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Detailed coverage of Arsenal football club and its players, including match reports, transfer rumours, kits and general football news.

We also have sections on Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, Arsenal striker Thierry Henry (two legends in football), Cesc Fabregas, as well as all the latest Arsenal transfer news.

The Best of 2011/2012 Premier League Fixtures: Part One

The Best of 2011/2012 Premier League Fixtures: Part One

Watch the best of the 2011/2012 Premier League season with Sky Sports HD. The 2011/2012 Premier League season kicks off with a bang – a Manchester derby in the FA Community Shield as the curtain raiser for a fast start to the season that sees Arsenal host Liverpool and United host Tottenham and Arsenal –…

Britain’s most succesful football cities

Britain’s most succesful football cities

Football has always thrown up rivalries, mostly between two or more side’s that inhabit a city. Liverpool and Everton, Manchester United and City, Glasgow Rangers and Celtic all are at loggerheads with each other and are constantly looking for bragging rights in their individual battles. However there are also rivalries between cities, with the north…

Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?

Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?

The hunt is on for creative midfielders this summer as managers across England look for the perfect solution to unlocking packed defences. With Paul Scholes retiring, Frank Lampard ageing and Carlos Tevez agitating for a move, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are all looking for a player to shoulder attacking responsibility on the pitch…

Gervinho – another bit-part failure in waiting for Arsenal?

Gervinho was instrumental for Lille in their Ligue 1 title campaign last season, but does he fit the bill for Arsenal? The Arsenal-bound, Ivory Coast striker has the all-round game and technical ability that Arsène Wenger fancies but how do his recent performances show up in a lower-level league compared to the Premier League, and…

Manchester City And The Dubious Pleasures Of Gael Clichy

Manchester City And The Dubious Pleasures Of Gael Clichy

So to be a top team you need attacking fullbacks. This is not just general opinion but to a degree in the modern game it is quite literally a must have. In a time of wingers who cut inside and trequartistas who have far greater mobility,fullbacks provide the width for these players to operate. Of…

A Darkness Closes In On Arsenal

A Darkness Closes In On Arsenal

Being a Liverpool Forum Obsessive I’ve read plenty of transfer gossip this season, most of which I won’t bore you with since it consists largely of hysteria about only having signed one player, albeit, a fairly big one. What I will tell you about is the general atmosphere, and it’s the same as many other…

Arsenal 125 Year Anniversary Away Kit Revealed

Arsenal 125 year anniversary 2011/12 away shirt

After the leaked images suggested that Arsenal 2011/2012 away kit will be blue, that is exactly what it has turned out to be. The Nike manufactured shirt is diagonally divided into turquoise blue and navy blue. The shirt features the same Gunners’ crest that the home shirt bears – 15 laurel leaves on left and…

Why Arsenal should keep Fabregas for one more year

Today’s stories of ‘Arsenal likely to sell Fabregas to Barcelona’ are founded on this cute little exchange between Dan Roan (BBC) and his Arsenal source: When asked about Barcelona’s transfer offer for Cesc Fabregas, the senior Arsenal official said: “The offer was made formally in writing to our chief executive (Ivan Gazidis), and we said…

Is Gervinho the right man for Arsenal?

Arsène Wenger is on the hunt for a striker who could help the Gunners end a trophy drought that has stretched from 2005, and their main target is Ivory Coast international, Gervinho who was instrumental for Lille in their Ligue 1 title campaign last term: Gervinho in Ligue 1 Gervinho – Lille 2010-11 Appearances 35 Minutes…

Pique talks about Fabregas, Wembley, Messi, Euro 2012 & Tiempo Legend IV

Pique talks about Fabregas, Wembley, Messi, Euro 2012 & Tiempo Legend IV

Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique was chosen to be the global lead athlete for the new Nike Tiempo Legend IV football boots. At the launch of the Tiempo Legend, Pique was interviewed about the boot, Fabregas, Euro 2012, why did he cut the net off in the final and more. Here is the transcript:…