AFCB’s writer Fatema Farhat debuts her weekly “Arsenal for the Ladies” column… When I first kicked a ball, I knew I had discovered something special. When I was taken to my first football match for my 12th birthday, I was blown away by the atmosphere. Then France ’98 came along and Thierry Henry entered my […]
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Some very good news to kick things off today. The word on the street that Samir Nasri is recovering well from minor knee surgery and could be back in the squad for our next game, against Bolton at The Emirates on September 11. The bad news is that as I type that I realise there […]
We’re getting down to the bitter end of the Group Stage now, folks. France? Out. Italy? Out. England in a win or go home 3rd Group Stage match. Spain sweating on their 3rd match. South Korea and Japan moving into the Knockout Stage. I’ve watched A LOT of football over the last 14 days, but […]
Dear or dear! Does anyone else think maybe Theo Walcott and Samir Nasri are sitting at home about now, planning massive “THANK YOU!” flower arrangements to be sent round to Fabio Capello and Raymond Domenech? Sure they were upset at not being selected for their respective national sides. But everything happens for a reason, and […]
Match Day 4 saw plenty of Arsenal interest with a tasty early match up between Nicklas Bendtner’s Danish squad and the Oranje of Robin van Persie. Alex Song had the day off for Cameroon as they went down to a plucky Japan team in their opening Group Stage match. Netherlands Own Goal “Assist” Highlights van […]
Greetings, fellow Gooners. Welcome to the AFC Blog Arsenal Squad World Cup Preview. We’ll do some quick hitters on all the Arsenal players involved in the upcoming World Cup to kick things off, and list each player by group and team so you can follow along. As we move through the month-long tournament for the […]
What an incredible moment! Never say die! Thoughts? Have your say on Arsenal v Wolves by leaving a comment.
As the game entered stoppage time with the scoreline at Arsenal 1, Hull City 1, I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. A feeling that for all our good work this season, for all of our fighting and scrapping and regularly brilliant football, it would all come crashing down in the […]
Forget about winning the Champions League. Forget about winning the Premier League. All that matters right now is that we go to Hull City tomorrow night and pick up three points. There’s been a bit of bad blood in this fixture over the past couple of years and with us fighting for the league and […]
There was not a passenger to be seen in the red and white as Arsene Wenger’s men produced a near-perfect attacking performance to comfortably overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit into a stunning 6-2 aggregate victory. The star men were Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner, who shrugged off an erratic weekend performance against Burnley […]