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Arsenal fizzle out after early promise ??? just like last season | Richard Williams

The continuing inability of Ars??ne Wenger's side to turn possession into goals against Udinese underlines the shallowness of their resourcesArsenal were a little lucky to maintain their one-goal lead over Udinese last night, and they will need to be at full strength if they are to be confident of...

Arsenal v Udinese - live! | Barney Ronay

Theo Walcott's early goal sees Arsenal take a slim first leg lead against a fine Udinese team.7.16pm: Hello and welcome to live and exclusively-typed commentary on what now looks like a surprisingly knife-edged early-season formality. Yes it's Arsenal v Udinese, the kind of low-level Champions...

What we learned from the Emirates

Arsenal's manager will have a noted the lack of firepower from his side as he looked on from the stand at the Emirates1 The mood of the home support Ars??ne Wenger had considered it necessary to address the general mood of pessimism among the Arsenal support before kick-off, pointing out how the...

The Knowledge | Vegetarian footballers in the Premier League | Barry Glendenning

Plus: the most home grounds while playing for one team, matches in working hours (2), and journalists winning more caps than Joey Barton. Send your questions and answers to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter"After witnessing Blackburn Rovers' frankly implausible promotional video...

Wenger's instructions may lead to more trouble with Uefa

??? Suspended manager believed he had permission to contact bench??? Calls continued after Uefa's half-time instruction to stopArs??ne Wenger was at the centre of another row with Uefa last night regarding his attempts to get messages from his seat in the stand down to the bench as Arsenal edged to...

Arsenal 1-0 Udinese | Champions League play-off first leg match report

In a time of injuries and the loss of Cesc F??bregas, Arsenal's prospects of advancing from this qualifier to the Champions League look quite good. Ars??ne Wenger had to reshuffle his line-up during the first leg, but they defended capably and only a finger-tip save by Samir Handanovic denied Theo...

Can the NextGen Series bridge gap between youth and senior football? | Louise Taylor

Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and Celtic are involved in a new U19 tournament aimed at developing talentAspiring professional footballers usually miss out on the globe-trotting gap years enjoyed by many of their 'civilian' peers but compensation has finally arrived in the form...

Manchester United would join a host of luxury brands on Asian stock exchanges

Singapore exchange has been wooing international companies as part of its 'Asian Gateway' strategyManchester United would become the latest, and perhaps best known, international brand to list on an Asian exchange. Just as most of the world's biggest mining companies are listed in London, and the...