Football Archives: 04/2016

The Republic of Ireland went down in Spain with a 3-0 scoreline and can no longer win Group 2 of qualifying for the Women’s European Championships.

Wales women, who are managed by the Arsenal Ladies legend Jayne Ludlow, still have a chance to qualify for the 2017 Euros to be played in Netherlands.

John Griffiths has selected his 18 player-squad for the forthcoming u17 Euros to be played in Belarus and has included five Arsenal players.

The Daily Mirror are today claiming that Pep Guardiola wants to bring Mikel Arteta to Manchester City as part of his coaching staff.

England Women’s Euro qualifier at home to Belgium ended up with a disappointing 1-1 draw.

As Leicester brushed Sunderland aside with a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light, Arsenal’s slim title hopes faded further from view. Here are five reasons why Leicester will win and Arsenal won’t.

Southampton are apparently keen on luring Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain back to St. Marys with Jose Fonte ‘having a word’ with his former teammate.

Manchester United couldn’t do Arsenal and Leicester a favour by taking points off Tottenham on Sunday afternoon as they received another north London thumping but they did help the Gunners in the race for top four by losing.

David Alaba has revealed that he would have much rather signed for Arsenal when he was a youngster.

Arsenal are in third place in the Injury League for this season as we enter the final weeks of the campaign, behind Newcastle and Liverpool.

Keylor Navas is just 133 minutes away from breaking Jens Lehman’s record for the most minutes without conceding a goal in the Champions League.

The England u17 team recently qualified for the Euro finals to be played in Belarus from 4th to 16th of May and the draw has been made.

In the battle between club and country, the players always end up as the losers and it is a shame that an Arsenal Ladies youngster has been prevented from attending a UEFA competition for the second year in a row.

England manager Mark Sampson and his assistant Marianne Spacey have made the FA Women’s Cup semi-finals draw. Find out who the ladies got here.

In what seems like the quickest decision ever, West Ham have had their appeal against Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card upheld and the player will now be available for the game against Arsenal at the weekend.

West Ham have lodged an appeal against the red card Cheikhou Kouyate picked up against Crystal Palace at the weekend meaning he could be available to face Arsenal.

The big story on Sunday was, no doubt, the allegations that some Arsenal players, along with Chelsea, Leicester City and Birmingham City ones, have been a little bit naughty when it comes to following the anti-doping regulations.

After beating Southampton at the King Power on Sunday, Leicester could, mathematically, win the title on May 1st when they face Manchester United, leaving Arsenal to wonder where it all went wrong.

With Leicester closing in on winning the Premier League table, Arsene Wenger has been sure to highlight how much easier the Foxes have had it compared to his side.

As Alex Iwobi slotted home his second goal in two games against Watford on Sunday, I sent out a Tweet. United fans didn’t take it too well.