How far are Arsenal now off the top in terms of points and goals? Sheffield United against Arsenal: past results and possible outcomes Details of all recent posts, organised by subjects, appear on the home page. By Bulldog Drummond The classic approach to having a title-winning team is to have a goal …
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Today in Arsenal’s history: Arsenal become the first English team to beat Milan in the San Siro Sheffield United against Arsenal: past results and possible outcomes Positive injury news for Arsenal ahead Monday’s game with Sheffield United A full list of recent and current posts grouped by topic appears on the home page …
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Positive injury news for Arsenal ahead Monday’s game with Sheffield United By Bulldog Drummond Since 1995 Arsenal and Sheffield United haven’t played each other much – in fact just ten times with seven of those games being in the league. The other three (two in the league cup and one in the FA …
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What every football club (and most certainly Arsenal) is aiming for. The apparent decline of Tottenham and the question of care for players elsewhere By Tony Attwood Today’s game in the FA Women’s super league, once again sees Arsenal stadium sold out – the last home match for Arsenal’s women’s team created the …
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The apparent decline of Tottenham and the question of care for players elsewhere Positive injury news for Arsenal ahead Monday’s game with Sheffield United Of course in one sense the thing that every football club is aiming for, is success. Except there’s more to it than that for as we have often seen …
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Positive injury news for Arsenal ahead Monday’s game with Sheffield United Arsenal’s finances stay secure but we can expect more price rises for fans From the Arsenal History site: 50 Years ago today Arsenal’s home crowd was just 19,210 By Tony Attwood On 24 October last year Forbes ran the headline, Can Tottenham Hotspur …
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Arsenal’s finances stay secure but we can expect more price rises for fans How a 14th century monk described Arsenal’s failure to buy Moisés Caicedo and Mykhailo Mudryk By Siry Hardly Anyone We have got very used of late to Arsenal being moderately high in the injury tables, but in fact, that is …
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It has turned into another very good week for Arsenal fans, and after a pretty decent first half of the season for manager Mikel Arteta, once we ticked into January and the year of 2024, it seemed like we managed to find an extra gear in our Premier League form levels. Seven games into the …
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How a 14th monk described Arsenal’s failure to buy Moisés Caicedo and Mykhailo Mudryk The January transfer window moved few players around: but did any club benefit? On the Arsenal History site today: Arsenal become the first league club to get 100 wins against an opponent By Tony Attwood Back in 2017 Untold Arsenal …
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The January transfer window moved few players around: but did any club benefit? Are Newcastle United really in financial difficulty? And what about Arsenal? By Frankly Boring The central problem with most football journalism is that it is transfer-focused, and most rumoured transfers don’t happen. And unless Arteta makes a speech in which …
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Are Newcastle United really in financial difficulty? And what about Arsenal? Did Arsenal want Mudryk and Caicedo, and was it just luck that they didn’t sign them? Today on the Arsenal History Society website: Arsenal have never been beaten on 29 Feb, but untrue tales continue By Tony Attwood As we have often …
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Did Arsenal want Mudryk and Caicedo, and was it just luck that they didn’t sign them? Is the Premier League getting more exciting or simply ever more predictable? By Tony Attwood Last month figures were released that showed that Newcastle United had loaned its director Amanda Staveley £659,000 for legal fees in August …
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Is the Premier League getting more exciting or simply ever more predictable? How far down might these points deducations take clubs? Today’s Anniversary: 28 February: Arsenal make it 32 goals in 7 games By Sir Hardly Anyone “In the January transfer window of 2023, Mykhailo Mudryk and Moises Caicedo were both wanted by Arsenal.” …
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How far down might these points deducations take clubs? Big clubs that foul less lose fewer players of their own to injury Today from the Arsenal History Society: When the army recruited volunteers at half time in an Arsenal match By Tony Attwood According to the Athletic in 2022/23 the goals per game …
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Big clubs that foul less lose fewer players of their own to injury What takes clubs up and down the league: attack or defence? An index to recent articles arranged by subject is on the home page By Tony Attwood The Premier League table may, at first sight, look like a normal league …
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There is an index to our recent articles arranged by themes on the home page By Tony Attwood What takes clubs up and down the league: attack or defence? Referee Extremism: the situation in Spain and in England There are numerous factors that affect how well a club does in a season, and …
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Referee Extremism: the situation in Spain and in England Didn’t appreciate KO time, M1 is a disaster, but watching Arsenal is a joy Today on the Arsenal History Society site: Arsenal man became the first to play 1000 first class games This season, as we know, two teams have suddenly leaped up the …
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Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee There is an index to some of our recent enquiries into refereeing on the home page. By Tony Attwood I have often noted that the UK media will not criticise referees nor will they comment on the vast differences in the …
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Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Tony Attwood What can one say in a season in which the top three are flying away from the rest and Arsenal are part of that top three? Of course I’d like them to be even topper (if you see …
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Injuries, yellow cards and recent form Arsenal v Newcastle: the referee who just doesn’t oversee home wins Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee …
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Arsenal v Newcastle: the referee who just doesn’t oversee home wins Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Bulldog Drummond Looking at where …
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Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Tony Attwood The PGMO appointments for the match today are Paul Tierney as the referee, with Neill …
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Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee In the last article we took our usual look at tackles, fouls and cards, and so here we look at how the figures interact. We know that Newcastle United are the …
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Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee Abuse of children: it seems that clubs have found an absolute loophole By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle United have a worse away record this season than Bournemouth, which given the relative income of each club is quite something. Aalthough of late they …
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Abuse of children: it seems that clubs have found an absolute loophole Today on the Arsenal history site: 23 Feb 2008: when the wrong Arsenal player was sent off and his ban doubled on appeal By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal are playing Newcastle tomorrow (Saturday) at the ludicrous time of 8pm – ludicrous that is …
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