Football Archives: 09/2016

Wales manager Chris Coleman has aimed a few poorly-veiled digs at Arsenal over Aaron Ramsey’s hamstring injury which is set to rule him out for the next round of international fixtures.

Alexis Sanchez has been called up for Chile’s World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru, which means he could miss our Premier League clash against Swansea.

As expected, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday and were crowned champions for the first time, so what next for Arsenal ladies?

Eagle-eyed fans have noted that Manchester City have already put on sale FA WSL 2016 Champions t-shirts in Women’s, Men’s and kid’s size.

There is a generation of Arsenal fans who have known no other, so what, exactly, has Arsene Wenger done in his 20 years at the club?

Alex Iwobi is set to get a call up to the senior Nigerian national side for their game against Zambia on 9th October.

Arsenal Ladies’ Danielle Carter managed to bag a second hat-trick in as many England games during the Lioness’ 5-0 win over Estonia. She scored in…

Virgil van Dijk has admitted his frustration with the Arsenal groundsmen after he was unable to destroy the penalty spot prior to Santi Cazorla giving Arsenal the lead against Southampton in the closing moments of Saturday’s game.

John Griffiths will take a very experienced squad, including five Arsenal players, to the FIFA u17 WWC to be played in Jordan from the 30th September.

We are now entering an international week and the following Arsenal Ladies players have been called-up for their respective teams

Alan Pardew has hailed Mathieu Flamini’s leadership and passing ability after signing him on a free while the midfielder said Pardew was key to him signing for Crystal Palace.

Chelsea Ladies organised a Q&A with manager Emma Hayes and four players Aluko, Chapman, Kirby and Rafferty on Thursday in which the former Arsenal assistant spent a lot of time digging at Arsenal

Crystal Palace have increased their ability to shout and point wildly on the pitch by signing former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini.

Eddie Howe has dismissed the rumours that emerged earlier in the week that Arsenal are lining him up as a successor to Arsene Wenger.

After his performance in France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus earlier in the week, Olivier Giroud has come in for heavy criticism because of his miss after Antoine Griezmann’s sublime pass slipped him through on goal.

Alexis Sanchez was handed the captain’s armband for his country’s World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.

FIFA have issued a statement clarifying the situation of players who wanted to play for Kosovo but had represented other nations and it has proven Granit Xhaka right in his assertion that they’ve blocked him from changing.

Colombia may have lost 2-1 to Brazil in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but the Arsenal shot-stopped made sure the margin wasn’t worse.

Granit Xhaka thanked fans for their support after Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night in a match which saw the Arsenal man pick up another red card.

Granit Xhaka picked up another red card (two yellows) for his country as Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night.