Arsenal v Southampton Sunday 8 April – The Match Officials: always a bad omen!

by Andrew Crawshaw Not good news for us as regards the match officials I’m afraid. Referee – Andre Marriner  Age 46 from the West Midlands Assistant Referee 1 – Scott Ledger  from South Yorkshire Assistant Referee 2 – Simon Long  from Suffolk Fourth Official – Mike Dean  Age 49 from Mersyside None of them are …

Arsenal v Southampton, what the formbook tells us – and the injuries

By Bulldog Drummond So continuing from the first part of our preview of Sunday’s game, (Arsenal have won 5 in a row, BUT PLEASE DON’T TELL ANYONE) as we are playing Southampton, let’s see how they are getting on, and of course as we normally do the last ten, that’s what we will compare. Date …

Arsenal have won 5 in a row, BUT PLEASE DON’T TELL ANYONE

by Bulldog Drummond Recently Arsenal lost four games in a row.  Arsenal have just won five games in row but while you must have known the first (if you follow any media at all) you might be excused not knowing – and not for the first time. The four losses in a row was a …