Hey, Everyone.
Last year I walked 360km for
@OvarianCancerUK
in honour of Beth Mead's mum, June, to raise valuable awareness and funds, along with fellow
@ArsenalWFC
supporters.
I also walked for my own mum, Jan.
You can read a little about it below now :)
Not only was he walking for Beth Mead, he had his own personal touch as March marks not just his mum’s birthday, and Mother’s Day, but also sadly her own death due to cancer too.
Read Joe’s full story -
As much as I love celebrating Ian Wright & Hector Bellerin as good men who demonstrably respect & support women & women's football, it also frustrates so much & makes uncomfortable that it is almost always exclusively them & others aren't stepping up anywhere near similarly.
Hector Bellerin ❤️ speaks out against Rubiales via his Instagram stories
"The narcissist never believes they have made a mistake, they are able to lie, manipulate the truth & make the victim guilty in order to retain their power over others"
More from male players, please.
Didn't see this but Mimmi Löfwenius, at 29, made her debut on Friday w/ 🇸🇯 after playing in the Sweden youth teams.
She's been in Norway 9yrs, obtained citizenship in '22. FIFA granted permission to represent 🇸🇯 last week.
And this is just lovely to see
Over on DAZN Vivianne Miedema says when asked about her future gave nothing away buts says that the Champions League is all that's missing for her and at 27 she's not looking to take a step down, that's for sure.
I never saw this anywhere on here today but really love that the Lionesses
@Lionesses
are going to be wearing their names in British Sign Language in their warm up for their game vs Sweden at Wembley tomorrow night.
Really cool to see ❤️
"Stanway" below :)
Rubiales's mother locking themselves in a church and going on hunger strike, depriving others of their safe place for something as selfish as a job their son could just resign from given 81+ women refuse to play under him, feels quite in keeping with family behavior
‼️ Según informa
@EFEnoticias
, la madre de Rubiales se ha encerrado en una iglesia de Motril y se ha declarado en huelga de hambre hasta que se solucione la "cacería inhumana y sangrienta" que dice que le están haciendo a su hijo
🗣️ Además, Ángeles Béjar, le ha pedido a Jenni
I think when Alex Scott said she felt staying home was an easy option (and got lots of silly shit for it) this is what she meant.
Takes courage to wear the armband there, especially not as a player, and she's showing the men what an smidgen of solidarity & conviction looks like.
Barcelona Men's Captain, Sergi Roberto, shows support to Spanish Women's Football & against Rubiales and RFEF with:
"We are with you!"
Keep it coming 👍🏼
Worrying for Emily Fox right now.
Has come off distraught and in pain, the physios paying attention to her knee. 😢
Fingers and all things crossed for the absolute best 🙏🏼🤞🏼
I cannot believe the year this club have given me
From the weekly journey, European tours, 60k joy, Lia re-signing prank, meeting Wrighty, the whole fan community who are just so good to me, kit launch- so much. And now this! Which blew my mind to be involved
Very grateful ❤️🥹
Jen Beattie with a first-half hat-trick* playing up top on her Bay FC debut in a friendly vs San Diego Wave.
*There is no footage or evidence but you can also add your own made-up live-tweet at any point to whatever suits your wishes
Congrats Jen!!
Spanish World Cup Winner Misa Rodríguez condemns all who applauded at the RFEF assembly & states Vilda has to go too before they return:
"will not attend while the coach Jorge Vilda also continues to hold his position, who applauded Rubiales during his speech last Saturday."
La jugadora grancanaria de la selección española campeona del mundo Misa Rodríguez se refirió hoy, tras la recepción celebrada en la Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias, a la situación originada tras el beso que el hasta ahora presidente de la RFEF Luis Rubiales dio a su
Hard to see it, but I think the Spanish players (both sides but especially the women) really ought to dig in and not represent their country after this absolute horror show from Rubiales and RFEF generally until change is made. I don't know how you can play under this misogyny.
It is not hyperbole to say that this Rubiales speech - both in its tone and content - is more damaging than anything that has gone before it this week. It is deeply bizarre and outright dangerous. A dark day for Spanish football, applauded by both national team managers.
Chloe Kelly is as class as it gets with fans, for a start, and shouldn't be tagged and made to feel or look bad in any shape or form here. Virtually all players are generous, to that.
The unseemly behaviour is all yours, I'm afraid. Would also discourage any grabbing in future.
Viv's struggle with the past & present tenses to express herself as a non-Arsenal player was wrenching. But also beautiful. Raw & out of a deep love & gratitude that you couldn't miss.
I tried holding back the weeping, feeling it all, but broke so many times. 🥹🫣
Our guy 🐐
Viv saying that the WSL might be the best overall league for competitiveness but needs to start showing up in UWCL finals and still using the words "We" - "we need to start showing it in finals", "we do need to make that next step" - when saying so 😭
My confusion with lots of this is: why did we spend our Midwinter break working on Viv in a frontline and sticking to it for weeks, where we alienated Frida, Stina and Cloé in the meantime, for her to have a little setback and we just decide "nah, that's it"
It puzzles me 😔
Megan Rapinoe. Inspiration and icon always.
In light of some horrible views shared by a newer member of the USWNT, Korbin Albert, on their tiktok reposting videos about people needing to “be saved from being gay or transgender.”
The People's
#15
responds ❤️
And The Arsenal Legends Tour only got even better, didn't it! Think I'm completing the full set out here!
The gaffer, Jonas Eidevall!
Said "Nice to meet you, I'm Joe"
'I know who you are" 😭😭😭
😄😄😄
What a top day ❤️🤍
We're at that time of the season where you just never know who stays or leaves over the summer.
For some players tomorrow could possibly be their last time at The Emirates for the club
So support them all loud, while we still have them. Do what we do best ❤️⚪
Lia Wälti became the 3rd Arsenal Women's player to win their respective Nation's Player of the Year Award for 2023, alongside Ireland's Katie McCabe and Denmark's Kathrine Kühl.
Great to see 💪🏼
❤️⚪
Have a little story for Arsenal Women fans from Friday to help start your week with hopefully a smile: When I was in Oz for the World Cup I bumped into Alessia's family. We chatted & the 1 thing I told them & even promised was that our fans will show her support like no other...
Pelova in one game.
Jonas:
"Be a bit like Beth, Vicky!"
"Okay, be a bit like Kimmy, Vicky!!"
"We need you to be a bit like Viv now, Vicky!"
"Vicky! All 3 at once please with added Katie!!!!"
Vicky: "okay, no problem"
BREAKING: Manchester United have turned down an offer for Mary Earps 🧤❌
The offer is believed to be a world-record for a goalkeeper in the women’s game 💰
Luis Rubiales saying "Do it for my daughters, my position is at stake" to the woman he was inappropriate with says everything about this consequence-free man, when the exact opposite is what is best for his and everybody's daughters.
A gross man.
This UTD Emirates Game btw:
Our Super Jen returning for an actual send off
Kim Little 300 games celebration (hopefully)
Leah back
Russo in the goals
Big win
All whilst sold the f**k out!
LET'S GOOOOOO!!!! ❤️⚪😭
Unfortunate news.
Victoria Pelova is out of the game vs Brighton this weekend after being mistaken for a ball in training yesterday and nearly decapitated by Stina.
The good news is that the Dutch midfielder will fill in for Gunnersaurus (pictured right) at the game.
Why has nothing been said about Emma Hayes THROWING Patrick all the way across the celebration ceremony so violently?
Man's rolled at least 3 times and that's only what the cameras picked up!
Kelly Smith confirmed on Sky Sports that she's returning as a coach to the Arsenal this season
Great news, so much to offer the players but also class as fans to have her on the sideline. Kelly will get a regular chant this season & feel that love 💪🏼❤️⚪
As has been noted, it's 1 thing to report on Khiara Keating's in-possession story, but another to headline any such articles or posts calling it 'hippy crack' & giving it such connotations, especially as it relates to a young black person - go figure.
It's laughing gas. Grow up.
Laia Codina speaking about her move to Arsenal:
"I had been at Barça for many years and you noticed the pressure from outside with everything that surrounds the club. (...) When I went to Arsenal everything changed, and it gave me peace of mind that I didn't know I needed."
Some favourite bits today:
Cloé's face walking around the pitch after being subbed off, hearing her chant ring out so f**king loud.
Lotte & Lessi enjoying the trophy lift to us singing their song, mouthing the words
Vivienne Lia & young pups enjoying the celebrations, dancing.
Actually, not only have I found footage of Jonas casually punching the fourth official from Sunday as per Gareth's contention, how has nobody picked up on Stina also punching Khiara leaving her in seeming agony?
What is going on at Arsenal??
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🚨 An Emirates full house 😍 and if we can make it as special as possible for our players & ourselves, how great to get everyone involved in the player songs for this and not let up?
We have a song for everyone, they're pretty simple, and they're all bangers!
Check them below!
The Beth thing is getting me a little more & more. Could see how big it was when she didn't acknowledge her bench or the crowd coming on, and of all people so many other emotions could be running through her. That's her first game without her mum ❤️ And look what she did 🥹🫶🏼
This is the exact spot we keep getting free kicks in for Arsenal but keep letting Steph take them. Katie had a chance for a Hattie against Bristol from the same spot but Steph took that one too but they never really threaten.
Want to see Katie on them, myself.
It might have happened anyway, but this felt like the best idea I had all day. Especially w/ the Frida scare it just felt the sort of thing that was right for the moment, the pickup needed, that particular pride to be heard
1st time I've heard it back 🥹
Katie McCabe's yellow card which put her out of the England game.
Seemed a bit needless to me with plenty of bodies and cover and not ideal for the team.
Alex Greenwood is well overdue her flowers I think. Not sure enough have seen her for the player she actually is over the player they feel they used to see. She's top class.
🏴🔥
A lot of good performances but after the rough week we just had, there's no way we get that performance tonight without the support of Anne Hathaway.
Anne, our Queen, The Arsenal thank you.
❤️⚪
I do find it to be about as wholesome as it gets that Lotte, Alessia & Emily get to play for the same side and share their friendship closely once again. Especially with Lotte being Arsenal to the core.
People don't get this time with each other often in life, just nice to see
"Emma threw the LGBTQ+ community & her own players under the bus for having relationships together. Right before the biggest game of the season. Yep. And then those players... started liking the tweets calling her out and Twitter was *seated*"
I didn't quite realise it was her at first but something nice about seeing Laila Harbert introduce herself to Mariona, and to seemingly be so comfortable with Laia too.
Feels like it speaks a lot to how integrated the academy and the 1st team have become. Enjoyed seeing that.
Alessia Russo's agency, Volante Sports - owned and managed by her brother - were involved in helping to facilitate the Emily Fox move from North Carolina Courage to Arsenal and make her a Gunner, according to their Instagram.
This feels, to some degree, that Amanda might have a more serious issue, and/or that Leah might be out for longer than we hoped, if we're recalling Katie.
Hoping that both players are okay.
I don't get to know what it's like anymore to watch from home, being at all the games.
How does it feel as Arsenal fans from afar hearing North London Forever at this moment, after Frida's scare, or any songs, coming through the screen so clearly? ❤️⚪
Hammarby women have won the Damallsvenskan by a +1 GD and with that a trophy for Kyra Cooney-Cross!
Also a league title for former Gunner Simone Boye! ❤️⚪
Great scenes of the fans and team celebrating - and this is an Away crowd!
Seen a few people asking around for Arsenal Women Christmas gift ideas so this a little thread of some creatives that might be able to help you with that, whilst also supporting an Arsenal fan along the way ❤️⚪
All below: 🧵
A reminder that England Women's U19 keeper in goal today, Katie Cox, plays at the highest level for England 🏴 in both football ⚽ AND basketball 🏀
Creative and attacking in one, defending everything in the other 👏🏼💫
Something to be proud about:
Arsenal Women have sold out their away allocation for Man UTD, at a difficult ground to get to & at a difficult time of a Friday evening.
This is 1000 people
I'm not sure any other club in the country does, can, or will do that.
QUALITY all ❤️⚪
Alright, a little PSA for all the Arsenal fans at the Emirates for the big
@ArsenalWFC
game: we want the place rocking. Not just the usual club chants but singing the player ones as much as we can, make it special
If unfamiliar, check below to yourselves ready 🤙🏼❤⚪
#UTA
#COYG
Arsenal Women have spent the entire week in Wolverhampton, not risking a further delay to kick off.
They also have staff members camping outside every Sports Store within a 5-mile radius, despite taking all stock from The Armoury up in a separate "clothes" coach.
#nomoredelays
Please don't go after Aggie, everyone. She's a young player overreaching and she is devasted and distraught, she knows it's an awful one. 🙏🏼
This is such a tough watch here. Horrible feeling 💔