By Ian Grant PLAYERSFrancis Jeffers and Tony Adams were reported to be back in training this week. Tony Adams says he is trying to be back before Christmas.[The Jeffers news is particularly good, given the false stories about him being…
By Ian Grant Game of two halves, Gary. Trouble is ninety minutes count. Forty five don’t. The ghost of the White Hart Lane draw affected this match. It started OK. Upson even fashioned a chance for Vieira in the Deportivo…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSArsenal trio Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry and Robert Pires are among the 50 nominees for the 2001 European Footballer of the Year award. The winner will be announced before Christmas.Justin Hoyte, a product of Arsenal’s youth policy…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSOleg Luzhny has received a four match UEFA ban for striking Joerg Boehme, the Schalke player during the 1-3 defeat on 30 October.Thierry Henry drew level with Hasselbaink as the Premiership’s top striker with 11 and a…
By Ian Grant PLAYERS Fredrik Ljungberg is in the Swedish squad called up to face England at Old Trafford on 10 November. The Times said:”The magnificent Vieira, pulling off the impossible then fluffing the elementary, epitomised Arsenal.” On the absence…
By Ian Grant Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein said: “It is nice to be in the last 16 for the second season running, it is a tough group but you have to play against the top teams in the Champions League.…
By Ian Grant The proposed new stadium at Ashburton Grove would make a positive contribution to London’s world city role, London mayor Ken Livingstone said. Responding to the planning application Livingstone said the scheme offers a number of benefits, including…
By Ian Grant WENGERSPEAKWenger said on the proposed PFA strike:”We are a privileged profession and live in a wealthy world,” said the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. “There is so much money in our environment, I think people would have problems…
By Ian Grant The blues could have been reds; the reds blues, as colleagues (particularly French and Dutch) for the last ten or so days donned different coloured shirts to take their salaries. A far cry from the first time…
By Ian Grant Wenger against golden goalArsene Wenger has come out against the golden goal in an Elite Coaching Forum in Geneva. “People have been educated to the fact there should be a result within a certain amount of time,”…