“… the expanded World Cup draw – the 48 teams in this edition, up from 32 last time – means there is room for plucky teams with little chance of winning the trophy, such as Haiti, Curaçao, Cape Verde and England.” 😂 from @theguardian.com

The sort of thing that drove me mad when he played for us…

Ooh, Norway in pot 3. That’s going to be annoying for someone

'The first Fifa Peace Prize will also be awarded by the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino, on the day of the draw.' Yes, it's really, really important to mention that 🙄 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Trossard really seems to have upped his game this season 👍🏻

Just as an aside, who on earth at the #BBC thought this was worth covering? #Arsenal #AFC #ARSATM www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Er... why has BBC Sport decided that we should all be interested in the twilight years of Jonjo Shelvey's career? Could it be because his views on the capital coincide with those of far-right conspiracy theorists, perhaps? 'You can't have your phone out in London?' Come on, Jonjo. Get real.

Madueke is out for two months. Of course he is.

No mention of the fact he was out injured from Feb! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

2nd is OK. Tough season, injuries & refs have had a big impact. Some players underperformed. Getting to CL semi-final was decent. We're still some distance from being able to win the competitions we want to win though, & disappointing that we couldn't take advantage of Man C's collapse (cf 2015/16)

That banner didn’t even look like Arteta 🤔

Arsenal have now drawn more games than anyone else in the league except Everton. How on earth are we still 2nd? #afc #Arsenal

No, that was not something to be celebrated. They’re just wankers.

I didn’t have ‘let Dembele do whatever he wants’ on my Arsenal tactics bingo card this evening 😞 #ARSPSG

We started sloppily in the first leg vs Real but got away with it. Not this time. #ARSPSG

‘It's such a hard thing to do,’ says Brendan Rogers 😂😂😂😂😂😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Great to see the word 'eschew' used in a blog about football - full marks @arseblog.com, who surely must be the doyen of football bloggers and is amazingly still at it after 20+ years

Dang it (as my daughter is fond of saying). We seemed nervous in the first half. Diani had far too much time and space for the opener. We huffed and puffed in the second half but only had a VAR penalty to show for it. That was scored, but Lyon's rapid response was clinical. 2nd leg will be tough.

Off to the Emirates again tomorrow to watch Arsenal Women. Last time we went, they won 4-0. Fingers crossed!

Yesssssss well done @arsenalfc.bsky.social women.

Qualifying’s gonna be tough for Germany 🇩🇪

On this day in 2012, our current manager did this against Aston Villa! www.premierleague.com/video/single...!

Like Arseblogger @arseblog.com I went to my first ever Arsenal Ladies match yesterday and I wholeheartedly endorse his verdict 👍🏻

#OTD in 1979, #Arsenal beat Southampton 2-0 in an FA Cup sixth round replay on their way to winning the trophy. Both goals were scored by Alan Sunderland, who also scored in the semi-final and final. He got 6 in total in the cup run (as did Stapleton). The second one is a stunner! cutt.ly/FroSyodj

Harry Kane was on the radio. He sounds more like a comedian doing an impression of Harry Kane every time I hear him...

Another possibly relevant (or possibly not) factoid: the first manager to win a European trophy with a French club and the only manager to win the Champions League with a French club is… Belgian 🇧🇪

Chances of this happening? Well, we can dream, I guess…

Intéressant. N’oubliez pas Roger Lemerre, qui a gagné un Euro en 2000 et une Coupe d’Afrique en 2004

Elliot Smith! That confused me

‘His game was basically all about speed’? Pfff. Thierry was so much more than that. I haven’t read the article but it sounds like he is just trying to justify the sale retrospectively…

Thierry looked thoroughly flummoxed by this - understandably!

On this day in 1971 #Arsenal beat Leicester 1-0 in an FA Cup 6th round replay at Highbury on their way to the double. Charlie George got the goal ⚽️ youtu.be/P3qj2jXxCrM?...

Our first European trophy, what a night that was at Highbury ! From losing to third division Swindon in the League cup final in 1969 to European glory a year later!

And this guy became famous for ever... www.skysports.com/football/vid...

On this day in 1998, #Arsenal beat Premier League leaders (and champions) Man Utd 1-0 thanks to a goal from Marc Overmars. It took Arsenal to 10 matches unbeaten, a run that extended to 18 over the run-in as they beat Man U to the title www.premierleague.com/news/1645364

That second Man U pen was never a pen. And the ref awarded them another dodgy one after that (overturned by VAR)! I wonder what the #RealSociedad fans made of his performance...

Antony has scored AGAIN for Real Betis.

On this day in 2013, #Arsenal exited the Champions League despite beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the Allianz Arena. They had lost the home leg 3-1. Olivier Giroud gave the #Gunners an early lead & Laurent Koscielny scored a late header from Santi Cazorla's corner www.theguardian.com/football/201...

This won’t end well

Two cup final defeats in one week was very hard to take for 8-year-old me 😭

#Arsenal recorded the biggest league win in their history on this day in 1900: 12-0 vs Loughborough Town. (NDLR: Loughborough is my home town. It no longer has a league team, which is how I ended up supporting Arsenal. Didn’t fancy Leicester or Forest for some reason.)

On this day in 1998, #Arsenal beat Wimbledon 1-0 at Selhurst Park after blackouts and security alerts delayed the start. This was the start of the 10 consecutive victories that enabled the Gunners to beat Man U to the title. Christopher Wreh scored the goal www.facebook.com/watch/?v=101...

Heh. On this day in 2019, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first Premier League defeat since being appointed Manchester United's interim manager as #Arsenal leapfrogged their opponents to move into the top four. Goals from Xhaka and Aubameyang (pen) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

1-1 at Old Trafford and the narrative on #BBCSport this morning is clear: #Arteta’s a failure, #Arsenal are rubbish, please get in touch to slag him and the club off as much as you can and we will gladly foreground your trolling. It’s just so mean-spirited and boring, always.

Tonight was the 2nd time #Arsenal have had 6 different goalscorers in an away game - both coming in Europe. November 1993 v Standard Liège (CWC): Adams Campbell (2) Smith McGoldrick Merson Selley March 2025 v PSV (UCL): Timber Nwaneri Merino Ødegaard (2) Trossard Calafiori

Happy birthday Ray Parlour, the Romford Pelé, born on this day in 1973. He played 466 times for #Arsenal, scoring 32 goals, and helped the club to three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the 1994 Cup Winners' Cup. Here's (probably) his most famous #Arsenal goal www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0HD...

Arsenal beat Tottenham 2-1 on this day in 1988. It was Tony Adams’s first game as captain, aged 21 years and 148 days. Looks like it was a very eighties game of football. Check out the silky build-up play that led to our first goal 😳 youtu.be/OS__5LAJ99g?...

Happy birthday to Gus Caesar, born on this day in 1966. "A decent, honest centre half who rose through the ranks, only to fall slightly short when he reached the top level," according to Arsenal.com. Nick Hornby reflected thoughtfully on Gus's career in "Fever Pitch" www.arsenal.com/historic/pla...

Arsenal have scored seven goals in a European game for the first time since October 2007 against Slavia Praha and for the first time in any competition since scoring seven against Newcastle in December 2012. #PSVARS

4 March must be a good day for #Arsenal to play on. Six goals on this day last year (away at Sheff U), seven today (away at PSV) ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️