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Who should be No.1? It might seem strange to think now, but Neal Maupay may have been the most important man in Arsenal’s 2019/20 season. Suspend your outrage for a second and think ... read more

New for 2020/21 With Europe secured, I provide my thoughts on the players we should sign that will allow us to play multiple in game systems and formations. Outgoings The process of moving ... read more

Morning folks and welcome to another Friday. I was going to say ‘Lockdown Friday’ but I don’t think we’re still in Lockdown, are we? I don’t know exactly when it changed, it seemed to seep into whatever this hybrid between Lockdown and normality is, but anyway, happy ‘Whatever it is’ ... read more

The 2019/20 season has been one full of unprecedented events. Three managers, a pandemic, a captain falling out directly with Read More... The post Redemption and Mikel Arteta appeared first on You Are My Arsenal. ... read more

Good morning, and welcome to Friday. Yesterday’s post generated a lot of discussion and I’d just like to say thanks to most people for keeping it decent, regardless of their stance. There are always a few whose manner of disagreement is unpleasant, but the MUTE button on Twitter does wonders ... read more

Former Head of Recruitment Sven Mislintat has previously labelled its scouting “bloated” and the club “dysfunctional” and structure “an absolute mess” Mislintat left Arsenal in February 2019. A key reason why he left is due to a row with Raul Sanllehi over Arsenal’s scouting department. According to the Independent, Mislintat ... read more

Error strewn stories about Arsenal FC are commonplace, and often easy to spot because of inconsistencies in the account, and the fact that information can be checked and be found to be inaccurate. Of course in the past it was harder to check such matters, as when Arsenal’s ex-manager Leslie ... read more

I love walking in the rain. I love the solitude, I can walk for miles and never see another soul even in a pretty large city. I love the way that the rain collects on the brim of my hat… ... read more

Happy August 6th! Here are a few odds and ends circulating around the Premier League… The Premier League’s shareholders met today and voted to revert to a the maximum of three substitutes for next season. The clubs voted in favor of the reversal by an 11-9 vote. The larger clubs ... read more

This week’s honor for Supporters Club of the Week goes to the SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GOONERS of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Every match day, this loyal group of AFC supporters gathers at Connor O’Neill’s, 3185 Main Street in Ann Arbor. So, if you are ever in the Ann Arbor area on a ... read more

Ismael Bennacer admits he left Arsenal because he wanted to play, something he's certainly been doing in Italy. The post Arsenal weren’t against my sale, so I left, says Ismael Bennacer appeared first on Daily Cannon. ... read more

Chatting with soon to be new teammates? A few stories have featured prominently in our post-Wembley glories this week. One of them is our FA Cup final opponent Willian, who according to reports is looking to move to Arsenal from Chelsea. Willian has been underrated in some respects. He was ... read more

“I told you, I told you. Believe in me, my friend. Believe in me.” The words of Mikel Arteta to club doctor Gary O’Driscoll seconds after the final whistle blew at Wembley on Saturday. What has been clear from the very beginning is that Mikel Arteta is no ‘Head Coach.’ ... read more

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. This week’s Arsecast is a day early, but comes in response to yesterday’s club statement regarding the 55 redundancies being sought. I’m joined by Philippe Auclair to discuss that, the framing of the statement as something necessary to keep ... read more

If The Arsenal is the only club making redundancies I’ll be surprised, and if it remains at 55 then they will have done well. Yesterday’s announcement was a timely reminder of reality, not just for this club, ... read more

The drive behind Henry Norris’ take over of Arsenal in 1910 was first to pay off all the debts and second to make it a profitable club, and then third to make it a club that would challenge for trophies. The first aim was met in 1910, as all the ... read more

The word “unprecedented” has been used an astonishing number of times in 2020, and usually with a negative connection – Read More... The post The Arsenal Women; Unprecedented appeared first on You Are My Arsenal. ... read more

I wasn’t going to blog this morning about the redundancies last night, but the complete over reaction of Arsenal fans have led me to do so. Redundancies are part of business Anyone that has ever worked for a medium or large business will have gone through a time when the ... read more

Episode 16 “The Merry Month Of August” Chris, Mike, Gav and Woz talk the FA Cup players who stood out, the impact this ... read more

I’m feeling a little odd this morning. I still have the joy and happiness of the FA Cup final which isn’t quite ready to leave my body and mind just yet, but at the same time I feel a little sad and disappointed, as yesterday the club announced that they ... read more

Given everything that has gone on in the last 4 or 5 months, I think most of us can understand the pressures that exist for business owners. In some cases revenue streams have been massively diminished; in others, there is literally nothing coming in. There has been government assistance for ... read more

Bukayo Saka has been one of Arsenal’s finest academy graduates in recent seasons. His emergence coming as a real blessing Read More... The post An Arsenal gem, but where is Saka’s best position? appeared first on You Are My Arsenal. ... read more

A Bergkamp Wonderland · 359 – 14 *An Arsenal Podcast With Karl, Danny & Nick There are 5 other ways to easily listen or watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘Soundcloud’ page and listen. Click here to go to our ‘Apple ... read more

This article unfolds the story about one of the most remembered and revered players in the club’s history, Charlie George, an Arsenal hero, an Arsenal legend. Charlie, described as ‘A bona fide Cockney rebel’, was a darling of the Highbury in the early ’70s and an entertainer on and off ... read more

When it was decided that I should write the initial end-of-season review for a blog created in mid-season following the death of our great friend and inspiration, Dave “Goonerholic” Faber, I did, as is my wont, consider a number of ways of approaching it. Simple chronology would be a bit ... read more

Arsenal fans have been treated to the media equivalent of a soap opera with the speculation surrounding Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s future in a ‘will he/ won’t he’ style saga, but their FA Cup final opponents Chelsea have had their own version with Willian. Strangely enough, his destination was always thought to be Arsenal and it appears that a deal ... read more

When the razzmatazz of a cup final is over, it’s a mixture of relief and jubilation or abject failure and disappointment. The FA Cup, which I generally regard as a far less important trophy had suddenly assumed far more importance this season, perhaps due to the pandemic and subsequent absence ... read more

Complete centre forward To shine in the centre forward role, there are more attributes that managers look for in a player in today’s game. Goal scoring is certainly fundamental but hold up play, ... read more

The voting is closed, and the results are in! Where will Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang play in 2020-2021? ARSENAL – 87% Barcelona – 9% Inter Milan – 2% Another club – 2% Thanks for voting! ... read more

While the AISA Arsenal History Society naturally focuses primarily on events in Arsenal’s history (which is why we have 18 such events that happened on this day in history listed below), we do like to note one or two other events each day.   And today it is indeed the anniversary ... read more

Still drinking it in folks, still drinking it in… The sun is shining a little more brightly, we’ve had a good four days since the cup win, yet there is still so much delicious content to feast on everywhere. Other bloggers, podcasters, the mainstream media. Heck, I even watched a ... read more

Raul Sanllehi has got into some criticism with the way he has run the club since he was promoted to Head of Football following the departure of Ivan Gazidis back in September 2018. It is his movements within the transfer market that hassled to the most criticism, as well as ... read more

As promised here is the traditional end of season players ratings post, which also gives a rating to the performances of Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta as managers. A couple of things to point out. 1 – I’m using a 1-10 rating system – like in the player ratings on ... read more

According to Corriere dello Sport, Italian side Torino are considering to launch a transfer bid for Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira if Marco Giampolo becomes their new head coach. Torreira has been limited to just two starts (against Liverpool and Aston Villa) since the Premier League restart. He was an unused substitute as Arsenal won the FA ... read more

Life comes at you pretty fast. One minute you’re making fun of Arsenal for buying players who are 30+ years old and the next minute you’re excited by players who are over 30. I guess if you don’t stop to… ... read more

Ever since Aubameyang’s arrival in North London, the 31-year old has been the Gunners main source of goals, scoring 70 times and providing 15 assists in 109 games (the most of any Premier ... read more

Alex Keble takes a look ahead to Arsenal's 2020/21 season and predicts Mikel Arteta will inspire a major upturn in form ... read more

Following our glorious win at Wembley, the salt from opposing fans has been very grand. So much salt that fish and chip shops and Walkers would be happy and well-stocked for a long-time. ... read more

Episode 17S “The Super-Happy-Awesome-FA Cup-Final Pod!” Ben, Steve and Chris talk FA Cup wins, the glory of Antony Taylor, the possible incoming of Willian, as well as what the victory does for ... read more

The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of the club to represent the views of its members to the club.  You can read more about AISA on its ... read more

The potentially signing of Willian from Chelsea has predictably been mate by plenty of grumbles from Arsenal fans. Signing a soon-to-be 32-year-old that a rival was “happy” to let the contract run down for will raise some questions. Especially when his agent is a certain Kia Joorabchian. Especially after the ... read more

Prior to Saturday’s FA Cup final victory, the only real positive that had come out of this season was the development of youth at The Arsenal. Bukayo Saka was the cream of the crop. 2019/20 was his breakthrough season, with only Nicolas Pepe creating for goals in the Premier League ... read more

Morning folks and welcome to another post-FA Cup final victory day. It really is rather blissful and I think i’m going to see if I can continue to ride the crest of this particular wave for as long as possible. If it can take me well into the weekend then ... read more

On transfer deadline day in 2011, Mikel Arteta was travelling from Liverpool to London to complete his move from Everton to Arsenal. At the last minute, there was a snag. In order to make the transfer happen, the Spaniard agreed to take a pay cut to offset concerns about his ... read more

One of the many news items, and of course rumors, floating around the football world is that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not sign a new contract with Arsenal until he sees what other big names come into the club this summer. Do you think a starting XI like this would entice ... read more

Nun konnten wir allesamt zwei Nächte drüber schlafen und es fühlt sich noch immer einfach nur klasse an. Arsenal holt …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Right… so season’s over (there’s some Champions League stuff still) and we gots like, what, three weeks before the next season starts up, so what are we going to do here at 7amkickoff? Well, I can’t go on vacation because… ... read more

Monday 3rd August 2020 The year two thousand & twenty will be remembered for many reasons, the vast majority being negative. A year that has not only seen a pandemic that has and will continue to change the world forever, the sadness and heartbreak for many is almost beyond comprehension ... read more

“We have to take into account that all of this is like a whole new language to them,” said ex-Pep Guardiola assistant Domenec Torrent just weeks into their time at Bayern Munich. Learning a new way of playing, one without conventional positions but more flexible and interchangeable interpretations of roles ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. On today’s show we look back on our record extending 14th FA Cup, following the 2-1 win over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday. We chat about the excitement of the occasion, from watching at home to ... read more

Before the days leading up to the FA Cup Final, I had a few thoughts rushing through my head. With so much riding on this game, European qualification, bragging rights, the chance to ... read more

Latest podcast: Finally Gooners have something to be truly joyful after our worst season in 25 years as Arsenal win their 14th FA Cup. Shotta and Blackburn George aka Arseblagger give their analysis. Remember to like and subscribe to our podcast. Your comments are welcome. ... read more

The win was glorious, no doubt. But like in 2017, we need more. KSE, as our “esteemed” owner, needs to facilitate more in us to push us to the next level.   Arteta did in eight months that Spurs haven’t in 29 years.We had the chance to build, and ... read more

The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of the club to represent the views of its members to the club.  You can read more about AISA on its ... read more

                                                     Decisions, decisions… If you’re anything like me you’re still on ... read more

The transfer window officially opened last Monday, and as Mikel Arteta begins to make his plans for the future, one man who seems certain not to be a part of them is Mesut Ozil. Relations between the two have gotten so bad that the luminous blonde mane of academy ... read more

I spent intermittent moments of yesterday just smiling to myself. If the Cup final of 2019 cut deep and was a wound that took long to heal, this weekend’s victory in the FA Cup helped to stitch up some of that wound. It was like the lollipop you got at ... read more

Nothing beats lifting silverware. And for the 4th time in 7 years, Arsenal have finished the season with a trophy. It was our worst season in 25 years the media gleefully told us at the end of the league campaign as we finished 8th – our lowest finish since 1994/95. ... read more

Good morning, welcome to a brand new week. How’s the head? Still a little delicate from the weekend? That’s all right. It’s the good kind of delicate, made bearable by winning a trophy and qualifying for Europe. We could all be sitting here on a Monday morning feeling quite miserable ... read more

Tactical masterclass from Mikel Arteta! Six months into his managerial career, he has already managed to win his first piece of silverware. There were so many positive elements to our ... read more

I had a moment of panic before kickoff yesterday: I was out walking the dog and I noticed that it was 8:45 and I was about 15 minutes away from the house. If I didn’t quit stopping every time I… ... read more

Good morning Gooners, wherever you are! Doesn’t it feel great to start a new day knowing our club has finished the 2019-2020 season with the FA Cup trophy securely placed in the club’s trophy cabinet? I’m sure a few repairs were in order to re-attach the base to the Cup, ... read more

Photo courtesy of BergkamptheMan and BathgoonerIt seemed so strange not to be there. We have had five Wembley Cup Finals since 2011. I’ve been lucky enough to have been at all of them. The ritual was engrained. Early travel to Wembley, couple of beers, dinner on the way home. So ... read more

Arsenal (1) 2 Chelsea (1) 1 FA Cup Final Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS Saturday, 1st August 2020. Kick-off time: 5.30pm (3-4-3) Emiliano Martínez; Rob Holding, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney; Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Nicolas Pépé, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Substitutes: Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira, Reiss Nelson, ... read more

The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of the club to represent the views of its members to the club.  You can read more about AISA on its ... read more

14 for Fourteen POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES  Perhaps there is no bigger compliment to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang than Arsenal winning the FA Cup off the back of two huge TEAM performances where all the ... read more

What a brilliant finisher! Match Report Post-Match Press Conference Final Result: Arsenal (Aubameyang 28′, 67′) 2-1 Chelsea (Pulisic 6′) Arsenal XI (3-4-3): Martinez; Holding, D. Luiz (Sokratis 88′), Tierney (Kolasinac 113′); Bellerin, Xhaka, Ceballos, Maitland-Niles; Aubameyang, Lacazette (Nketiah 82′), Pepe Arsenal went into the FA Cup final against Chelsea knowing that ... read more

                                         Number 14 holds up number 14 Arsenal loves the FA Cup, but boy does the FA ... read more

This is going to be a fun blog to write today, because The Arsenal, we won the bloody cup! I am a happy man. Last season I felt broken after that Europa League final. It really hit me hard and had knock in effects this season, even affecting my ability ... read more

Match report – Player ratings – By the numbers – Video Does my head hurt a little this morning? Yes, yes it does. Am I as sad as Frank Lampard and Olivier Giroud? No, no I am not. Arsenal won the cup, and I loved it. It was tense, my ... read more

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea 2020 FA Cup Final Review A record 14th FA Cup has come back home!!    FA Cup as a captain and now as a manager. GRACIAS, SENOR ARTETA!!!   Well, ... read more

Der morgen danach und noch immer völlig fertig von einer Saison, die mir als Fan so einiges abverlangt hat und …Weiterlesen → ... read more

A Bergkamp Wonderland · ABW Live : 327 – Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea (FA Cup Final) *An Arsenal Podcast With Jason, Josh & Kris There are 5 other ways to easily listen or watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘Soundcloud’ page and ... read more

Grab the new podcast from iTunes, our raw RSS feed or our archive.Arsenal paper over the cracks of a turbulent season in a big big way by extending their already impressive FA Cup trophy haul to 14 with an impressive win over Chelsea thanks to two expertly taken Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goals. We'll unpack all ... read more

  That really couldn’t have gone better, it’s always better when it’s a come back. A come back in a game is great, but when that game makes the season into a come back, ah, that is ... read more

In a gutsy and inspiring team performance, Arsenal has won a record 14th FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over crosstown rivals Chelsea. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s two goal master class proved to be the difference against a Chelsea squad that opened the game with flash and flair. However, once the Gunners ... read more

Join us for live blog coverage of the FA Cup final at Wembley where The Arsenal take on Chelsea, kick off 17.30 We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live ... read more

Mikel Arteta has released his confirmed starting XI for today’s FA Cup Final v Chelsea… Martinez, Holding, Luiz, Tierney, Bellerin, Xhaka, Ceballos, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang Arteta’s bench will include… Macey, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Smith, Willock, Nelson, Saka, Nketiah Chelsea’s starting XI is… Caballero, James, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, ... read more

Breaking news out of London… Sky Sports is reporting Mesut Ozil has jetted off to Turkey after being left out of today’s Arsenal’s FA Cup Finals squad. The report indicated Ozil was given permission by the club to leave England. If you remember, a recent Yankee Gooner poll this week ... read more

Arsenal is red, Chelsea is blue. Red wins the match, 3 goals to 2. Period. [Anonymous] ... read more

Arsenal vs Chelsea FA Cup FinalKO: Saturday, 5:30 pm, Wembley StadiumBroadcasts: Watch live on BBC One; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website. It’s hard to imagine a near-empty Wembley hosting an FA Cup final, but that’s the reality as ... read more

The Gunners’ final game of the Premier League season yielded a win against Watford and three points, but Arsenal couldn’t provide a performance to finish the campaign in style. In fact, Watford were the more aggressive, determined, and impressive. It’s hard to deny that they were desperately unlucky not to take ... read more

The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of the club to represent the views of its members to the club.  You can read more about AISA on its ... read more

The FA Cup is just around the corner and as Arsenal prepare to tackle their in-form fellow Londoners Chelsea, fans are looking at the players that could probably turn the game on its head. Aaron Ramsey was the ultimate FA Cup hero for Arsenal after a decade at the club ... read more

It’s cup final day and I am a very nervous man. Today’s game isn’t just the last game of the season, it isn’t just about a shiny silver trinket, it is also a financially and footballisticly significant crossroads the club finds itself in. I so desperately want us to ... read more

The curtain comes down on the English football season as two familiar London rivals, Arsenal and Chelsea, goes head to head at Wembley in the FA Cup final this afternoon. The Gunners knocked ... read more

Morning everyone, it’s FA Cup final day. Obviously it’s a very different one today because it lacks that most fundamental of things: fans in the stadium. You can have all the seat wrapping and fake crowd noise in the world, and it won’t even come close to making up what’s ... read more

Three years ago, we lifted the FA Cup. The goals were scored by Sanchez and Ramsey and Giroud provided an assist. Sanchez and Ramsey are now in Serie A and Giroud has swapped teams just like David Luiz. ... read more

What did 2020 ever do for us?   It’s been a facked up year, but when things are hard, there’s always a learning opportunity to be had.   Here’s what I learnt from 2020.   read more

Es ist soweit! Zwar etwas später im Jahr als gewohnt aber es ist Finaltag. Diesmal nicht in Baku sondern in …Weiterlesen → ... read more

It feels like for my whole football life I’ve been watching Arsenal and Chelsea cup finals. There was my first, the 2002 FA Cup final which Arsenal won 2-0. John Terry reportedly woke up with a virus which forced Claudio… ... read more

The build-up to this year’s Cup Final has been muted in comparison to years gone by but make no mistake: this is a huge game for The Arsenal. As well as a chance to claim the trophy and extend our record number of victories to 14 it also provides us ... read more

Joelson Fernandes was said to pen a new contract with Sporting with the Portuguese based club agreeing to compromise on release clause conflict rather than losing him on cheap to Arsenal. But as Sporting seem to hurdle themselves over a potential Joelson contract renewal, media in Portugal continue to name ... read more

I am sticking to my guns and going with the same starting XI posted a few days ago! Here it is… [3-5-2] Martinez Tierney, Holding, Luiz Saka, Xhaka, Ozil, Ceballos, Bellerin Aubameyang, Lacazette Projected final score… ARSENAL 3 – Chelsea 2 Mikel Arteta had this to say about the Final, ... read more

The voting is closed, and the results are in! Should Mesut Ozil start for Arsenal in the FA Cup Final? Yes – 46% No – 37% He should be used as a substitute – 17% Thanks for voting! ... read more

It’s been official for a while now that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be spending the remainder of his Arsenal contract at Roma, this spells the end of his Arsenal tenure and potentially his career in England. At Arsenal and Manchester United, Mkhitaryan s’ career never really hit the heights of his ... read more

To differing degrees and for separate reasons, Arsenal and Chelsea have placed greater stock in their academy players this season. Recently, for the crunch games, both Mikel Arteta and Frank Lampard increasingly opted for experience as the season wore on. The average age of Chelsea’s starting line-up in their FA ... read more

Miguel Azeez Profile Age: 17 Name: Miguel Azeez Position: Box to Box Midfielder/ CDM Joined Arsenal: 5 years old An extremely talented player who is comfortable playing multiple roles in midfield, whether he’s asked to play a deep-lying playmaker role or a box-to-box role, Azeez has all the tools in ... read more