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Jon Spurling

2 years

Here's the incomparable Barry Davies, who wrote the foreword for Get It On. No cliches from me about him finding the book interesting, VERY interesting, or suggesting you just look at his face......

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

3 years

I really have heard it all when Sky TV employees are moaning - on behalf of the fans - about a game being rearranged at short notice. Isn't that what Sky have been doing for 30 years? #NLD #Arsenal #COYG

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5 years

He may not be at #Arsenal much longer, but I'm getting bored with the 'Good ebening' jibes at #Emery - they're a bit classless towards a guy trying to improve his English - and from a fanbase which supposedly prides itself on being cosmopolitan. We're better than that. Aren't we?

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4 years

48 hours ago #Arteta was a messiah for having steered us to an FA Cup victory. Now swathes of #Arsenal twitter are in meltdown because Arteta might be bringing #Willian to N5. How about we get on with our jobs and we let MA get on with managing our club this summer? #COYG

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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a footballer walk to a game, but here’s Fabio Vieira this afternoon hotfooting it to the Emirates. #Arsenal #COYG #ARSBHA

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4 years

Raise a glass today to Herbert Chapman, who died 87 years ago today. We #Arsenal fans owe him (almost) everything. #COYG

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3 years

Tottenham fans harking back to Lasagne-gate in 2006? How about Easter 1980, when Tottenham wouldn't shift the #NLD despite #Arsenal having a monumental fixture pile up, and forcing us, as the song said to 'beat Spurs with six reserves.' You wanna go back further? #COYG #TOTARS

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3 years

Let’s be honest, had #Arsenal sold #Aubameyang in 2020 summer, and cashed in on him, there would have been uproar. Hindsight is not something afforded to Arteta. #COYG #ARSSOU

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4 years

I'm amazed that Sky are showing the #Arsenal #89movie tonight seeing as how they've spent the last 28 years telling us that football didn't actually exist before 1992.

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4 years

I don’t agree that Tottenham won because of #Mourinho tactics - they won because #Arsenal can’t defend and gifted them a win. #NLD

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@JonSpurling1

4 years

The most scandalous match played in Premier League history. Riley's display that day at Old Trafford was cowardly, pathetic, and utterly incompetent. He utterly crumbled under pressure, and should have had the guts to apologise to #Arsenal for such a gutless performance. #COYG

Sky Sports News

@SkySportsNews

4 years

#MUFC ended #AFC 's 49-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 win in the 'Battle of the Buffet' in 2004. 🍕 But should Wayne Rooney have been awarded a penalty for this foul by Sol Campbell? Tune into Football Centre with Dermot Gallagher at 11am!

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2 years

Why do Wolves or Villa fans think that #Arsenal celebrations after the games were specifically about THEM? Nothing to do with that - it's about relishing hard earned victories away from home, something we've not been doing for far too long.... #COYG

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5 years

I think I speak for all #Arsenal fans when I say that the club should formally apologise to City for failing to approach #Arteta in the ‘correct’ manner - especially considering how totally above board they were with Sagna, Clichy, Adebayor, Toure and Nasri. #ArtetaIn

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Plenty of #Arsenal fans on here discussing our ‘tradition’ of great football. Well - only from ‘97 onwards. Before that, fans also saw the value in narrow wins, clean sheets, and the bottom line of a 1-0 win. Wenger-ball spoiled us and permanently skewed expectations. #ARSBOU

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2 months

Impossible to deny that Premier League winning City are a sensational team in every sense. Worth remembering also that Lance Armstrong was a breathtakingly good cyclist, and Ben Johnson a (then) record breaking, champion athlete too. #Arsenal #COYG #ARSEVE

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6 years

A great stat today from David Dein about the Emirates loan. The club was loaned around £350 million at a time when annual turnover was £150 million. Staggering. The reason? Assurances that #Wenger would remain boss. #Arsenal fans should always remember that in years to come.

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

5 years

Anyone else still annoyed about the missed #Aubameyang penalty at Tottenham?

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5 years

I actually admire the reaction of #Xhaka - why not stick one back to the boo boys? Eboue and Vaessen were reduced to tears, Sammels quit the club almost under the radar. Xhaka fought back. Whatever your opinion of a player - it’s wrong to boo one of your own players. #ARSCRY

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6 years

#Arsenal valued at £2.2bn, +ranked 6th in Deloitte money league. We bring in £198m revenue, and have a 60,000 stadium which is always sold out (at London prices), if not full. And there's not a penny left in the pot for players. #Emery can only work so many miracles. #KroenkeOut

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4 years

I like Chris Wilder. Not only did he coach Sheffield United to a win over Tottenham, but he also just called us ‘the #Arsenal ’ on Match Of The Day.

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@JonSpurling1

2 years

Isn't it just fantastic that #Arsenal are winding up pundits and rival fans again? #COYG

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

5 years

My wife isn't really into football, but tonight I was suggesting that #Arsenal might regret not appointing #Mourinho as boss. Her response? "You hate Mourinho. Don't sell out and lower your standards." So the question: is my point valid, or is Mrs S in Canterbury spot on?

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Blocked a few #Arsenal fans today. Sick and tired of the venom on here towards #Mustafi - especially when the season isn’t even underway. Football is a game people - not life and death, and comparing him to a fatal disease is beyond ridiculous..... #COYG #bbcfootball

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

I see that some #Arsenal fans are sniffy at the vague possibility of #Simeone taking over. One even said: “He’s too defensive for us.” Just digest the sheer ridiculousness of that statement for a few seconds..never has a club needed an injection of defensive acumen more. #ARSBHA

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

To those #Arsenal fans who haughtily turned their noses up at top 4 finishes and dismissed Wembley wins as “only the FA Cup,” a few years back, I hope that NOW you have a full grasp of what a top flight club in crisis actually means... #ARSBHA

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

It’s all very well #Arsenal fans saying: “Ignore AFTV” but I’ve never watched it in my life, and I don’t follow them on social media, yet their views / lowest common denominator comments are all over my timeline anyway. They’re like a football version of the pox. #AFTV #AFTVOut

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Anyone else think #Mustafi - the error aside - played well tonight? #CHEARS

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

It's embarrassing that #Arsenal fans are rounding on @9smudge for daring to be objective on Sky, which his contract stipulates. Even winning 2 Golden Boots, netting at Anfield in '89 and the winner v Parma in '94 isn't enough to prevent brainless keyboard warriors having a dig.

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5 months

I’d be fuming if - like Man City - United end up with a free new stadium, whereas #Arsenal paid through the nose for theirs and spent years paying for bricks and mortar rather than top players. I can feel my blood boiling already. Anyone else? #COYG

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

Good news #Arsenal fans. I won't be watching tonight's home match because I'm working. I've watched the last 4 home games and we've lost all of them. It's a good omen. The title charge starts here. #ARSSOU #COYG

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5 years

#AFTV calling out Ray Parlour I see, and accusing him of jealousy. They’re right; Ray seethes with rage everyday as he works as a media pundit and reflects on his playing career where he won #Arsenal silverware galore... #NORARS #Ljungberg

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@JonSpurling1

4 years

George Graham is by far the most tactically astute #Arsenal manager of modern times. Sod the bungs and the Tottenham thing (remember though he won more trophies at WHL than Poch) and give him a statue. #COYG #89

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

When I started following #Arsenal in the late '70s, and someone said: "I support Arsenal," I knew what that meant, and felt a bond with that person. Now, I immediately think: "Yeah, but what SORT of fan are you?" Sad times.....

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@JonSpurling1

3 years

The mud, sideburns, long hair. The detritus on the pitch. The conflict. It can only be '70s football. Here's the front cover for Get It On. Out on March 3rd.....

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4 years

Very sad news about former Gunners skipper Kenny #Sansom who has had so many struggles with alcohol over the last 30 years. I hope that he pulls through to fight another day. #Arsenal

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

This remains the most scandalous match #Arsenal have ever played in. Mike Riley's performance was a disgrace - he completely capitulated under the pressure at Old Trafford. It remains a total outrage 14 years on.

Throwback Arsenal

@ThrowbackAFC

6 years

#OTD in 2004: Mike Riley ends Arsenal's historic 49 game unbeaten run.

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@JonSpurling1

10 months

I used to think that #Arsenal were only ever 2 consecutive defeats away from a crisis. The bar has shifted. It seems now that a draw sends many fans into a vortex of grief and fury. Time to get a grip and keep the faith. #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Can #Arsenal fans stop polluting my timeline with retweets from morons who: a. want us to lose tomorrow and b. have changed their profile pic to one of Jamie Vardy. Remember, these are attention seeking buffoons who are making our club a laughing stock across the planet. #LEIARS

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@JonSpurling1

4 years

Chelsea fans on here claiming #Arsenal ‘bought’ the referee. Remember when they bought football in 2003? #COYG #bbcfootball #ARSCHEL

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

So #Alexis was a great, great player but I never took to him and was neutral about him leaving. #Giroud was a good, good player and I'm genuinely saddened to see him leave. Sheer talent alone doesn't make fans warm to you.... #Arsenal #TransferDeadlineDay

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@JonSpurling1

2 years

The record books will show that Klopp’s Liverpool (‘22) and Graham’s #Arsenal (‘93) are on a level by both winning the League and FA Cup. Funny old game, innit? AND we beat Scarborough that season in the fog, too. #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Tediously boring #Arsenal twitter today - an injury hit team didn't play well, but won away and are still in touch with the top 4. Life could be far worse. Roll on the Europa League, and stop moaning and over analysing. Enough said. #HTFCvAFC #HUDARS

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

I’m hoping #Arteta pulls each player into his office one by one and asks: “Do you actually want to play for this club.” If there’s the slightest doubt, he should stop selecting them immediately. Too many big name players have gone missing. Almost literally. #Arsenal #ArtetaIn

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5 years

#Guendouzi is often careless, reckless and rash, but without his drive and zest in the second half, #Arsenal would never have fought back like they did. He encapsulates everything that’s both frustrating and compelling about the team right now. #MOTD2 #ARSAVL

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

I’ve got no time for #Arsenal fans who always expect to be entertained at matches. A classic example of an entitled generation of fans...3 points is all that matters. #ARSBOU #bbcfootball #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

#Arsenal fans claiming club has ‘tradition’ of playing attacking football. That’s true in last 20 years. Previously, approach was ‘pragmatic.’ I’d be happy to be bored rigid for rest of 2018-2019 if it meant we drilled the defence effectively. But I suspect I’m in the minority.

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

In the last 34 years, we’ve been very fortunate to have had 2 managers - Graham and Wenger - who not only delivered success, but also absolutely ‘got’ what #Arsenal means. It might be years before we have either of those luxuries again. #ARSCRY #bbcfootball #MOTD2 #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

I’ve got massive respect for #Arteta deciding to come in and attempt to detoxify this sorry mess at #Arsenal - it would have been so much easier for him to stay at City. He’ll need to be savvy, brave, determined and bloody ruthless. Good luck to him. #ArtetaIn #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

#Arsenal have never conceded 7 at home since they moved to North London in 1913, yet #Tottenham have eclipsed that after being in their new ground for less than 6 months. Who said they’re forever in our shadow? #TOTFCB #ChampionsLeague #bbcfootball

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@JonSpurling1

4 years

The #79 FA Cup Final - no sculpted hair, no tattoos, no bleached teeth, no fake tans, no choreographed goal celebrations...what have I missed? #Arsenal #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Any #Arsenal fan who is claiming the Europa League is tin pot and doesn’t matter, or they don’t care what happens tonight because Tottenham reached the Champions League Final needs to grow up. Or just go and support Tottenham. We’ve got a job to do. #VALARS #Arsenal

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Yes - let’s all laugh at a young man who’s just been burgled...what an archetypal @MailSport article; condescending, rude, insensitive and an embarrassment to journalism, as usual. #Arsenal

Mail Sport

@MailSport

5 years

Arsenal flop Denis Suarez's home is broken into by burglars... but the thieves decide not to take anything as there was nothing worth stealing!

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Jon Spurling

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1 year

Morning all. Here's my tribute to the late great John Hollins. #Arsenal #COYG @arseblog #JohnHollins

John Hollins: 1946 -2023

By Jon Spurling When footballers play for multiple London clubs throughout their careers, they rarely gain genuine and lasting respect from all the respective teams’ supporters. Think William Gallas...

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

Are #Tottenham still a work in progress? I was just wondering, because the silence in the media surrounding their 3rd defeat in a row is deafening. Yet when #Arsenal lose 2 on the spin, the 'club in crisis' . Levels of expectation, I'm guessing. #INTTOT #bbcfootball

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@JonSpurling1

3 months

Whatever happens this season, I’m as fond of this #Arsenal team as any previous title winning Gunners side. The entertainment and the passion they show is second to none. So many goal laden showings from a young side, and done within the rules too. Bloody lovely. #COYG #ARSBOU

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@JonSpurling1

3 years

If #Arsenal were the only team left in the #ESL we'd still finish 9th. #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

1 year

Why is every top club in Europe not jumping up and down on a daily basis, demanding that all the charges City face are looked into thoroughly and speedily? #COYG #Arsenal

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@JonSpurling1

7 years

#Arsenal have no cash for transfers despite 2 billionaire shareholders, most expensive seats in London, 60,000 stadium and monster TV deal.

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7 years

Arsenal have no plans to replace AOC & no money for major signings, but only way Sanchez leaves is if #AFC get massive money & replacement

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4 years

#Arsenal fans - #TheBear aka Dainton Connell dies 13 years ago today. Here's my piece I wrote on him a few years back. #COYG

The Bear of Highbury

Dainton Connell was Arsenal’s most notorious hooligan in the 1970s and a Pet Shop Boys roadie in the 1980s. His violent death in Moscow in 2007 has only added to the mystique that still surrounds...

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

Wish #Arsenal fans on here would stop going on about how #Eboue and #Aliadiere aren't 'legends.' They may not be world beaters but they're raising a tonne of money for charity, so lay off the piss taking eh? #AFCLegends

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Huge respect for #Wolves - the best team I’ve seen at #Arsenal this season, and treating the #FACup with the respect it deserves, rather than simply aiming for a mid table finish. #WOLMUN

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@JonSpurling1

1 year

The #Jorghino deal is a bit like when #Arsenal signed Kevin Richardson in the ‘80s. A solid, unspectacular and experienced pro in a team of youngsters. Could make all the difference too, like in ‘89. #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Lazy, lazy from #MOTD about #ARSHU regarding “mumblings of discontent.” Crowd was positive yesterday and there’s huge goodwill towards Arteta. There was frustration about the non penalty and #Arsenal failure to hold the lead but this doesn’t equate to “discontent.” #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

Twitter should be censored today to ensure that no #Arsenal fans are whining on here today after beating Chelsea and reaching Wembley. Try and enjoy the moment, you spoilt moaners, with a ridiculous sense of entitlement...and stop embarrassing your club #AFCvCFC #CarabaoCupFinal

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

So much hypocrisy on here today - none more so than from @piersmorgan - but then that's hardly surprising. I suppose over time the rift within the #Arsenal fan base will heal, but I won't easily forget that a minority of #Arsenal fans have treated #Wenger disgracefully for years.

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

#Arsenal are winners before they even kick off tomorrow. After WBA's loss today, #AFC have successfully avoided finishing bottom of the top flight for the 105th consecutive year. Congratulations to all of us, and of course, happy St Baggies Day! #ARSWAT #bbcfootball

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

As #Wenger is announced as king of world football, AND paid a king’s ransom, I’m sure he’s devastated to learn that a bunch of #Arsenal keyboard warriors - who claimed he’d never get another job - are still mocking him. I think that makes them the laughing stock, doesn’t it?

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

Martin Keown jumping like a lunatic over the cowering van Nistelrooy should be cast in bronze outside the Emirates - and the statue named ‘Arsenal Team Spirit.’ All new #Arsenal signings should be made to look at it and Keown himself should explain its significance. #COYG #ARSAVL

Throwback Arsenal

@ThrowbackAFC

5 years

In the aftermath, Arsenal were charged £175,000 for failing to control their players. Fines for players totalled £100,000 with 6 Arsenal players getting fined. Despite this, Arsenal went on to go unbeaten all season so the draw was significant.

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6 years

He might be missing a League Champions medal, but Nacho Monreal has morphed into one of those great unsung #Arsenal stars - like Radford, Smith, Lukic, and Lauren - who cracks on with their game in an unfussy yet effective way. #bbcfootball #ARSWAT #COYG

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

In a different era, with 2 winnning goals in FA Cup Finals for #Arsenal Aaron Ramsey would be assured of a hero spot on the outside of the Emirates. That he's still criticised by many speaks volumes for how football and #AFC fans have changed - and not always for the better.

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Aaron Ramsey joined us over United, suffered a career threatening injury and came back stronger, covers 10+ km every game and has contributed to 100+ goals for the club in his 9 year stay, including two cup winners. If he extends, I’d love him to be rewarded with the captaincy.

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6 years

#Ozil is finished at #Arsenal -I reluctantly accept that now. So, can an unnamed Chinese club please appear as if by magic, bid £50 million for him, and then we can all move on? #WHUARS #bbcfootball

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1 year

Sad to hear that John Hollins has passed away. Determined, whole hearted and a model professional, he arrived as a veteran, and was never less than totally dependable in an era of under achievement. Here he is in classic Gunners early '80s garb. #RIPJohnHollins #Arsenal #COYG

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5 years

So - George Graham ended up winning more trophies at #Tottenham than #Pochettino did. Isn't life strange?

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3 years

17 years ago, #Arsenal were kicked off the park at Old Trafford. It was a scandal then, and it still stinks out the place now. The closest thing I've seen to a bent match in this country during my life time... #COYG

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4 years

I'm confused. How can a team which won the league in November now be in 6th place in January? #Arsenal #COYG

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6 years

I'd rather City bought the title. I detest Liverpool's media darling status -reinforced by 40-somethings who followed them from afar when they dominated English football + dread the nauseating sentimentality which will be rammed down our throats if they prevail in 2019. #MANLIV

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6 years

I understand that in Germany, Holland and France, the media castigated #Son for his blatant dive yesterday. In England? Barely a mention or a light grilling. Almost the suggestion that it would have been rude of him not to hurl himself to the floor. Bizarre. #ARSTOT #Arsenal

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4 years

Sad news about the charismatic and good humoured #TheoFoley -an excellent conduit between the players and an often standoffish / austere George Graham when #Arsenal started winning trophies again in the late '80s. RIP Theo.

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6 years

The small number of #Arsenal fans already slamming #Arteta would have asked "Arsene Who?" in '96, questioned why we were hiring the Millwall boss in '86 and moaned: "But he's the bloody physio" in '66....

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4 years

I haven’t seen #Arsenal play in such a George Grahamesque way since the days of George Graham.... #ARSMCI #COYG #FACup

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4 years

If Tony Adams went round to each and every #Arsenal player tomorrow, grabbed them by the shoulders, and barked at them: "We don't lose North London derbies," would it help our preparation for this weekend? #NLD

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5 years

#Emery is frankly mocking and toying with #Ozil now, and I don’t like it. It lacks class, and Mesut deserves better than that. #ARSMUN #AFC #bbcfootball

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@JonSpurling1

6 years

I still think that any #Arsenal fans who dismisses the value of the #FACup doesn't grasp its importance to the history of the club, both in the dim and distant past and more recently. Football is all about big, monstrous days out, and we're fortunate to have had a great number.

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@JonSpurling1

3 years

I don't have any sympathy with Watford griping about our goal. They came to spoil, disrupt, niggle and get a draw. Their best player was their goalie, and they deservedly got nothing. End of. #Arsenal #COYG #ARSWAT

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@JonSpurling1

5 years

As an #Arsenal fan, I love #FACup 3rd round weekend. It oozes history; '79 replay marathon against Sheffield Wednesday, Charlie Nicholas hat trick at Grimsby '85, Wrighty at Yeovil '93, Walcott gesturing at Spurs fans in 2014, Henry's return in 2012 v Leeds...and more.

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@JonSpurling1

2 years

Morning #Arsenal fans - here's my tribute on @arseblog to Terry Neill- who died last week....

Terry Neill - RIP

Former Arsenal boss Terry Neill passed away this week. Jon Spurling (@jonspurling1) remembers his time at the club. — My mum wasn’t much of a football fan, but as I began following Arsenal in the...

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@JonSpurling1

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@mattletiss7 Oh Matt - can't you just let us all remember you for your your amazing goals and your great punditry, and not for your inexplicable disappearances down conspiracy rabbit holes?

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

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Happy 84th birthday to commentator Barry Davies, who'll always be the voice of football to many over 50s like me. I'm more than delighted that Barry has agreed to write the foreword for my new book on 1970s football which will be published in March 2022.

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

A lot on here about #Saliba being labelled the 'new' Virgil when he signed for #Arsenal - but worth remembering that at 19, Virgil was a reserve with Groningen, learnt his trade in Holland / Scotland, and didn't play a Prem game until he was 24. So some context is needed... #COYG

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

6 years

Santi #Cazorla is a footballer who deserves to savour and enjoy every second of his #Villareal career - this goal proves what a class act he remains. #VillarrealRealMadrid #Arsenal

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@MundialMag

6 years

Meanwhile, Santi Cazorla just did this against Real Madrid.

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

6 years

Has #Wenger been fired? I ask because so many #Arsenal fans are clamouring for semi final tickets whereas previously they were boycotting games because Wenger was in charge. So he must have been sacked and won’t be in charge for Atletico -the club kept that quiet. #bbcfootball

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

#Mourinho has it all wrong when he says that #Arsenal fans are only poking fun at Tottenham because we're not doing too well ourselves. I've always mocked them - none more so than when we won the 18 trophies I've seen us win during my lifetime. #COYG

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

Brilliant #Arsenal - the best tactical display I’ve seen from us in a long time, and #Aubameyang absolutely delivered on the big occasion. #Luiz superb also. #COYG #FACup

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

Lots of respect on here today for George Graham - none more so than from @9smudge - here's my @FourFourTwo piece on why George should absolutely be cast in bronze outside the Emirates..... #Arsenal #COYG

What did George Graham ever do for Arsene Wenger? Here's what...

Twenty years on from Graham's Highbury heave-ho, Jon Spurling argues it’s not just Arsenal fans who should remain eternally grateful to him for shaping the Gunners in his own vision...

www.fourfourtwo.com

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

2 years

Very sad to hear that Terry Neill has passed away. I always think of him as my first #Arsenal manager, and our white knuckle win over United in ‘79 set the scene for a life of supporting the Gunners. #RIPTerry #COYG

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

5 years

Hope that Danny #Welbeck stirs up a hornet's nest at Watford, and racks up the goals there. He was always a whole hearted player and I believe that had he stayed fit last season #Arsenal would have been top 4. One of the most likeable fellas to have kicked a ball in N5.

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

5 years

Commentators pleased for #Son because of what “he’s been through this week.” When I saw him play the other night, his ankle appeared to be in one piece I recall... #Arsenal #LEIARS

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

5 years

Gary Cahill to #Arsenal on a free, anyone? One season only?

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

Tonight, #Arsenal players will wear black armbands as a tribute to Theo Foley, who played a massive role in the club’s late ‘80s renaissance. Here’s my @Arseblog tribute to George Graham’s right hand man. #COYG #ARSNOR

Remembering Theo Foley

Tonight, Arsenal will wear black armbands and observe a period of silence in remembrance of Theo Foley, George Graham’s assistant between 1986 and 1990, who died last week at the age of 83. He was a...

arseblog.com

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Jon Spurling

@JonSpurling1

4 years

I reckon we should offer to pay £50 million for rumoured transfer target #PabloMari just to calm down the disgruntled #Arsenal fans on twitter who reckon every new signing needs to cost the earth. #COYG

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