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...

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• Date: Sat 18 May 09:13

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...

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• Date: Fri 17 May 08:26

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...

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• Date: Thu 16 May 08:12

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 ...

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• Date: Wed 15 May 09:48

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 ...

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• Date: Tue 14 May 08:36

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...

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• Date: Mon 13 May 08:10

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...

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• Date: Sun 12 May 09:25

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...

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• Date: Sat 11 May 08:03

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...

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• Date: Thu 09 May 10:37

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 ...

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• Date: Thu 09 May 08:26

Arsenal prepare for the biggest game of the rest of their season tonight by pottering around the training pitches in the Hertfordshire countryside. Ch...

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• Date: Wed 08 May 08:06

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...

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• Date: Tue 07 May 09:41

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...

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• Date: Mon 06 May 08:21

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...

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• Date: Sun 05 May 09:09

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...

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• Date: Sat 04 May 08:05

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...

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• Date: Fri 03 May 09:37

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...

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• Date: Thu 02 May 08:13

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...

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• Date: Wed 01 May 08:32

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 ...

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• Date: Tue 30 Apr 08:11

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 ...

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• Date: Mon 29 Apr 09:28

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...

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• Date: Sun 28 Apr 09:07

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’...

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• Date: Sat 27 Apr 09:31

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 ...

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• Date: Fri 26 Apr 08:13

As the Premier League season lurches toward its conclusion, there is an incremental increase in the number of transfer stories. The FA ban on Luis Sua...

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• Date: Thu 25 Apr 08:01

Mark Andrews, whose book The Crowd At Woolwich Arsenal was reviewed yesterday, revisits the single goal victory at Old Trafford. If that wasn’t good e...

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• Date: Wed 24 Apr 07:00

The Crowd At Woolwich Arsenal FC by Mark Andrews Twentieth Century Historical Studies. What sort of degree course is that? The answer is a bloody good...

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• Date: Tue 23 Apr 18:00

So that problem has gone away, Manchester United have won the Premier League title. Now winning it at The Emirates, no celebrating on the pitch. A gua...

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• Date: Tue 23 Apr 08:00

The race for the top four places continued on its twisted path to the end of the season with unexpected results yesterday putting Arsenal in a stronge...

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• Date: Mon 22 Apr 08:10

Fulham 0 – 1 Arsenal 0 – 1 Mertesacker (43) Sent off: Sidwell (12); Giroud (90) At this stage of the season, performances are secondary; results are a...

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• Date: Sun 21 Apr 08:43

Arsenal make the short trip to Craven Cottage for a key match in the run-in. A hackneyed cliche it might be but this is a must-win match. They all are...

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• Date: Sat 20 Apr 08:20

As expected, Chelsea won the first of their games in hand last night to reclaim third place. Their victory at Fulham ought to carry a health warning f...

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• Date: Thu 18 Apr 10:02