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Van Persie and Walcott shine against Sunderland
2007-10-08 09:57:00 Arsenal returned to the top of the Premiership table again after a thrilling 3-2 win over Sunderland at Emirates Stadium. Robin van Persie got Arsenal off to a great start with a stunning free kick before Philippe Senderos made it 2-0 in the 14th minute. Arsenal should have been 3-0 up on 20 minutes when Abou ... More About: Shine
Van Perise and Walcott shine against Sunderland
2007-10-08 09:57:00 Arsenal returned to the top of the Premiership table again after a thrilling 3-2 win over Sunderland at Emirates Stadium. Robin van Persie got Arsenal off to a great start with a stunning free kick before Philippe Senderos made it 2-0 in the 14th minute. Arsenal should have been 3-0 up on 20 minutes when Abou ... More About: Shine
Arsenal going for top spot again
2007-10-07 02:32:00 With Manchester United overtaking Arsenal with a 4-0 thrashing of Wigan overnight, Arsene Wenger’s side will be hoping for a strong performance against Sunderland to reclaim top spot. There has been no fresh news team selection since yesterday when Wenger revealed that Jens Lehmann, William Gallas, Alexandre Song and Tomas Rosicky are all free from injury but unavailable ... More About: Spot , Going , Goin
Van Persie right about rotation being wrong
2007-10-05 10:03:00 Arsenal’s injury problems seem to be diminishing as the club prepares for the important Premiership clash with Sunderland this weekend. Manager Arsene Wenger revealed today that a number of his side’s key players are now injury-free and ready to return to training. Wenger commented that Jens Lehmann, William Gallas, Tomas Rosicky and Alexandre Song have all ... More About: News , Wrong , Rotation
Arsenal a mixed bag
2007-10-04 08:01:00 It’s been a relatively quiet news day for the club as the Arsenal side start preparations for the weekend Premiership clash against Roy Keane’s Sunderland. As always, though, a couple of Arsenal players have had some things to say about the excellent result against Steaua Bucharest. Dutch striker Robin van Persie has kicked things off by ... More About: News , Mixed , Mixe
Almunia does a Lehmann as Arsenal win again
2007-10-03 08:18:00 Arsenal scored their second win from two Champions League matches and continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-0 win away to Roman champions Steaua Bucharest overnight. Arsene Wenger’s side survived some scares, most notably a miscued effort by Steaua Bucharest substitute Victoras Iacob, before Robin van Persie won the match in the 76th ... More About: Arsenal
Poor, poor Pedrazzini
2007-10-02 12:23:00 Arsenal will go into tonight’s Champions League clash with Steaua Bucherest with the knowledge that a win will not only keep them top of the group but also condemn Steaua manager Massimo Pedrazzini to the sack. Before moving on to a preview of the game against the Romanian champions, there are some lose ends to tie up with ... More About: Poor
Arsenal?s (almost) perfect start continues
2007-10-01 07:00:00 Before I get started today I just want to apologise for the problems that readers would have had in the past few days with accessing the blog. Things are now back up and running after some server problems and I definitely have some catching up to do… The server problems have meant that few people will have ... More About: Arsenal , Start , Perfect , Conti
Quick pre-West Ham game update
2007-09-29 03:20:00 Today’s post is a very quick one without much insight or opinion. This is something I hate doing and I hope you can forgive me for it. The reason for it is simple: the AFL Grand Final is on today and it’s probably the one sporting event I would never, ever miss. Even above the World ... More About: News , West , Update , Game , Quick
Update - Help name the Arsenal FC Blog eMagazine
2007-09-28 11:36:00 You may have seen this post a few days ago but with my website server crashing the blog has been offline for a little while. Understandably, I haven’t received many entries and I wanted to get this competition going again. Apologies for the delay. Just wanted to give a quick spiel about something exciting which is coming very ... More About: Arsenal , Promotion , Blog , Update , The Arsenal
West Ham are NOT Arsenal?s bogey team
2007-09-28 07:29:00 Arsenal travel to Upton Park this weekend for the Premiership clash with West Ham United looking for their first win in four attempts against their fellow Londoners. Arsene Wenger’s side lost twice to West Ham last year, the second an unbelieveable 1-0 defeat totally against the run of play, and know a win will give them every chance of extending their lead at the top of ... More About: Arsenal , Team
Arsenal players with a lot to say today
2007-09-27 11:13:00 A multitude of Arsenal players have been speaking recently about things stretching from the wonderful team spirit and unity at the club to the influence of ex-captain Thierry Henry. First up is Nicklas Bendtner, who has been talking about the the unified vision of the players at the club following the 2-0 win over Newcastle United ... More About: News , Players , Today , Layer
Youngsters fly high as noble Henry praises Arsenal
2007-09-26 08:09:00 Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start to the season with another fine victory over Newcastle United in the third round of the Carling Cup. As expected, Arsene Wenger played a virtual second-string lineup but that did not stop his side posting a surprisingly impressive 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal had the bulk of the possession ... More About: Arsenal , Henry , High , Noble
A good time to be a Gooner
2007-09-25 10:25:00 With the club top of the Premiership both on and off the field, it’s definitely a great time to be an Arsenal supporter. Before I get into this with more detail, I firstly have to apologise for the lack of posts in the last few days. Whether you, the loyal reader, accept the reasons for me three-day ... More About: Time , Good
Good vibrations at Arsenal
2007-09-21 10:45:00 Arsenal will head into the weekend’s Premiership encounter with Derby County with as many as six first-team players out with injury. But three of its most important players are raring to go after a fantastic start to the season. The injury list before the weekend included Jens Lehmann, William Gallas and Emmanuel Eboue but now looks significantly worse with ... More About: News , Arsenal , Good , Vibrations
Win over Sevilla takes the pressure off Arsenal
2007-09-20 10:36:00 Arsenal got their assault on the Champions League title off to a perfect start with a 3-0 win over Spanish club Sevilla at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal broke the deadlock midway through the first half through a deflected strike from in-form Cesc Fabregas and held the lead until the break. The home side controlled the match in the ... More About: Arsenal , Villa
Don?t change a winning team, Arsene
2007-09-19 09:52:00 Arsenal will prepare for their opening Champions League match against UEFA Cup holders Sevilla with the knowledge that a win will make them firm favourites to top their relatively simple group. The clash at home to Sevilla will be followed by two much simpler games against Slavia Prague and Steau Bucherest. As a result, beating the ... More About: Change , Team , Winning , Chang , Chan
Adebayor finally valued as Champions League is set to start
2007-09-18 16:36:00 After his match-winning performance against Tottenham over the weekend, Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor is refusing to get too carried away with his side’s excellent start to the season. Adebayor scored two goals in Arsenal’s 3-1 win over rivals Tottenham, the first a fine header and the second an amazing volley that will surely go close to Goal of ... More About: News , Champions League , Champions , Start , League
Why confidence is so important
2007-09-17 09:45:00 Arsene Wenger had some comments to make in the aftermath of Arsenal’s fabulous win over rivals Tottenham, focusing on the progress that his team have made since the end of last season. The 3-1 comeback victory over Tottenham was the best result of Arsenal’s season so far and sent the club to the top of the Premiership ... More About: News , Confidence , Import
Arsenal win makes everything just fine
2007-09-16 04:21:00 Arsenal produced the best result of the season so far to fight back from a goal down against Tottenham and record a fabulous 3-1 win at White Hart Lane. After falling behind to an early free kick from Gareth Bale, Arsenal equalised through an Emmanuel Adebayor header in the 65th minute before taking the lead in ... More About: Arsenal , Fine
Defensive shuffles should not stop Arsenal against Tottenham
2007-09-14 12:25:00 Arsenal will prepare for their big Premier League clash against fierce rivals Tottenham with the news that French defender Bacary Sagna is fit to play. Arsenal will be without William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboue and Jens Lehmann who are all out through various injuries as well as Philippe Senderos, who will serve a one-match ban for his ... More About: Arsenal , Stop
FA Cup winners should get Champions League place
2007-09-13 07:32:00 It is no secret that new UEFA president Michel Platini is looking to revamp the current format of the Champions League . But is it a good idea? Under the current format the English, Italian and Spanish clubs that finish in the top four of their respective league are rewarded with a place in the Champions League. ... More About: Spanish Fry , Column , Winners
Is Lehmann broken for good?
2007-09-12 11:13:00 Just days after publicly criticising fellow teammate and current first choice goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has suffered an injury that is likely to keep him from challenging for a place in the team for Arsenal’s important weekend clash against Tottenham. According to German national team manager Joachim Low, Lehmann sustained an elbow injury ... More About: News , Good , Broken
New look for the Arsenal FC Blog
2007-09-11 17:16:00 Things have been pretty quiet on the blog in the last few days and that has mainly been due to the fact that there has been nothing to talk about. The international break has been the reason for a rather boring week, although it did see some of the Arsenal players putting in some excellent performances ... More About: Promotion , Blog , The Arsenal , New Look
A look back at the first month
2007-09-09 03:32:00 Fabregas gets Player of the Mont h Cesc Fabregas has been named Player of the Month for August on the official Arsenal website. With three goals (his fourth was scored in the match against Blackburn, which was played on September 2) and a number of fine performances I think the fans made the right decision. Interestingly, Alexander ... More About: News , Back
Wenger missed a real gem in Yaya Toure
2007-09-07 06:22:00 Why is Yaya Toure playing for Barcelona? There’s not much going on today apart from a pretty funny rant from Jens Lehmann about the Arsenal goalkeeping situation, so I thought I’d turn my attention to an issue that has had me perplexed for some time now; Yaya Toure joining Barcelona. As many readers will know, Yaya is ... More About: News , Real , Wenger
Three more years for Wenger
2007-09-06 16:12:00 Wenger to stay until 2011 The big news of the day is that manager Arsene Wenger has finally agreed a new deal with Arsenal. There was increasing speculation in the media that Wenger would not be extending his contract with the club after the exits of David Dein and Thierry Henry as well as increasing foreign ownership interest ... More About: News , Years , Wenger , Ears
The Arsenal policy on buying players
2007-09-05 11:28:00 Producers, not buyers With the international week in full stream there’s not too much going on around the club at the moment, but Arsene Wenger did find some time to explain his feelings on the club and its policy on purchasing big players. Wenger declared openly that he believes the club is a producer - rather than a buyer ... More About: News , Arsenal , Buying , Players , Policy
The spirit of old returning
2007-09-04 11:29:00 Continuity before big signings In the wake of Arsenal’s excellent 3-1 victory over Portsmouth on Sunday, Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva has commented that he believes his club do not have to spend big money to have success this season. Manager Arsene Wenger brought in four first team players over the summer - Lukasz Fabianski, Eduardo da Silva, ... More About: News , The Spirit , Spirit
Rosicky and Fabregas keep Arsenal purring
More articles from this author:2007-09-03 09:10:00 Arsenal 3-1 Portsmouth Match Report Arsenal secured another three points and moved to second on the Premier League table thanks to an outstanding 3-1 victory over a competitive Portsmouth side. The home side got the ball rolling as early as the 8th minute when Emmanuel Adebayor coolly converted a penalty won by strike partner Robin van ... More About: Arsenal , Fabregas , Icky , Purr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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