Arsenal secured their first league title in seventeen years on this day back in 1971, thereby completing the first leg of their attempt to win a League and Cup Double. Liverpool lay in wait for the FA Cup Final five days later, but first Arsenal needed to go to White Hart Lane to play their […]
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‘You don’t understand football’: Lineker and Jenas react to controversial penalty decision in NLD
‘You don’t understand football’: Lineker and Jenas react to controversial penalty decision in NLD – originally posted on Sportslens.com Popular football pundits Gary Lineker and Jermaine Jenas have suggested that Arsenal should not have been awarded the penalty against Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby. The Gunners came from behind to seal a 2-1 […]
On This Day – 23rd December
It was on this day in 1978 that Arsenal put five goals without reply against their bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur. 42,073 fans were at White Hart Lane to see Arsenal match the second highest victory in the derby, a record that was held by Tottenham who beat Arsenal by the same scoreline on Christmas Day […]