Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category

More on the under-16s

May 12, 2008

Introducing three more youngsters
Cormac Hegarty

Cormac (circled) is a midfielder usually deployed in central positions and travelled with the squad for the recent Atalanta Cup tournament in Italy. He has represented Ireland at youth level, and despite missing much of this season through injury, he looks set to gain a regular starting berth for the under-16s [...]

Whatever happened to…Graham Stack?

May 12, 2008

Welcome to a new feature on the blog: Whatever happened to…?, where we track the careers of Arsenal Academy products and see where they are now. Today’s featured player is Graham Stack.
After coming through the ranks at the Arsenal Academy, ‘keeper Graham was loaned out to feeder club Beveren in 2001. His time at the [...]

Loan watch: Merida and Pedro in action

May 11, 2008

Fran Merida- Cadiz 2 Real Sociedad 2
Fran started the game for Sociedad. They led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a Diaz de Cerio strike. However, Dani levelled things up shortly after the break. In an amazing turnaround, Cadiz then took the lead through Natalio, before Delibasic scored the leveller for Sociedad nine minutes from time.
Pedro [...]

Barazite, Nordtveit and Mannone join Randall on bench

May 11, 2008

Nacer Barazite, Havard Nordtveit, Vito Mannone and Mark Randall are amongst Arsenal’s substitutes for today’s visit to Sunderland. However, there is no place in the squad for Kieran Gibbs who fell ill last night.
——————–Fabianski——————
–Djourou—-Senderos————-Song——Clichy
–Eboue——Denilson————-Gilberto—-Walcott
————Adebayor————–Bendtner———
subs: Mannone, Traore, Nordtveit, Barazite, Randall

Sunu and Ozyakup in action as France and Netherlands reach semi-finals

May 10, 2008

The final matches of the group stages at the UEFA u-17 European Championship took place today. Scroll down to find out how the Arsenal players at the tournament got on.

Gilles Sunu- Switzerland 0 France 2

Gilles played 90 minutes for France as they booked their place in the semi-final thanks to a brace from Yannis Tafer. [...]

Wenger predicts bright future for English youngsters

May 9, 2008

Manager Arsene Wenger has predicted a bright future for the English youngsters at Arsenal Football Club. Speaking at Emirates Stadium earlier this week at a Q & A session with shareholders, the Frenchman revealed that there are ’six or seven’ English youngsters who will go on to become Premier League players and out of those [...]

Gibbs and Randall could get Sunderland chance

May 8, 2008

Arsenal youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Mark Randall could get their Premier League chance on Sunday when Arsenal travel to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland. With third place already secure for the Gunners and Sunderland safe from relegation, both sides will have little to play for and Wenger may decide to use it [...]

Loan watch: Vela can’t prevent defeat

May 7, 2008

Mallorca 1 Osasuna 0
After poor performances in recent matches, Carlos was dropped to the bench as Osasuna took on Mallorca this evening in La Liga, knowing a win would give them a massive boost in their bid to avoid relegation.
However, things didn’t go to plan for the Pamplona based side and they went a goal [...]

Sunu plays last 18 minutes as France and Spain draw thriller

May 7, 2008

The 2008 UEFA u-17 European Championships are currently taking place in Turkey. Scroll down for reports on the Arsenal players at the tournament, Gilles Sunu of France and Oghuzan Ozyakup of the Netherlands.

Gilles Sunu- France 3 Spain 3
Gilles played the final 18 minutes of this pulsating game as France took on the holders Spain [...]

Simpson nets hat-trick as Dorchester are hit for six

May 6, 2008

Jay Simpson announced his return to Arsenal with a hat trick to help Arsenal beat Dorchester 6-1 in Brian Benjamin’s testimonial at the Jewson Stadium tonight.
Arsenal welcomed back Gavin Hoyte from injury, whilst Mark Randall returned from his loan spell at Burnley.
——————Mannone————–
–Rodgers——G.Hoyte————Ayling—-Steer
–Ogogo——-Dunne————-Randall—Gibbs
————–Simpson———–Barazite——–
The match was supposed to commemorate Benjamin’s time at the club, but it was [...]