It’s a rare occurrence you will find me saying this but Martin Samuel did quite a good job on Platini here. Now I am off to wash my mouth out with soa...
The end of the first week of the wait next season is upon us, one down, a dozen or so to go until the proper stuff begins. You get the feeling that th...
There is something of an inevitability about it all. Dropped as first choice centre back, Thomas Vermaelen was bound to subject to some speculation. T...
Saturday morning: No. 2 Son “Dad, who have Arsenal signed?” “No-one yet; the transfer window isn’t open” No. 1 Son “Dad, City have signed Falcao” “Eh?...
That the season came down to one final match is cause for praise and concern in equal measure. Whatever your view is, the League table does not lie. A...
Newcastle United 0 – 1 Arsenal 0 – 1 Koscielny (52) “I’d like to say it’s a shame [that Tottenham didn't qualify to Champions League] – but it’s not r...
The points on the Tyne are all mine, all mine The points on the Tyne are all mine I am not sure that Arsène’s version of the Lindisfarne, ahem, classi...
The final weekend of the Premier League season is upon us, the drama stretched for another 36 hours to suit the Sunday television schedule. Confidence...
Ahead of the visit to St James Park – am I the only one who has “Gonna Fly Now” in their heads when they think of it – Arsène has revealed that his un...
Attention turns towards Sunday and whether or not the circumstances will prevail to afford the Premier League the opportunity to put their 39th game i...
Arsenal 4 – 1 Wigan Athletic 1 – 0 Podolski (11) 1 – 1 Maloney (45) 2 – 1 Walcott (63) 3 – 1 Podolski (68) 4 – 1 Ramsey (71) Well, Arsène said it had ...
Arsenal welcome Wigan Athletic to The Emirates, perhaps a second guard of honour provided. It would be a double of sorts, I suppose; the closest that ...
Ten day breaks between games are becoming the norm. By now, we should have dissected the cadaver of the last home game of the season. Instead that tak...
The FA Cup is not quite ready to be melted down for scrap metal. For only the fifth time since 1990, England’s premier domestic cup competition will r...
There was always a sense of occasion when I was younger. Television turned itself over to a montage of celebrities; the great, good and gropers holdin...
The patience shown by the Manchester United board during the early years of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign is a thing of the past. There’s already speculat...
Was it the worst-best or best-worst result last night? I think the latter, anything but a Tottenham victory last night meant that they have to win at ...
Arsenal prepare for the biggest game of the rest of their season tonight by pottering around the training pitches in the Hertfordshire countryside. Ch...
It could only happen in football. Barefaced cheek or ‘more front than Sainsbury’s’ how we would describe it. Only in football. I have long-held the vi...
The defining moment in this season’s chase for the Champions League has been deferred a little longer, Chelsea claiming all three points at Old Traffo...
QPR 0 – 1 Arsenal 0 – 1 Walcott (20 seconds) The final whistle could have been blown eighty-nine minutes earlier and I don’t think anyone would have n...
Arsenal travel across London for a tricky encounter in the race for next season’s Champions League places. It is a crucial few days in that contest; T...
The weekend has all but arrived, the Football League has entered its final chapter for the season as Premier League season heads towards it climax for...
This morning’s tale from Nicky is of love and Arsenal. No, the proper stuff involving girls and marriage…. I left Guernsey in 1940; war meant evacuati...
When I was a youngster, Unigate Dairies ran an advert which had the tagline, “Watch out, watch out, there’s a Humphrey about”. For those too young, es...
The abacus has been stored away, all chickens safely counted and tucked up in bed for the night. That’s how it feels at the moment. Tottenham will be ...
Arsenal 1 – 1 Manchester United 1 – 0 Walcott (2) 1 – 1 Him (43 pen) Having made a blistering start, Arsenal will be disappointed to have dropped two ...
It might have escaped your notice that there is football match this afternoon, such has been the attention and focus put upon His return and that Guar...
No matter how often days such as these arrive, it feels wrong that any Saturday between August and May should be devoid of football. Obviously it isn’...
Ahead of this weekend’s visit of Manchester United, Arsène gave the latest team news which surprised nobody. Fabianski’s Almunia-esque injury has not ...
