Morning all. The Arsenal are in Germany this evening for a Champions League encounter with Bayer Leverkusen. Not that long ago, the German club went through a season unbeaten in the Bundesliga under Xabi Alonso and with Granit Xhaka in the side. Alonso was widely tipped to go far in management so when Real […]

  Morning all. I didn’t realise moving to the New Forest would see me bombarded with text messages not only when Southampton win, but when Arsenal stumble to victory. Streaky wins, favouritism from the officials and how our players cheat their way to victory by deploying every dark art in the book – all thrown […]

  After a series of nail biting Premier League fixtures, the prospect of a stress free day out in Mansfield was most appealing to me. The Arsenal players bought into the mood too and seemed to switch into their pre-season friendly mode with tippy tappy, flicks and tricks which look great on an Emirates quality […]

  Morning all Arsenal are in Nottinghamshire today for a lunchtime fixture against Mansfield Town in the FA Cup. Nigel Clough’s side has done well to get this far but their journey has to end today and hopefully it will. Mansfield Town sit around the middle of the league one table and have struggled to […]