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An index of recent articles appears on the home page VAR is in chaos, but in five years it won’t have anything to do and will be gone In football we see the two things that crooks do when running large organisations by Andrew Crawshaw There were 6 WSL matches last week. Here …
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How long before the ownership of Man City and Newcastle is properly questioned? What happened to Folarin at Monaco, and the fate of other young players at Arsenal by Andrew Crawshaw As I pointed out in my previous article our league record so far is P10, W7, D1, L2 Since its formation in …
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Be prepared for the new FFP explosion on Sunday (or Monday latest) How much money have PL clubs made from selling 16 year olds? by Andrew Crawshaw The first half of the season was one of highs and lows. In the Champions League, we failed to qualify for the knockout stages failing to …
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Who will be in the top five at the end of this season? The evidence against PGMO and the referees is mounting: here it is… by Andrew Crawshaw After two indifferent, to say the least, performances, Arsenal are back at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon to play Aston Villa, one of the most …
Arsenal Women – the Season Preview: Hopes For The Season Arsenal Women – the Season Preview – part 2 Our team for the Season Ensure that your voice is heard within Arsenal If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA …
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Arsenal Women – the Season Preview – part 1 Introduction and Hopes For The Season by Andrew Crawshaw Our Official team list for the season (well at least until January) is: Goalkeepers Squad No Player Nationality 1 Manuela Zinsberger Manuela has been with us since May 2019. She signed from Bayern Munich …
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Why the media’s new statistical analyses of football is just a trick to stop you noticing what’s going on Yesterday’s game: how Arsenal won, and where the journalists got things wrong by Andrew Crawshaw The Women’s Super League kicks off this weekend after a chaotic and crazy summer which saw 15 of our …
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Who the phrase of not being able to run a **** up in a brewery is really about Constant revolution: Arsenal become the first Trotskyist team by Andrew Crawshaw You will probably know that Arsenal followed Manchester City in failing to advance to the ‘proper’ stages of the UEFA Women’s Champions League this year …
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Does Arsenal really have the best youth recruitment policy of any European club? Arsenal do NOT need to calm down: we need more and more of this passion If you enjoy our coverage of the women’s game do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. …
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Barcelona’s problems and Tottenham’s problems. How will they find a way out? Arsenal’s growing injury concerns, increasing fees, and a problem on the horizon by Andrew Crawshaw On July 20th we started off with 15 of our players involved in the world cup. The group stages finished yesterday morning (August 3) UK time …
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Arsenal vs Wayne’s World. Wow, wow and wow, that was good. Arsenal v MLS all stars team news and a bit of a worry about Kane from the Lane by Andrew Crawshaw The FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway in Australia and New Zealand today (20 July) and closes a month later …
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Arsenal women: the season’s review part one ———- Goalkeepers We have four first-team goalkeepers :- Manuella Zinsberger – our undisputed No1 and with 1 on her shirt. Manuella is 28 and is also the Austrian No1. It was strongly rumoured earlier in the season that she would be leaving this summer but has …
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by Andrew Crawshaw The top of the WSL could hardly be tighter – here is the current table Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Man United 20 16 2 2 53 11 42 50 2 Chelsea 18 15 1 2 51 15 36 46 3 Man City 20 14 2 …
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Will Arsenal win the title: Opta’s view, our view, and today’s Arsenal team Arsenal’s position in the league today: more goals than in the unbeaten season by Andrew Crawshaw The game is at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park Ground on Sunday afternoon with a kickoff time of 15:00 It is being covered live on …
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by Andrew Crawshaw After the disappointment of Sunday evening’s draw against West Ham in the WSL there is no time to lick our wounds as we are back in action Wednesday evening at Meadow Park against Man City in the semi-final of the Continental Tyres (League) Cup. Kickoff is 19:15 and the match is being …
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Arsenal Women: recent events and match preview The Continental Tyres Cup 2022/23 quarterfinals: Arsenal v Villa Second half reinforcements by Andrew Crawshaw The transfer window for the WSL closed on Tuesday at the same time as it did for the PL. Arsenal were trying hard to sign a new striker and even tabled …
Arsenal Women – FA Cup Arsenal women: second half reinforcements by Andrew Crawshaw After our win in the League Cup Quarter Final on Thursday Night, we are back in cup action again this afternoon (Sunday) against Leeds United. The Women’s FA Cup is open to all clubs affiliated to the FA, be they amateur …
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The Continental Tyres Cup Update by Andrew Crawshaw The Continental Tyres Cup is the Women’s version of the League Cup – equivalent to the Carabao Cup in the Men’s competition. It is open to the 24 clubs in the two professional leagues, the Women’s Super League and the Women’s Championship. For years this was …
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Tottenham’s managing director of football banned, Man Utd losses out of control by Andrew Crawshaw The weekend’s games kicked off on Saturday lunchtime with a game between Manchester City and Aston Villa. You will recall my prediction:- “they (Aston Villa) will prove a stiff test for a City team who are trying to …
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By Andrew Crawshaw Our match in the WSL this weekend is away against Brighton. The game kicks off at 18:45 and is live on Sky Sports. It will mark the half way point in the season for Arsenal in terms of number of matches played, although technically it is the first of the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw You will recall that in my piece earlier in the week about returning and new players I said that I was sceptical about the club signing 29 year old Canadian Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo. Well yesterday’s official announcement from the club was that she has joined and will wear the 14 shirt. I …
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Reflections on the Euros and the Copa American Women’s Finals by Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal women resume their season this coming Sunday with a home match against our biggest rivals Chelsea. The game is at the Emirates and there are more than 40,000 tickets sold to date. Our last game before the Christmas break was …
How English media refuses to challenge Fifa over its manipulation of TV pictures by Andrew Crawshaw Thursday and Friday night this week see the penultimate round of group games in the Champions League. Here is a reminder of the state of play in the four groups Group A Team P W D L …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Can Vivianne Miedema score for her fourth game in a row? Will the other Arsenal forwards find their scoring boots to ensure that we win by more than one nil. Will we get more towards the free-flowing football that we produced at the start of the season? These are some …
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ARSENAL WOMEN – CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW – WE GET THE TOUGHEST OPPONENTS by Andrew Crawshaw After a win in the WSL at the weekend, albeit one which saw us lose ground to both Chelsea and Manchester United who both won by far bigger margins, we return to Champions League action …
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