA Cup 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007
FA Womens' Community Shield Winners (3+1 shared) 2000 (shared with Charlton Athletic), 2001, 2005, 2006
London County FA Women's Cup Winners (6) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007 Beat Millwall 2-0
National League South 1991/92
London Senior Cup 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004
Youth Honours
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FA Premier Youth League 1997/98
FA National Academy PLAY-OFF Final Under-17s: 1999/00 Under-19s: 2001/02
Hope jack and gervinho start tonight,walcott meanwhile should be rested, his form has been inconsistent recently, perhaps he can become impact sub with his dazling run
Hope jack and gervinhoThe Ox start tonight,walcott meanwhile should be rested, his form has been inconsistent recently, perhaps he can become impact sub with his dazling run
Hope jack and gervinho start tonight,walcott meanwhile should be rested, his form has been inconsistent recently, perhaps he can become impact sub with his dazling run
impossible surely walcott has to start, like it or not he is one of our best player + we have no striker unless you want Podolski CF again
impossible surely walcott has to start, like it or not he is one of our best player + we have no striker unless you want Podolski CF again
I think Podolski should be given another chance to prove his capability as CF. Yes, he had a bad game before, but it was against MU. Tonight would be a totally different game (hopefully). Furthermore, Wenger also admitted that he is the best finisher in our squad.
As for tonight I'd like to see him as our CF with OX and Santi on the wing. If thing goes south, bring Theo in or unleash the forehead!
according to bbc.com ball possession spurs vs soton = 53% - 47% after 52minutes gone. spurs only got 3shots, 1 on target compare to soton, 6 attempt, 4 on target. quite good for soton especially it at WHL.
I think Podolski should be given another chance to prove his capability as CF. Yes, he had a bad game before, but it was against MU. Tonight would be a totally different game (hopefully). Furthermore, Wenger also admitted that he is the best finisher in our squad.
As for tonight I'd like to see him as our CF with OX and Santi on the wing. If thing goes south, bring Theo in or unleash the forehead!
walcott and podolski duo steady la
btw damm ganas wigan and villa, really proves the theory off when teams are pushed to the edge they unleashed their inner power to turn things around both won their away games the relegation spot just took a whole twist in bringing norwich and newcastle into picture, best giler wanted stoke to relegate at first, then now i think newcastle or norwich relegate seems ideal as well keep villa and wigan
No Cesar for QPR today its Robert Green in goal and Traore starts at left back. Hopefully Walcott will be at his best today to exploit that right hand side. We all know how good Traore's defending is.
as expected from spurs... played badly for the first 75 mins and attack the next 15 and scored...
their tactic ma..they learnt lesson from previos seasons, b4 they always bottle at d end season cause energy level drop kaw2. Now they simpan energy 1st, lets opponent think they play badly, out of form. Once opponent start underestimated n dreaming, they launch fast attack n play at their best n scored. Especially bale, when opponent tired, his pace is scary n hard to content with. In d end he won it for them..just another 1man team this season imo.
lol..we r doing the opposite way of spurs. while spurs played badly for almost 70min then scored when time almost running out, we scored early then play badly..
At this crucial stage result is all that matters. Beside it was typical Arsenal away performance. Just look at goal tally, Arsenal seems to score quite few in away game but they have the best defensive record. Anyway against Wigan, need to step up big time.
Also glad Tony Fernandes already planning on ditching Loftus Road. The camera is too low, it's hard to see anything at both ends. And for today the pitch is terrible. I heard Rednkapp admit it wasn't in top condition. The surface is bit hard than usual. It suit route 1 football better.
I think Podolski's injury has got to be quite serious. His workrate was good early this season when he would cover Gibbs every time he needs to, nowadays he just wanders around the pitch not doing anything and is always nowhere to be seen...
We desperately need a clinical striker this summer...
Szczesny looked solid today. Ramsey having a bad day maybe. His tackling and passing was awful. And lucky we didn't sell Walcott. He's our top scorer. His last two goals are important in this stage.
So now what should be the most satisfy result for Chelsea v Spurs match?
if we W-W for the remaining match, and TOT w-w-w(74) and CHE w-w-w(77), we get europa(73) and TOT l-w-w(71) and CHE w-w-w(77), we get 4th UCL place(73) and TOT d-w-w(72) and CHE d-w-w(75), we get 4th UCL place(73)
If Spurs wins against Chelsea we are going to the Europa. What a shit day its been.
We r already as outside team to reach CL spot since we failed to beat ManU at Emirates. ManU dont hv somthg xtra to drive them to win d game at all cost but Chelsea was. Now Chelsea could afford to loose to Spurs, win d last 2 & still could finish 3rd, avoiding d need to go for CL Qualifying stage bcoz of their far superior GD than Spurs.
Meanwhile for Spurs, i dont see they gonna drop pts base on their current form n spirits, help with d schedule that their last 2 opponents seem cant do much to stop them. They gear up the tempo at d end of gametime & with their more direct n fast attacking approaches, its effective for Bale to score from any open space.
The good news is, at least, d spot for Europa Cup is guarantee for us since Everton drew with Liv ended up they r mathematically only could end with max 66pts.
But i do hope THE BOARDS & AW have somthg to learn n wake up after this..money need to spend, alots!! in real gems, not for young inexperience talents/prospects. And for godsake, change abit those unattrative tiki taka inside the opponent gk box. We arent play with TH/Pires/DB/Lunjberg/Viera penetrative qualities anymore that those could score from tight space with cramped of defenders. We need to be more direct now on n stop complicating the moves n let 10defenders cramping d space in front of goal. It isnt beautiful n enjoyable anymore n i dont see it as beautiful attacking art. Its more on making complicated, difficult n mess.
if we W-W for the remaining match, and TOT w-w-w(74) and CHE w-w-w(77), we get europa(73) and TOT l-w-w(71) and CHE w-w-w(77), we get 4th UCL place(73) and TOT d-w-w(72) and CHE d-w-w(75), we get 4th UCL place(73)
next game for TOT is vital.
cannot brain this..how both gonna hv w-w-w when both team need to play against each?
Simple thg..Chelsea only need 2 wins then 3rd is confirm whatever result from us or spurs. They can let themself loose against spurs if they confident to win d last 2, to let spurs finish 4th n deny us CL.
Spurs..just need all 3 wins they finish 4th.
We? better b prepare for Europa coz i feel Chelsea gonna do Spurs a favor this Wed.
cannot brain this..how both gonna hv w-w-w when both team need to play against each?
Simple thg..Chelsea only need 2 wins then 3rd is confirm whatever result from us or spurs. They can let themself loose against spurs if they confident to win d last 2, to let spurs finish 4th n deny us CL.
Spurs..just need all 3 wins they finish 4th.
We? better b prepare for Europa coz i feel Chelsea gonna do Spurs a favor this Wed.
ooops. sorry abt that.
if we W-W for the remaining match, and TOT w-w-w(74) and CHE l-w-w(74), we get europa(73) and TOT l-w-w(71) and CHE w-w-w(77), we get 4th UCL place(73) and TOT d-w-w(72) and CHE d-w-w(75), we get 4th UCL place(73)
lol bye bye Arsenal de, confirm. Now Chelsea don't really have to play for their life on Wednesday. Even they lose still have one leg in the CL but Spurs will go above Arsenal. Wenger long time enemy but recently friends Fergusan did him no favour playing a second string side. The end of Arsenal!!
The end of finishing in top 4. They are not going qualify for CL. Unless last day of EPL Spurs players accidentally eat some food that is bad causing them to lausai.
The end of finishing in top 4. They are not going qualify for CL. Unless last day of EPL Spurs players accidentally eat some food that is bad causing them to lausai.
Ooooo...I thought arsenal football club is gonna closed. Next season still have la..soo it means it doesn't really ends right?
My wish next season: all player dare take gamble in long shoot. I like to watch team dare to shoot out of penalty box. Hit the ball really hard and let it be where to go.
The best troll at d end season altho it seem the slimmest n logically impossible 1, r all 3, Chelsea, Spurs n us qualify to CL. Surely bookies gonna win big coz nobody xpected but its mathematically possible, just seem unreal when considering their last 3 opponents quality.
that chelsea vs spurs is at stamford bridge i dont know why but for stronger teams, they will avoid losing at home so its not that bad i think, chelsea got good records at home and i think chelsea will play seriously because their last match is vs everton which is not going to be easy
if we go europa which highly will happen, it will become even harder to attract quality players to join us next season.
Sometime u need to take a few step back to go forward.
Anyway my friend still enjoying & supporting liverpool. I didn't see any different then before. Its all about support your club that u love no matter what, & that my friend, it made a world difference between u & me, as a gooner.
Hoping Szczesny comments on Spurs lack of quality doesn't come back to haunt Arsenal. I honestly think its a bad timing considering we are struggling for fourth now.
This post has been edited by ahaksz28: May 7 2013, 05:54 AM
we are going for jovetic ? or just a dream? HAHA..
i heard jovetic changed his mind and wanted to stay at serie a ..but just rumours btw chelsea has been linked with lewandonski and shurrle and mourinho
... and almost all those rumours bout chelsea seems to be true..i hope not for this 2 players . i feel pity for dortmund . they are in champions league final. why the hell did goetze and lewandonski wanna go ?? money ??
also i just use jovetic in fifa games.. nothing special bout him but it could just be fifa last time fifa12 cazorla isn't that good. fifa13 he is good i know its just a game but fifa game is almost 100% accurate and realistic about players,stats,movement
btw i updated jovetic's latest stats to the fifa 13 winter edition, transferred him over to arsenal and had him as ST for a few games and he was exactly what the team needed. but that's probably because i like having three speedy forwards instead of playing with a tall slow targetman. i know it's only a damn game , but i got excited after that. hopefully IF he does come here he'll bring the same level of impact.
This post has been edited by Thumpy Ick: May 7 2013, 11:07 AM
btw i updated jovetic's latest stats to the fifa 13 winter edition, transferred him over to arsenal and had him as ST for a few games and he was exactly what the team needed. but that's probably because i like having three speedy forwards instead of playing with a tall slow targetman. i know it's only a damn game , but i got excited after that. hopefully IF he does come here he'll bring the same level of impact.
i watched serie a so i know Jovetic quality. Sure he kinda injury prone or such but on the positive side he's still young and had many years to go
his quality wise? If u guys remember the UCL 2009/10 that boy single-handedly destroy Liverpool and almost did the same to Bayern if not for Klose 5miles offside goal
and not to mention he can play on multiple position too like SS, LWF, CF and skill wise he got speed, technique, finishing, positioning and if dats not enough just look at fiorentina top scorer for this & last few season. Stats don't lie
i watched serie a so i know Jovetic quality. Sure he kinda injury prone or such but on the positive side he's still young and had many years to go
his quality wise? If u guys remember the UCL 2009/10 that boy single-handedly destroy Liverpool and almost did the same to Bayern if not for Klose 5miles offside goal
and not to mention he can play on multiple position too like SS, LWF, CF and skill wise he got speed, technique, finishing, positioning and if dats not enough just look at fiorentina top scorer for this & last few season. Stats don't lie
hey! thanks for the feedback, i dont have a lot of ppl following the serie a around me. which team do you follow on it? i'm only slightly familiar with napoli due to the lavezzi/hamsik/cavani triumvirate b4 lavezzi went to psg. is jovetic primarily a striker or a flanker?
hey! thanks for the feedback, i dont have a lot of ppl following the serie a around me. which team do you follow on it? i'm only slightly familiar with napoli due to the lavezzi/hamsik/cavani triumvirate b4 lavezzi went to psg. is jovetic primarily a striker or a flanker?
my avatar & siggy says all
most of the times Jovetic played as a second striker behind Gilardino, this season(when Gilardino left) he's more like a center forward with Adem Ljajic behind him. And yes a few season ago he played on flank either as LWF/RWF with Adrian Mutu on the other side while Gilardino as lone frontman
^^The Adidas kit is nothing but just a rumor, right? I read somewhere that Nike is willing to continue sponsoring our kit once the current deal expired (next season).
Btw, here's the scorers of our 100 goals this season.
^ apparently that's the case. just googled arsenal and adidas, found out adidas snubbed us. oh well. i kind of like lagvilava's design, no wait i really like it.
santi didnt wear his scoring boots for the ECL it seems.
u know where i can still get last season home and away..?? i like the kit but i dont know why the hell i didnt buy and end up buying r.madrid jersey just because i like the numbering and letters more than arsenal kit that maroon kit is nice i have it
the best arsenal kit imo -arsenal home and away kit 2004-2005 (i only have away -arsenal home maroon and away(yellow kit) 2005-2006 -arsenal home ..thats looks like the old arsenal sega or jvc kit -arsenal home & away 2011-2012 that 25th anniversary really makes a big difference
if only im working and still not studying i buy all those long time ago
u know where i can still get last season home and away..?? i like the kit but i dont know why the hell i didnt buy and end up buying r.madrid jersey just because i like the numbering and letters more than arsenal kit that maroon kit is nice i have it
the best arsenal kit imo -arsenal home and away kit 2004-2005 (i only have away -arsenal home maroon and away(yellow kit) 2005-2006 -arsenal home ..thats looks like the old arsenal sega or jvc kit -arsenal home & away 2011-2012 that 25th anniversary really makes a big difference
if only im working and still not studying i buy all those long time ago
u may try there. me too search for a long time until someone come and offer his jersey. u may also try here. a lot of arsenal jersey. but i never try buy from there before
dem..mcity won d match n just confirmed their place for CL. Lowest they could finish now is 3rd n that is in between them n chelsea only. Look like its all about chelsea, spurs n us to compete for 2 CL spot left.
Arsenal should take a look on getting an actual DMC, so can free Arteta up for the creative department..also, a good backup striker also nice la, but surely he will think hard on being just a backup striker with limited game time.
Oh well, smart move on his part after realizing Howard Webb and Co. will no longer renew their contract with Man Utd beyond this season after Webb's performance in their match against Chelsea
Such news! SAF retirement came out of no where! i meant its bound to happen, just i never thought it would be this season
from a selfish pov, that's some what good news , but considering their replacement if its The One not that brilliant of an idea that said it really depends on how MU want to build their next team
Long Term - Moyes? could develope a legacy like saf
Short Term - Mourinho? could very well do 3-4 years and leave.. that said surely mourinho has to stay at a specific club and manage long term, he has arguably been to every where, where else does he wants to go and manage? i doubt he would wanna go to turkey,portugal,france or holland to manage
are they up for a Chelsea managerial style, new mgr come and go every few years interesting times ahead for MU,
anyway lets not forget on more important issues CHELSEA - SPURS adakah anda sedia!?!
my favorite club with my favorite sport brand, puma
so happy
now i need to buy the arsenal nike jersey as collection
looking for this
anyone know where to get this
Not easy to find. I'm looking for this too but couldn't find the right size. This site is probably your best bet but is pretty expensive. http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/
Not easy to find. I'm looking for this too but couldn't find the right size. This site is probably your best bet but is pretty expensive. http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/
Not easy to find. I'm looking for this too but couldn't find the right size. This site is probably your best bet but is pretty expensive. http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/
JPO got last year kit for rm79 only. I got mine. Heheh
When did u buy? What size they got? I went jpo last year Go to certain shop need to que And almost everything is expensive there..the top brands Can nike there do postage?
it'll be refreshing to change kit sponsors. i was thinking of skipping next year's kit, i have lots of football jerseys and i dont even like wearing them lol
it'll be refreshing to change kit sponsors. i was thinking of skipping next year's kit, i have lots of football jerseys and i dont even like wearing them lol
But last 2 games we played only in the first 2 minute only we played like want to score. The other 88 minute the team play like want to put everyone to sleep. I feel it's enough with this tiki taka nonsense.
But last 2 games we played only in the first 2 minute only we played like want to score. The other 88 minute the team play like want to put everyone to sleep. I feel it's enough with this tiki taka nonsense.
But last 2 games we played only in the first 2 minute only we played like want to score. The other 88 minute the team play like want to put everyone to sleep. I feel it's enough with this tiki taka nonsense.
well for me, we still got the results, that's what matter most ,if u are hoping to be entertained like the ol days, we are no where near that standard anymore, a lot ppl tend to say they have moved on, but games after games they dont realize that they are always comparing back to the ol team
you always say we have to rely this rely that, so now...spurs is relying on Wigan this time around, what is your take this time? anyways, id take another bore 1 nil win against Wigan hands down
now it is in our hands, to win the remaining 2 games. no matter what happens to Sp*rs, we just have to win those 2 games.
If Spuds don't win against Stoke next we just have to win 1 game out of the 2, unless you are gunning for third but it is unlikely Chelsea will drop any points in the last 2 games.
I believe the key game will be Wigan because if they lose the next game against us the chance is very high for them to be relegated as those teams above them will only have to manage a draw to stay up if this happens. Nevertheless they have a cup final 3 days before our match so there's no excuse for us to lose this, we have as many if not more reasons to fight for the win.
Hopefully when we play Newcastle they are already safe from relegation so we will win easily.
exactly how i wanted it, a non 0-0 draw. adebayor channeled his inner gunner accidentally.
tbh i dont like our last 2 matches. wigan is on a rise of form inspired by bpl survival, and newcastle's on the same boat as them. if we cant beat them it means our desire isnt bigger than theirs, and we probably deserve not to play in the CL if that happens.
this is it, these 2 last games decide the fate of the bpl survivors and the CL qualifiers. spurs and us play 2 relegation battlers, chelsea play one relegation battler and one team with nothing to play for (Everton). we decide the fate of two teams closest to relegation (Wigan, Newcastle), expect them to come at us like wounded animals.
Everton do need to win their remaining two games to secure Europa league as even a draw will mean their points are level with Liverpool with lower GD. Liverpool on the other hand have way easier fixtures.
Everton do need to win their remaining two games to secure Europa league as even a draw will mean their points are level with Liverpool with lower GD. Liverpool on the other hand have way easier fixtures.
6th place will go to Europa League? I thought only 5th place r automatic there together with FA Cup Winner(or Finalist if Winner is in UCL) & Carling Cup winner. No?
6th place will go to Europa League? I thought only 5th place r automatic there together with FA Cup Winner(or Finalist if Winner is in UCL) & Carling Cup winner. No?
pulak, so everton still has nothing to play for la? haha
our defensive displays have been fantastic, i'm banking on that to help us withstand wigan's desperate attacks. they might employ long balls on the get go, lol. but our attacking displays have been poor, each of walcott's goals brings 3 points for the team. hoping santi finds his knack for goals again for these last 2 games
On a positive note, we have a better defensive record than other teams (despite ugly tiki-taka) And Wigan has a very weak defense, so
Never underestimated team fighting for relegation. Sunderland, Norwich & Newcastle only hv 38pts, 3pts above Wigan with all left 2 games to play. So i would say the match against us will mean so much to them, their win mean they extend their survival til final matchday. and Sunderland, Norwich & Newcastle still hv to meet top team, Norwich to City, Sunderland to Spurs, and Newcastle against us. So Wigan still have fair cahnce to survive. Which is their most important is going to be seen this sunday's FA Cup final. If they want to win FA cup then they need to go with best team they have..and that will leave them with fatigue problem for match against us on Tuesday (our Wed morning). If they really prioritize playing in PL then they will send scrap team for FA Cup. Afterall, Cup final against City wont be easy n they, even they lost, they already have bonus, which is Europa League spot. Whether they want to be FA Cup winner n go to Europa Lge but play in 2nd tier league or just be FA cup runner-up, stay in PL but still could go to Europa Lge. If the later is their main target now then Tuesday match gonna be hell of fight its goin to be..one aiming for survival, one aiming for CL spot. They already show that they r cup team. Went all the way to FA cup final. the match against us is gonna to be cup final match..defensive record isnt gonna work this time. Its all about the team that show their fighting spirit. n taking the most chances.
This post has been edited by HiperPanda: May 9 2013, 11:30 AM
pulak, so everton still has nothing to play for la? haha
our defensive displays have been fantastic, i'm banking on that to help us withstand wigan's desperate attacks. they might employ long balls on the get go, lol. but our attacking displays have been poor, each of walcott's goals brings 3 points for the team. hoping santi finds his knack for goals again for these last 2 games
yea..Everton has nothing to play, except if they wanna give last respect toward Moyes b4 he leave. They cant enter Europa Lge thru Fair Play Lge coz they r not the top in that league. And i'm not sure if EPL is among top 3 Fair Play ranking this season in UEFA list.(Only the best 3 League in UEFA will get this.)
here the table for Fair Play. IF EPL qualify as top 3 in UEFA list then its gonna be Southampton as they r the winner of Fair Play.
p/s: as Dec 2012..England is on 4th spot behind Norway, Sweden, Finland. Not sure the latest ranking..i think EuFA have yet to announce. UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
This post has been edited by HiperPanda: May 9 2013, 11:51 AM
well looks like chelsea has it easy for the last 2 games. it's down to the north london rivals as usual. jovetic and bale's future might hang on these 2 games
and southampton in europa, not bad. rickie lambert against europe
I am not sure how you will react if I tell you that I want Tottenham to qualify for europe. I meant Europa League.
Europa Cup is such a useless tournament it more or less f*cks up the seasons of most of the teams playing in it. Don't mind them getting to the quarters/semis again next year before being knocked out.
yea..Everton has nothing to play, except if they wanna give last respect toward Moyes b4 he leave. They cant enter Europa Lge thru Fair Play Lge coz they r not the top in that league. And i'm not sure if EPL is among top 3 Fair Play ranking this season in UEFA list.(Only the best 3 League in UEFA will get this.)
here the table for Fair Play. IF EPL qualify as top 3 in UEFA list then its gonna be Southampton as they r the winner of Fair Play. p/s: as Dec 2012..England is on 4th spot behind Norway, Sweden, Finland. Not sure the latest ranking..i think EuFA have yet to announce. UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
Stoke City on the last place of UEFA Fair Play league
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well, his ex manager david moyes is coming. i guess the two had bad blood before wayne went off to man utd. meh, he always leaves the first season in fifa 13 anyway lol. real madrid ready your cash
Yeah, imagine if he goes to Madrid and Ronaldo comes to United. That would be a weird situation as both of them always talking about playing back together.
Moyes leaving Everton..look likes Everton gonna hv hard time to maintain their status as team battling for ECL/Europa Lge after this.. Time for le prof to raid Fellaini n Jelavic!!
After the many goals he has scored against us ? I highly doubt that. Plus, le boss have never sign scraps from ManU before (only the opposite has)
we signed a french scrap named silvestre before. but yeah, i still dont want roo in arsenal. unless he has a personal mission to do what rvp did to him, go to his club (in this case, rvp's former club) and become the best striker there. with that kind of drive and motivation i'll take him. but i doubt he has, i think he's heading to madrid. as usual with all outgoing man utd stars.
After the many goals he has scored against us ? I highly doubt that. Plus, le boss have never sign scraps from ManU before (only the opposite has)
QUOTE(Thumpy Ick @ May 10 2013, 02:42 PM)
we signed a french scrap named silvestre before. but yeah, i still dont want roo in arsenal. unless he has a personal mission to do what rvp did to him, go to his club (in this case, rvp's former club) and become the best striker there. with that kind of drive and motivation i'll take him. but i doubt he has, i think he's heading to madrid. as usual with all outgoing man utd stars.
There are a lot of gems in Everton and I believe Moyes will not be so stupid and does not not bring some of the best Everton players along.
hey bro, long time no see. hope work's not dragging you down too much
looking at the man utd squad right now i think moyes will want to bring in some midfielders. not sure if darron gibson would fancy moving back to where he started. i think man utd killer fellaini would fancy that move very much, it's his chance to taste the champions league under the same management. baines would fancy a move too but i dont see him moving and competing with evra. i hope mirallas stays in everton.
hey bro, long time no see. hope work's not dragging you down too much
looking at the man utd squad right now i think moyes will want to bring in some midfielders. not sure if darron gibson would fancy moving back to where he started. i think man utd killer fellaini would fancy that move very much, it's his chance to taste the champions league under the same management. baines would fancy a move too but i dont see him moving and competing with evra. i hope mirallas stays in everton.
If he does bring along Fellaini and Baines with him, he'd get boos permanently everytime he steps on Goodison Park.
wow..benteke really impressive for AV this season. but that kinda too early in d game. i'm sure d blues will step up tempo n hv much time to change the result..lets hope AV keep it up till end.
wow..all suddenly the press keep linking all RM players to come.. Mour back to Chelsea.. Man U want back Ronaldo then Moyes want Benzema for MU next season.. now us link to Higuain?
Damn it. Benteke is a knob. As for his ability I'd reserve judgment till he consistently performs. Same goes for Michu. I've seen too many one season wonders in my life time to take these performances with a pinch of salt.
This post has been edited by sigheart: May 11 2013, 09:18 PM
Villa lack mental strength, as expected from bunch of youngster. Straight away conceded after man sent off, and haven't kept a single clean sheet for ages.
harap2 stoke akan main kuat, dan akan meng-injured-kan pemain spurs....dan stoke menang of course...
Not just esok la..tonite FA final also de.. Hope Wigan play 1st team altho now they already hv 5 defenders on injury list. Hope they play to d max n tired themselves for Tuesday match. Afterall this is their 1st appearancein history in FA Cup final..surely they wanna win it at all cost..
And tommorow match isnt about Spurs only.. Norwich, Newcastle n Sunderland going all out to pressure Wigan for d last relegation. That will effect our match too.
itu legendary troll.. prediction xmasuk akal..1st, Arsenal hv fully fit, injury free back4 include backup, just miss main man on d front..so shld xpect attacking abit toothless unless TW/Podol/Gerv live up to best form. 2goals predict look fair but 3goals concede from main back4? Then, need to consider 2nd reason which is.. Wigan, team play bigmatch weekend (FA final), rest 3days then play against Arsenal at Arsenal home, with 5 Wigan defenders (how many experience def they hv in 1st team to cover? play inexperience young def?) in injury list (3 of them - hamstring!!), n expect to hv big total 5goals match? This isnt amateur lv match where fatigue isnt big issue..play same team as FA Final sure last 30min energy lvl drop kaw2..especially wanna stop those pacey player like TW n Ox..put 2nd team or rojak team, some young inexperience player maybe good for spirit play but surely experience lack will effect too. They can win..but not for that big total 5goals match.
Its seem Wigan doesnt use much energy on d 1st half..much like parking d bus tactic.. slow tempo n much aware of not going up to high, more on control attack or keeping d ball away from their half..dint see they go counter in numbers too. perhaps its still too early in d match. or perhaps mcity shld score 1st so they ll come out n play attacking.
I bet Arsenal vs Wigan is much more like today City-Wigan.. City style much d same like us, attack in numbers, packed in front Wigan move the ball all over, its just our is more overdo it while City still hv abit directness. Wigan will do d same as tonite, pack in own half n attack on counter..The scoreline wont b big..They much comcerntrate on not conceding goal. If they score 1st they wont going for 2nd n will turn to super bus parking style..even they down a goal they ll keep it hard for 2nd n still go for pacy counter till near end then only push all out. player to watch..Espinoza n Mcmanaman.
Their 1st appearance on d FA cup final lo..sure their spirit high.
lol..zabaleta..red carded!! pls mcity..make it xtra time n defeat wigan so that wigan tired n morale drop. we need every advantages at this points now.
i think they totally deserved it regardless of the situation for us
agreed..they deserved..their spirit make d different. now they will come to us with sky high spirits n confidence. Hope their mind still in d blue moon when they come.
Congrats to Wigan. They really deserved it. I hope our boys watch this game. And this Mcmanaman guy can give so much problem, so get ready Gibbs/Nacho!
Congrats to Wigan. They really deserved it. I hope our boys watch this game. And this Mcmanaman guy can give so much problem, so get ready Gibbs/Nacho!
No matter who gonna play LB, Gibbs or Nacho gonna hv hard time if LW doesnt backup them well. D same too with Sagna..TW dont bother to backup, Espinoza will eat Sagna alive.
they might be buoyed by that victory and will be very spirited in the match against us. no one in our camp should take this match easily, they can even beat mancity.
i noticed stoke park d bus in front of gk area, not inside d gk area. must b they.realized spurs goals mostly came from outside d box. No room for bale to shot from distance..so far la..so far..
We have had enough luck this season anyway with the undeserved penalties we got early in the season. If we can't win the remaining twogames we have only got ourselves to blame.
If Newcastle win tonight, then we beat Wigan in Tuesday, Newcastle will be save from regelation, right? If that's the case, so we could have an easy game against them, hopefully.
if we win all our matches we're still 4th. is it still possible for stoke to be relegated now? if it is, then this result is ideal for the sake of the premiership
if we win all our matches we're still 4th. is it still possible for stoke to be relegated now? if it is, then this result is ideal for the sake of the premiership
very unlikely even if they lose their last game as well
if we win all our matches we're still 4th. is it still possible for stoke to be relegated now? if it is, then this result is ideal for the sake of the premiership
Mathematically yes, but very very unlikely. In order to do that, Wigan need to beat us.
Alrighty, so its all in our own hands now to beat Wigan then Newcastle. The positive here is if we beat Wigan then Newcastle are already safe and they have nothing to play for in the final game but knowing that c*nt Pardew I'm sure he would love to spoil our party. Then again its not easy for players to be completely up for it when there is already nothing on the line.
Wigan on the other hand will need a win big time. Even a draw would send them down. If we can defend as well as we have done in the past I feel the lads will have a field day on the counter attack when Wigan commit players up front.
I know, great scene isn't? If it was a final i will no doubt place it above Manchester City triumph last season. Nevertheless it's one of magic moment in football history.
Wigan match will be key now that Newcastle is safe. Hopefully lethargy kicks in since they have played 3 games just in 2 weeks time and is coming to the Emirates for their 4th.
Alrighty, so its all in our own hands now to beat Wigan then Newcastle. The positive here is if we beat Wigan then Newcastle are already safe and they have nothing to play for in the final game but knowing that c*nt Pardew I'm sure he would love to spoil our party. Then again its not easy for players to be completely up for it when there is already nothing on the line.
Wigan on the other hand will need a win big time. Even a draw would send them down. If we can defend as well as we have done in the past I feel the lads will have a field day on the counter attack when Wigan commit players up front.
Chelsea again put themselves on the driving seat to qualify for the CPL next season.
The degree of pressure now back to the Arsenal camp where both Chelsea and Spurs came back again to win both of their games to get crucial 3 points and some mixed results of Chelsea won against MU, Arsenal drew Man U and Chelsea drew with Spurs.
The clash against Wigan is very very tough, where they had been performed very well in their game against Man City.
New Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola is ready to make an audacious bid for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.
The former Barcelona boss has reportedly identified the Gunners’ star as a key figure to lead the Champions League finalists to further glory over the next decade.
Wilshere has just signed a new long-term deal to stay at the Emirates Stadium but the Bundesliga champions are allegedly not afraid to test Arsene Wenger’s resolve to keep the England international in north London.
Guardiola is said to realise that Wilshere is unlikely to leave Arsenal this summer but believes that he will become increasingly unsettled if the Gunners continue to turn up short in their quest to end an eight-year silverware drought.
i lol'ed at Pep interest in wilshere..bayern full of high class midfielders n talents, still wanna get another unfinished talent.. later team got disharmony cause by too many dint get chance to play then all gone.. Season not yet end..already too many stories n dramas out there..mancini w8ting for being chop.. pellegrini in for another italian job.. saf retirement party n moyes not yet came, d shrek already wanna blah.. mourinho is being show the door out.. rafa to start looking for new job.. beck for rewrite history by being an englishman won 4 different league.. pardew with mind game.. bla bla..
Possibly happen since MU with new manager will want to streghten their midfield due to current players they had now not consistance enuf plus their veteran Scholes retired again n Giggs also coming ages..they can bid.. barca also could accept due to money offered..but.. will Cesc accept it??. he, unlike many those x-gunners who had handed in transfer, is respected n fans' loved person in arsenal.. any arsenal fans had accept his reason to go back to his homeland b4.. but if he decided to come back to epl n playing for bitter rival, he had betray those respect n love given to him.. its make him no different person to d one x-gunner that went there b4, he knew it..he shld. but i doubt he will go there.. even if he's so desperate to make way out of barca, there r plenty other europeans clubs that want him n could afford to offer the same as MU if not better, PSG is one for sure. He could choose. And i think, if pricetag isnt a issue, i dare to say AW would b more than happy to welcome him back. so they choice is in his hand.. be a respectable x-gunners .. or be skunk ver.2.
The key thing in that article is that we have a buy back clause. If he is available we will have to turn down the option of buying back before Man Utd can even have a sniff, which will be daft if we opt not to buy back, even more bizarre than the sale of RVP.
Either way I wouldn't say its impossible but highly unlikely IMO.
is this guy better than benzema? i prefer benzema but i think this news is bs i think wenger will give giroud 1 more season to prove himself but i just notice that arsenal only have 1 striker now chamakh loan, bendtner loan,
This post has been edited by playxboxwii: May 14 2013, 03:01 AM
playing against fa cup champion later gonna be tough i guess
I honestly predict Wigan is very good attacking side. And much a very pretty side to watch with their attacking football, if not without some big names, they are almost equivalent as previous Arsenal old batch attacking and possession football.
They are fresh from FA Cup triumph and they able to hold Man City before last minute victory.
They also head into tonight match with a must win or else, relegated.
However, I really hope Arsenal has such luck of Chelsea and Spurs, both riding with lucky goals late match and able to snatch the 3 points.
May 4 2013, 10:24 PM, updated 13y ago
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nice try sotongs
? I highly doubt that. Plus, le boss have never sign scraps from ManU before (only the opposite has)
well f that s, stay for another year then stoke!
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