Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis, Chairman Peter Hill-Wood and majority shareholder Stan Kroenke were all heckled on Thursday at the club’s annualgeneral meeting, where questions were raised about how the club was being run. Club manager Arsene Wenger was later forced to use his address to calm what the Guardian described as“an increasingly tense debate.” Several […]
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Vieira: England's Youth Coaching Needs an Overhaul
Former Arsenal and France midfielder Patrick Vieira lauded the official opening of St. Georges Park, the English Football Association’s national soccer center that opened onTuesday, but was quick to point out that England has a long way to go before it produces talent on a par with countries like Spain and France. “For a big […]
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EPL viewing up 71 percent for season finale
By Paul Kennedy A total of 1,348,000 viewers — 992,000 for English-language coverage and 356,000 for Spanish-language coverage — tuned in for the U.S. televisioncoverage of the final day of the English Premier League season, a jump of 72 percent over 2011 final day viewing. All 10 games aired live on seven English-languagenetworks, two Spanish-language […]
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Wenger convinced Arsenal miracle is possible
[WORLD VIEW] What do you when you’re down by four goals? Throw everyone into attack. That’s what Arsenal coach ArseneWenger plans on doing when the Gunners face AC Milan Tuesday in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 series. With only two midfielders healthy, he admits he has littlechoice. The 4-0 loss was […]
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Arsenal fills war chest
[MONEY MATTERS] Arsenal may be struggling on the field, but it’s doing well on the bottom line, reporting pre-tax profits of more than $78 million for the firstsix months of the fiscal year. The Gunners have cash reserves of more than $182 million and no short-term debt. The club’s chief executive, former MLS deputy commissioner […]
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Time running out for Arsenal's Wenger
[WORLD VIEW] Can it get any worse for Arsenal without Arsene Wenger saying enough is enough? The Gunners fell at ACMilan, 4-0, on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League, all but assuring an exit at the first hurdle of the knockout stage. As Wenger admitted afterward, Arsenal was never in the game. And it followedthree […]
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Henry going on loan to Arsenal
Manager Arsene Wenger confirmed Friday that Red Bulls attacker Thierry Henry, who has been training with the Gunnersduring the MLS offseason, will re-join his former club on loan starting next week. Henry scored a club-record 226 goals in eight years (1999-2007) at Arsenal and was a member of the2003-04 team that went unbeaten through the […]
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Wenger says 2012 could be year of the Ox
For all the talk of Arsenal bringing in former Gunner star Thierry Henry on loan from the New York Red Bulls when MarouaneChamakh and Gervinho head to the African Nations Cup in January, manager Arsene Wenger says the beginning of the year could be thechance for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The 18-year-old striker has been frustrated by […]
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Shea off to Arsenal for training
FC Dallas winger Brek Shea, one of MLS’s top young players, will begin a month-long training stint at Arsenal after the USA’s friendlies against France and Slovenia Nov. 11 and15. FC Dallas said the decision to send Shea to train with the Gunners was made after U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann encouraged his MLS-basedplayers to […]
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Lincecum wins one for the Gunners
[VIDEO PICK] Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco Giants’ Cy Young-winning pitcher, accomplishes what Arsene Wenger has been unable to do regularly and gets a win for Arsenal, beating Landon Donovan‘s Los Angeles Galaxy in thesoon-to-be-released FIFA 2012 video game. Lincecum also gets the best of Donovan in their banter in the EA Sports’ ad campaign […]