Month: July 2005

  • Henry replaces Vieira as captain at Arsenal

    Thierry Henry has been chosen to be Arsenal’s new captain, following the departure of Patrick Vieira to Juventus. According to Wenger: “Dennis maybe now will not play in all the games and I want someone who will be there. It is a good chance for Henry to develop.” Interestingly there was no mention of Sol…

  • Patrick Vieira sold to Juventus for €20 million

    Patrick Vieira has been sold to Juventus for €20 million. You can read the press release here on Arsenal.com. I’m sad to see him go, thought not as gutted as I expected. He’s given a great nine years to the club, and I feel we may have seen the best of him already. I would…

  • Arsenal start pre-season friendlies with a win over Barnet

    Arsenal kicked off their pre-season set of friendlies with a 4 – 1 win over Barnet. New signing Hleb opened the scoring after 2 minutes, and this was followed by a Henry penalty, a typical Bergkamp strike, and a fourth by Hoyte. Barnet pulled one back in the second half. A full match report can…

  • Project Gotham Racing 3 Screenshot

    Major Nelson points to this from Bizzare Creations relating to a screenshot they posted of Project Gotham Racing 3 – which will run on the XBox 360. Many people couldn’t believe the image, which can be seen on Major Nelson’s blog. It looks so real, it looks like a photograph! But apparently, it is in…