Tim Stillman

On 22 November, 2008, Gavin Hoyte started in central defence for Arsenal away at Manchester City. William Gallas had been disciplined for comments in the media, stripped of the captaincy and dropped for the trip to Manchester. 18-year-old Hoyte started in his stead. His brother Justin made his first Premier League start for Arsenal in similar circumstances.

Arsenal Women were 3-0 winners over Southampton at St. Mary’s in their final pre-season friendly with goals from Kyra Cooney-Cross and a second half brace from Laia Codina. Jonas Eidevall spoke to the press post-match. The first three questions are from Arseblog News.

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Ahead of Wednesday evening’s UWCL qualifier between Arsenal and Glasgow Rangers, Jonas Eidevall spoke to the media. Here is a full transcript of what he said. The italicised questions are from Arseblog News. On the team news… Both Beth Mead and Steph Catley didn’t take part in team training today, they are not going to […]

THE LOWDOWN Arsenal take on Glasgow Rangers at Meadow Park in their first Champions League qualifier on Wednesday evening. Earlier in the day, Atletico Madrid will take on Rosenborg. The winner of Atleti v Rosenborg will play the winner of Arsenal v Rangers on Saturday evening for the right to go through to the two […]

Caitlin Foord scored four goals in Arsenal’s 6-0 UWCL qualifying win over Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday evening. Caitlin spoke to the press post-match, the first two questions are from Arseblog News. On being able to get on the end of moves at the back post tonight… I had fun! I said I was extremely excited […]

In each of these examples, the acquired players have been in their peak years and, therefore, have not proved to be a significant impediment for longer term solutions somewhere down the line.

When Arsenal signed Mariona Caldentey this summer to play as a wide forward, Jonas Eidevall was introducing a different type of wide player into his team. Typically, Eidevall has preferred for his wingers to hold the width of the pitch. Mariona operates a little more like a wide playmaker, however. Drifting into central spaces to […]

‘Like all people, I have flaws, complacency is not one of them.’ These were the words of Jonas Eidevall ahead of Wednesday night’s 6-0 win over Glasgow Rangers. Rosenborg sprung a surprise in their semi-final showdown in the same group as they beat Atletico Madrid on penalties on Wednesday evening.

Arsenal Women are unchanged from Wednesday night’s 6-0 win over Glasgow Rangers with the exception of Beth Mead being back on the bench after nursing a slight groin strain over the last fortnight.