Lee Hurley Archives: 07/2020

On 23rd November 1896, as Arsenal’s right-back went to kick a high ball during a game against Kettering Town aged just 26, he could have no idea it would cost him his life.

Mikel Arteta has been singing the praises of Kieran Tierney ahead of his first north London derby.

Cliff Holton played almost 200 times for Arsenal, scoring 83 goals, winning the First Division with the Gunners, but did you hear the joke he told when the Arsenal manager signed his papers to discharge him from the army?

Tottenham fans may not be in the ground this weekend when Arsenal roll up to their £1bn toilet bowl, but they’re planning a ‘Levy out’ banner to fly over anyway because they think they were nearly as good as Liverpool.

Arsenal could play in the Community Shield at the start of next season, even if they lose their semi-final next weekend against Manchester City as the FA are determined to put on the showpiece.

When it comes to season tickets, we always hear about how Arsenal’s is the most expensive in the Premier League (it isn’t as it gives more games than the others) but Spurs look set to ensure they take all the season ticket headlines with their latest move.

As Arsenal play Spurs this weekend, I thought it might be fun to look at press reports from some of their earliest meetings, but I didn’t expect to find two games that went unnoticed by stat collectors.

Kieran Tierney has hardly played for Arsenal this season due to injury but the Glasgow boy has certainly made himself a favourite with the fans.

Jordan Henderson will miss the Premier League champions game against Arsenal midweek after picking up a ligament injury that rules him out of the rest of the season and puts the start of next season in doubt.

The Northern Whig, on this day in 1950, reported that the Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker was very much in demand with the Italian national team.

Santi Cazorla scored twice for Villarreal on Wednesday night to ensure they won their game 3-1 against Getafe.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored and assisted again for Roma on Wednesday night as the Arsenal midfielder continues to show a form he never managed to find in England after Jose Mourinho ruined him at Manchester United.

Arsenal have failed in their bid to get Eddie Nketiah’s red card overturned meaning he must now serve a three-game suspension.

Arsenal have reportedly shown interest in signing Adam Lallana, who will leave Liverpool on a free transfer this summer, but it looks as if his former boss, Brendan Rodgers, is leading the race to sign him.

Arsenal picked up just a point against Leicester as they struggled to hold onto their 1-0 lead after Eddie Nketiah was sent off, but why did Jamie Vardy get away with kicking Mustafi in the head?

Mikel Arteta would now like to keep Dani Ceballos at Arsenal despite it seeming like the Spaniard would be off as soon as the season was over.

Clubs and the Premier League will meet this week to discuss the start of next season with the 19/20 campaign still underway.

Sheffield United boss, Chris Wilder, has hit out because Mikel Arteta used the drinks break to deliver instructions to his side, going against a directive.

Mikel Arteta has handed Emi Martinez a challenge – show us how good you are over more than a few games.

For a while, it didn’t seem like much had changed since Mikel Arteta took over but with Arsenal’s fourth win in a row, including an away win above a side above us and two back-to-back cleansheets, things seem to be slowly heading in the right direction.