Official Gooners Thread - A New Hope

[hitzelsperger]

Spurs scrape a draw, Arsenal couldnt hold a party never mind a lead!

[ONeill]

Happy St Totteringham's Day everyone! Earlier than last year.

Thought Spurs would win this one. With Bolton and Evertone losing, a great point.

[ONeill]

The goals.

Toure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDTNQxKPb8g

Adebayor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HOxSZdy8jg

[ziggysego]

I see in the papers today that the Queen of England has come out as an Arsenal supporter.

[Syd The Sailor]

I see in the papers today that the Queen of England has come out as an Arsenal supporter.

So now their most famous supporter is the Queen? I suppose it ties in nicely with their best player being a Queen too.......

[ONeill]

One year on...

http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=464902&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=One+year+on+since+Highbury%26rsquo;s+Final+Salute

[ONeill]

ARSENAL are considering a summer move for Birmingham keeper Colin Doyle after receiving a string of rave reviews about the youngster.

The strapping 6ft 5ins shot-stopper, 21, has starred for Championship promotion-chasing Blues since displacing the experienced Maik Taylor in February.

Doyle, recently called up to the full Republic of Ireland squad, has just one year left on his contract at St Andrews.

Birmingham started discussions with the youngster about a longterm deal earlier this year, but talks are yet to be finalised.

And news of the delay has reached Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is eyeing up goalkeeping talent as Jens Lehmann, 37, out of contract in the summer, is yet to sign a new one-year deal at the club.

Wenger has cover in Manuel Almunia and Mart Poom, but they are not considered good enough to be the permanent No.1.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=exclusive--doyle-is-no-1-pick-for-arsene&method=full&objectid=18932922&siteid=89520-name_page.html

[Gabriel_Hurl]

[ONeill]

Something odd about that photo.

[An Fear Rua]

Silvs boots? and how thin are his lower legs??

The socks decrease in length from left to right?

Henrys in it?

Henrys smiling?

[ONeill]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ALLSjEYbL-8

[ONeill]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i3DTfA03vL0&mode=related&search=

[ildanach]

Next seasons fixures: Hopefully not Wenger's last:

August
Sat 11 Fulham (h)
14/15 UEFA Champions League Qualifier 1st Leg
Sat 18 Blackburn Rovers (a)
Sat 25 Manchester City (h)
28/29 UEFA Champions League Qualifier 2nd Leg

September
Sat 1 Portsmouth (h)
Sat 15 Tottenham Hotspur (a)
18/19 UEFA Champions League Matchday 1
Sat 22 Derby County (h)
Sat 29 West Ham United (a)

October
2/3 UEFA Champions League Matchday 2
Sat 6 Sunderland (h)
Sat 20 Bolton Wanderers (h)
23/24 UEFA Champions League Matchday 3
Sat 27 Liverpool (a)
Wed 31 Carling Cup 4th Round

November
Sat 3 Manchester United (h)
6/7 UEFA Champions League Matchday 4
Sat 10 Reading (a)
Sat 24 Wigan Athletic (h)
27/28 UEFA Champions League Matchday 5

December
Sat 1 Aston Villa (a)
Sat 8 Middlesbrough (a)
11/12 UEFA Champions League Matchday 6
Sat 15 Chelsea (h)
Wed 19 Carling Cup Quarter-final
Sat 22 Tottenham Hotspur (h)
Wed 26 Portsmouth (a)
Sat 29 Everton (a)

January
Tue 1 West Ham United (h)
Sat 5 FA Cup 3rd Round
Wed 9 Carling Cup Semi-final 1st Leg
Sat 12 Birmingham City (h)
Sat 19 Fulham (a)
Wed 23 Carling Cup Semi-final 2nd Leg
Sat 26 FA Cup 4th Round
Tue 29 Newcastle United (h)

February
Sat 2 Manchester City (a)
Sat 9 Blackburn Rovers (h)
Sat 16 FA Cup 5th Round
19/20 UEFA Champions League K/O Round 1st Leg
Sat 23 Birmingham City (a)
Sun 24 Carling Cup Final

March
Sat 1 Aston Villa (h)
4/5 UEFA Champions League K/O Round 2nd Leg
Sat 8 Wigan Athletic (a) or FA Cup Quarter-final
Sat 15 Middlesbrough (h)
Sat 22 Chelsea (a)
Sat 29 Bolton Wanderers (a)

April
1/2 UEFA Champions League Quarter-final 1st Leg
Sat 5 Liverpool (h) or FA Cup Semi-final
8/9 UEFA Champions League Quarter-final 2nd Leg
Sat 12 Manchester United (a)
Sat 19 Reading (h)
22/23 UEFA Champions League Semi-final 1st Leg
Sat 26 Derby County (a)
29/30 UEFA Champions League Semi-final 2nd Leg

May
Sat 3 Everton (h)
Sun 11 Sunderland (a)
Sat 17 FA Cup Final
Wed 21 UEFA Champions League Final (Moscow)

To be Arranged
Newcastle United (a)

[ONeill]

So, it was true afterall!

Workman finds remains at Highbury backing up piece of Arsenal folklore

A workman on the site of Arsenal's old stadium may have found evidence to back up a piece of club folklore.

It was long rumored that a horse and cart had fallen into a pit while the original North Bank stand of Highbury stadium was being built in 1913.

The story had seemingly been disproved when no remains were found during the stand's redevelopment in 1992 as part of the efforts to make the stadium an all-seater.

But on Tuesday, the Premier League club - which left Highbury a year ago for the nearby Emirates Stadium - said a worker had found two horseshoes and some wood deep beneath where the North Bank had been.

"One of the lads, who is an Arsenal fan, mentioned the story about the horse,'' said Pat Brennan, the workman who discovered the artifacts. "It's great to think that I may have found some items which have a place in Arsenal's history.''

Highbury has already been razed, with just the facades of the east and west stands remaining to be incorporated into an apartment complex.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/wires/06/19/2080.ap.eu.spt.soc.arsenal.stadium.discovery/index.html

http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=472724&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Pieces+of+Arsenal+folklore+found+at+Highbury?

Van Nistlerooy?

[ONeill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4RV1qpPT8