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Chelsea's Win Over Arsenal Confirms Big Four Is Now Big Two

Arsenal's away form has been more than a touch patchy this season but they like their home comforts, winning every game at The Emirates before Chelsea arrived this afternoon. But now it's time for some home truths...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 2 days ago 285 reads 9 comments
Arsenal Problems Mount After Gibbs Breaks Metatarsal

Kieran Gibbs is out for three months after breaking a metatarsal in the last minute of Arsenal's 2-0 Champions League victory over Standard Liege...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 7 days ago 209 reads 1 comments
Arsene Wenger Leaps To Defence Of Thierry Henry

How Thierry Henry must wish Arsene Wenger was the manager of the French national team. The Arsenal manager has been nothing short of a father figure to Arsenal's all-time top scorer and he came ...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 11 days ago 195 reads 7 comments
Robbie Keane Left To Eat His Own Words as Arsenal Complete Decade of Dominance

Spurs have been acting like noisy neighbours this week but Arsenal are still the neighbours from hell. The White Hart Lane outfit have not beaten the Gunners for a full decade now but that did ...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 month ago 659 reads 4 comments
Arsene Wenger Post-60: His Best Years Lay Ahead

Arsene Wenger spent this evening, his 60th birthday, watching the Europa League. There are now five officials surveying these games, which he would like to study. “It is the referees who age me, so I have to be aware of this,” Wenger joked this week...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 month ago 199 reads 2 comments
Arsenal's Desperation Betrays Alarming Trace Of Naivety

The press office at Emirates Stadium in London is presumably a constantly busy place; but it must have been working round the clock in the opening weeks of this season...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 2 months ago 427 reads 12 comments
Is David Beckham A 'Passenger' In Fabio Capello's England Squad?

David Beckham had to contend with a bum-numbing watching brief from the bench for the entire 90 minutes of England's 2-1 friendly win over Slovenia yesterday...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 2 months ago 694 reads 6 comments
UEFA's Actions Stand to Make Diving More Prominent

If anyone was fooled into thinking that UEFA were about to launch an unprecedented clampdown on diving―and I don't think there were many―then they will be left disappointed...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 2 months ago 74 reads 2 comments
Where's The Logic? Wenger Questions UEFA Stance On Video Replays

Once the smoke from the fireworks had cleared, there was at least one moment of clarity during Arsene Wenger's scathing attack on UEFA this afternoon...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 3 months ago 118 reads 5 comments
"Lucky" Arsenal Beat Plucky Celtic to All but Secure European Spot

When the club was winning trophies under the utilitarian style of George Graham in the late 80s and early 90s, the derogatory adjective "lucky" was forever fastened to the name Arsenal in newspaper headlines...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 3 months ago 168 reads 4 comments
52 Reasons To Back Arsenal Forward Nicklas Bendtner

OK, so I couldn't find 52 reasons...that's definitely too many. But the big (not yet great) Dane, who has changed his shirt number to No. 52, could be quite an asset this season. Let's deal with this business with the back of his shirt first...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 3 months ago 1,431 reads 22 comments
Don't Question Kolo Toure's Loyalty

"There's no loyalty in football any more," screams an Arsenal fan on a radio phone-in. "Kolo Toure has only gone for the money." Love for our football clubs is blind, but let's not pull wool over our own eyes...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 4 months ago 346 reads 10 comments
The Arsenal Injury Jinx Continues

So Samir Nasri fractured a fibula in training this morning... A clumbsy tackle from the returning Senderos, maybe? Or was Rosicky trying to facilitate his restoration to the first team? Of ...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 4 months ago 979 reads 3 comments
Arsenal Gunning for Anfield Glory Again, 20 Years to the Day

Arsenal's first team may fallen have short of repeating the feats of Micheal Thomas and company 20 years ago, but the club's Young Guns are on course for writing their own piece of Anfield history ...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 6 months ago 492 reads 1 comments
Arsenal and the Burden of 1989

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Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 6 months ago 339 reads 5 comments
Why Unlucky Darren Fletcher Is an Example To Arsenal's Young Pretenders

Darren Fletcher didn't need to make the challenge that ultimately renders him ineligible for the Champions League final. The fact that he did says everything about a player that has emerged from inauspicious first steps in a United shirt...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 7 months ago 719 reads 2 comments
Man United-Arsenal: Was O'Shea Winner Worst Piece of Defending This Season?

John O'Shea has picked a good week to emerge from the shadows of Gary Neville and Rafeal Da Silva. For starters, he able to disregard the threat of the cup-tied Andrey Arshavin...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 7 months ago 179 reads 7 comments
Liverpool-Arsenal: Arshavin Dents Benitez' Title Bid

A blistering four-goal salvo from Andrey Arshavin delivered a severe blow to Liverpool's title push on another classic night at Anfield. Almost 20 years ago, these sides came head-to-head for the league on the last day of the season...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 7 months ago 483 reads 0 comments
Arsene Wenger Blows Arsenal's Best Trophy Chance

If Arsenal were to win a trophy this season, the vindication of Arsene Wenger's youth policy would play across the lips of a very wide gallic smile come May...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about 7 months ago 696 reads 3 comments
Cesc Fabregas Versus Tony Adams

About 20 years ago a man by the name of Tony Adams was named Arsenal captain at the age of 21 years and 85 days. History repeated itself today—Cesc Fabregas is a little more 'mature' at 21 years and 216 days...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 594 reads 0 comments
England 2 Czech Republic 2: Where To Start?

Was Dutch linguist Steve McClaren or England's most fluid of elocutionists, Fabio Capello, in charge tonight? Can England's players understand their manager? Because absolutely nothing has changed...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 208 reads 0 comments
Has Andy Murray Made the Big Three the Big Four?

Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer. Novak Djokovic. Andy Murray may have reached No. 6 in the world rankings with his first Masters victory in Cincinnati, but he will feel that he is close to joining this elite tripod...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 1,388 reads 5 comments
Arsenal's Youth Team Warm-Up for the Season with a 1-0 Win over Crawley Town

An Arsenal XI travelled south to play Blue Square Premier (that's non-league to those that don't know) side Crawley Town today and won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Kieran Gibbs. Crawley is my home town and beat a Spurs XI 6-1 on Tuesday...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 379 reads 1 comments
Manchester United Imposters Conning African Kids Out Of Money

An undercover BBC investigation has exposed how African footballers are being conned out of thousands of dollars by Nigerian fraudsters...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 261 reads 1 comments
Luton Town Need More Than a Miracle To Survive 30 Point Deduction

Luton Town will need to take some inspiration from Leeds United's promotion last season if they are to have any hope of avoiding relegation. The League Two side, who were relegated last term, will start next season on minus 30 points next season...

Written by Barnaby de Hoedt about about 1 year ago 542 reads 4 comments

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Barnaby de Hoedt Article Archive

Chelsea's Win Over Arsenal Confirms Big Four Is Now Big Two

Arsenal Problems Mount After Gibbs Breaks Metatarsal

Arsene Wenger Leaps To Defence Of Thierry Henry

Robbie Keane Left To Eat His Own Words as Arsenal Complete Decade of Dominance

Arsene Wenger Post-60: His Best Years Lay Ahead

Arsenal's Desperation Betrays Alarming Trace Of Naivety

Is David Beckham A 'Passenger' In Fabio Capello's England Squad?

UEFA's Actions Stand to Make Diving More Prominent

Where's The Logic? Wenger Questions UEFA Stance On Video Replays

"Lucky" Arsenal Beat Plucky Celtic to All but Secure European Spot

52 Reasons To Back Arsenal Forward Nicklas Bendtner

Don't Question Kolo Toure's Loyalty

The Arsenal Injury Jinx Continues

Arsenal Gunning for Anfield Glory Again, 20 Years to the Day

Arsenal and the Burden of 1989

Why Unlucky Darren Fletcher Is an Example To Arsenal's Young Pretenders

Man United-Arsenal: Was O'Shea Winner Worst Piece of Defending This Season?

Liverpool-Arsenal: Arshavin Dents Benitez' Title Bid

Arsene Wenger Blows Arsenal's Best Trophy Chance

Cesc Fabregas Versus Tony Adams

England 2 Czech Republic 2: Where To Start?

Has Andy Murray Made the Big Three the Big Four?

Arsenal's Youth Team Warm-Up for the Season with a 1-0 Win over Crawley Town

Manchester United Imposters Conning African Kids Out Of Money

Luton Town Need More Than a Miracle To Survive 30 Point Deduction

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