Category: Arsenal

Over at Arsenal.com they have published details of Arsenal’s pre-season fixtures. As usual, they are playing some matches in Austria, facing up to Weiz on the 20th of July, Ritzing on the 24th of July, and FC Utrecht on the 26th of July. This is followed by the Amsterdam tournament, which will see Arsenal face…

Thierry Henry has won the Golden Shoe according to Arsenal.com. He shares this award for the top goalscorer in Europe with ex-Man United striker Diego Forlan, who is now playing with Villareal in Spain. This is Henry’s second piece of golden footwear, after he won the Golden Boot for top goalscorer in the Premiership this…

As confirmed on Arsenal.com, Edu has completed his move to Valencia, where he has signed a five year contract.

“Arsenal Football Club can confirm that Adam Birchall, Jordan Fowler, Danny Karbassiyoon, Frankie Simek and Olafur-Ingi Skulason are being released by the Club when their contracts expire this summer.” Full article here at Arsenal.com.

Liverpool last night won the Champions League Final in a penalty shootout with AC Milan. It was a thrilling game, with AC Milan dominating the first half, scoring inside the first minute, and then twice more to leave the score 3 – 0 at half time. Then Rafa Benitez changed his formation and brought on…

Arsenal became the first team ever to win the FA Cup via a penalty shoot-out yesterday in Cardiff. Manchester United dominated the match and had several attempts on goal, including one put in the back of the net by Rio Ferdinand that was ruled outside. But for Jens Lehmann’s goalkeeping and a last-gasp goal-line header…

According to Arsenal.com, Henry aggravated an Achilles tendon injury in the match against Everton last week, and so will miss Saturday’s FA Cup Final against Manchester United in Cardiff. Wenger will make a decision regarding Reyes’ fitness in the next day or two, but it looks like everyone else will be fit for the match.…

On the last Sunday of the 2004/2005 Premiership season, Birmingham beat Arsenal 2 – 1. Bergkamp equalised for the Gunners after Pandiani had put Birmingham ahead, but Heskey pounced on a Campbell pass to snatch the game for Birmingham. Full match report here (Arsenal.com). In many ways this was another meaningless end-of-season match, with nothing…

Arsenal put on a scintillating display and thoroughly thrashed Everton 7 – 0. Since there was nothing for Everton to play for except professional pride, it was always likely that the 3 – 0 half-time score would be improved on, but no-one can have expected that Arsenal would rack up their biggest Premiership win ever.…

Last night Chelsea beat Manchester United 3-1, and in doing so, ensured that Arsenal finish in 2nd place in this season’s premiership. Apparently half the Man U fans had left the stadium by the time Alex Ferguson and his team did their lap around the pitch thanking their fans 🙂 Tonight Arsenal play Everton, and…