So, as the disappointment of a draw conceded at the very end fades, the reality of the league table takes over, and it is something which at the start of the season I would have settled on, if offered ...

The best description for that headline has to be “mindless gibberish”. Those of us who follow Arsenal week by week knew (as of course any sensible follower of football knew) that Arsenal could not go ...

The simple fact is that 12 clubs drop out after eight games from the Champions League, and last season, even 11 points from eight games was not enough to secure participation in the additional ...

Of late, however, matters have changed, for of the last 32 games between the two teams (a run which started on 30 December 2000), Sunderland have won just three. Nine games have been drawn, and ...

Matters are evened up a bit by the fact that Sunderland have a range of injuries just as Arsenal do, with six players ruled out: Mouhamadou Habib Diarra, Omar Alderete Fernandez, Leo Fuhr Hjelde, ...

But their last four games do show a certain level of uncertainty creeping into their approach. Following that Manchester U away defeat (2-0) on 4 October, they have beaten Wolverhampton Wanders and ...

Thus, what makes this game in particular one for Arsenal to be wary about is the fact that PGMO insist on booking the same referee to see the same club over and over again, and so if there is anything ...

It is, I suppose, time to think of the record – the one time when Arsenal won more consecutive games than in the current run. For rather curiously it happened last under a manager who is now largely ...

And so we were having a debate about how Arsenal compares with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and we drew up a little league table showing all three clubs in their current league positions. Arsenal, as ...

They also tell us that academy striker Andre Harriman-Annous has travelled with the team. The 17-year-old could make his Champions League debut off the bench against Slavia.

So the number of fouls per game against Arsenal again dropped slightly through a combination of reasons. Clubs are aware that comments are being made, referees are letting tackles that were being call ...

Put all this together and between now and the end of 2025 Arsenal have 13 games to play in 57 days, which is one in every 4.4 days. Now of course, anyone who is old and has a long memory will recall ...