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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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by Andrew Crawshaw After a chastening defeat against Manchester United last Saturday we resume our Champions League group matches on Thursday evening against Juventus who are coached by our old friend Joe Montemurro. Our already thin squad was depleted further on Saturday as Beth Mead was substituted in the closing minutes following a final terrible …
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Attacks on referees increase but who is to blame? by Andrew Crawshaw Who is on duty this coming weekend? Matchweek 16 – Saturday/Sunday Match Referee Assistant Referees 4th Official VAR referee Assistant VAR Referee Saturday 12:30 Man City v Brentford Peter Bankes Eddie Smart Nick Greenhalgh Darren Bond David Coote Nick …
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Arsenal Women – Champions League last 16 draw – We get the toughest opponents by Andrew Crawshaw For most teams this will be their fourth game in the WSL, there are deferred games to be fitted in to the schedule later in the season. How did I do with my predictions …
How some escape yellow cards but others are penalised for tackles by Andrew Crawshaw Who is on duty this coming weekend Matchweek 13 – Saturday/Sunday/Monday Match Referee Assistant Referees 4th Official VAR referee Assistant VAR Referee Saturday 12:30 Notts Forest v Liverpool Paul Tierney Constantine Hatzidakis Timothy Wood Graham Scott Mike Dean …
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by Andrew Crawshaw The title of this piece is a quote from the commentators at the end of last night’s Women’s Champions League last 16 group game against Lyon. You would have got my feeling from the match preview (2022-23 Womens Champions League – Lyon v Arsenal – the preview) that I really wasn’t expecting …
by Andrew Crawshaw Before I talk about the game I wish to add Untold’s congratulations to Beth Mead who was the runner up in the Balon D’Or poll on Monday, she lost out by a single vote to Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas who retained the award. Tonight Arsenal start their Women’s Champions League group stage matches …
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Arsenal are now doing better than the Invincibles in 2003/4! by Andrew Crawshaw With Matchweek 1 having all games deferred following the death of the late Queen, for most teams this will be their third competitive game. The matches are Saturday 12:30 – Aston Villa v West Ham Aston Villa have won both of their …
Arsenal are top: but how do they compare with seasons after 9 games? by Andrew Crawshaw Who is on duty this coming weekend? Matchweek 11 – Friday/Saturday/Sunday We have now reached the quarter point in the season with most teams having their 10th game of the campaign. The Brighton v Crystal Palace, Chelsea …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. by Andrew Crawshaw The draw for the group stage let 16 on the Women’s Champions League was held on Monday. The 16 teams had been split into 4 groups. The holders and the league …
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by Andrew Crawshaw WSL North London Derby – reflections on the game at the Emirates When – 18:00 kickoff Wednesday 28 September Where – Amsterdam ArenA! Is the game being televised – Yes on arsenal.com with the broadcast starting at 17:45 A quick recap from the first leg… The first leg was held last Tuesday …
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Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year by Andrew Crawshaw You all know the outcome of the game a thumping 4 – 0 win. Arsenal Women showed that not only is North London red, but that it is likely to remain so for a considerable period into …
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by Andrew Crawshaw 2022-23 WSL Arsenal v Spurs – Match Preview – part 1 the head to head record and comments on Spurs summer signings Firstly I must apologise for stating the wrong kick-off time in part 1 of my preview. The match starts at 13:30 (not 12:30). It will also be …
by Andrew Crawshaw This match is on Saturday lunchtime at the Emirates with a 12:30 kickoff and something like 50,000 spectators are likely to be there. Over 48,000 had been sold as we kicked off against PSV on Wednesday evening and the number has bound to have increased since then. Without doubt, …
