It is generally reported that Derby County suffered relegation from the English top-flight on 29th March 2008 – the earliest that a team have ever dropped down to the second tier from the Premier ...

Looking at the table above it is clear that 2022/3 was Arsenal’s year of shooting ahead, and indeed that season we ended up with 84 points. Which, of course, again reminds us that it is not just how ...

Arsenal have so many injuries it’s impossible to say what the team will be; The one gigantic benefit that Arsenal have that everyone has forgotten; By Tony Attwood. Well, forgiv ...

Plus of course, Arsenal have the benefit of a range of under-21s who are used to playing with their older team mates. But moving forward, Gabriel Martinelli, if he plays could become the first Arsenal ...

There is something wonderful about the history of Jan Breydel, who lived in the late 13th and early 14th century and whose name is given to the stadium in which Arsenal play this week against Club ...

The issue is of course, injuries, as for example expressed in the Guardian with the note that “Arteta fears Arsenal trophy hunt could be hindered by ‘dangerous circle’ of injuries.” This is ...

Sunderland are known for scoring in injury time, and Aston Villa have clearly very much pinched the idea. So it must also be time for Arsenal to react, perhaps by bringing in several defenders and ...

Of course, one of the big problems is that this constant attack on Arsenal is a bit like a leaking gutter dripping on a walkway below. Each drop does nothing much, but if the drips keep going for long ...

Arsenal’s away record has slumped a little bit, leaving them the fourth best away team in the Premier League with four wins, two draws and two defeats and a goal difference of just +3. Club Brugge at ...

What isn’t mentioned but in such an article would surely seem relevant, is that Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 18 matches in all competitions, drawing three, winning the rest. In their last 18 ...

So yes, quite clearly Arsenal are progressing on all fronts except in attack, where things are much the same as before. But since that has been achieved without last season’s top scorer, even on that ...

In 2023/24 the problems came a bit later – in December and January, where in the space of seven league and cup games, Arsenal lost four, drew two and won one. In 2022/23 we had several such dips, ...