Previews, Reports and Ratings
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The Community Shield – The Arsenal vs Manchester City – 3-0 – The first piece of silverware of the season goes to The Champions of England
The Arsenal started off the season in the grand manner, by putting Manchester City to the sword at the Millennium Stadium (I refuse to use that other corporate name!) in Cardiff in a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for all of those in red and white. Ahhhh, it’s good to be back!! The risk to get carried…
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The Community Shield 2026 – The Arsenal vs Manchester City – Friendly or Final?
I’ve found that the answer to the question in the title depends largely on your point of view after the game has finished. If you’ve been victorious, then it’s a trophy worth winning and a psychological advantage of one of your rivals. If the game doesn’t go your way, it’s a friendly, minutes in the…
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The Arsenal vs Como 1907 – We’re getting there…slowly
Well that was a bit better, right? Arsenal drew their final pre-season game last night against Como 1907, in what was a much improved performance, even it it was still lacking that cutting edge in attack. We did win the penalty shoot-out though, which is the second one in a row, so hopefully that stands…
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The Arsenal vs 1907 Como and other bits
The Arsenal welcome 1907 Como to The Emirates tonight for their final pre-season friendly (assuming we win the Community Shield, therefore making that a real match and not a friendly) hoping to end on a high after a mixed bag of results and performances. The bumpy road so far has a lot to do with…
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2026 The Emirates Cup Review – Not great, but there were a few bright sparks in which to take Tzolis (sorry!)
This is not how The Emirates Cup is supposed to go down… Arsenal ramped up their pre-season preparations earlier today with the (often) annual Emirates Cup game being played out against Borussia Dortmund, which ultimately ended in Arsenal losing the match 3-2 and seeing another team lift what is essentially our trophy at The Emirates.…
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The Arsenal vs Newcastle – Well that was stressful!
Good morning Gooners! How are we all feeling after that one?! They don’t make it easy for us fans do they?! Arsenal came into the game knowing only a win would suffice and that’s exactly what they got, so in the grand scheme of things, I’m not complaining. In this new ‘mini-league’ only wins will…
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The Arsenal vs Newcastle United – Time to make this extra life count!
Morning Gooners! Saturday is finally here. It’s been a long wait this one. The game last weekend left us all feeling a bit empty and lost and when that happens, I don’t know about you, but that always leaves me counting doing the days to the next game, when we can put it behind us.…
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Manchester City v The Arsenal – Best performance, worst result?
Well that didn’t go accordingly to plan! There’s not much to add on what that result at the Etihad has done to our season and how pivotal it was, but we have to pick ourselves up, as a club, and go again. In most seasons, if someone had come to you in August and said…
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Manchester City v The Arsenal preview – what are you expecting?
Good morning, Gooners! There’s a bit of a game on this afternoon in case you weren’t aware!!! I can’t remember so much riding on a league game for a long, long time. I can’t even think about getting a draw or a win. I just can’t do that to myself. I can’t even entertain the…
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Sporting Lisbon vs The Arsenal – Boy, how we needed that
Not for the faint hearted and certainly not for the purists, but Arsenal got over the line in Lisbon in stoppage time to take a precious lead back to The Emirates for the return leg next week. The game seemed certain to end in a draw, which to be honest I was fairly happy with,…
