As we missed the girl of the week last week we thought we'd give you an extra special treat in the form of the gorgeous Emma Fuller.

Emma is a massive Arsenal fan and once turned down David Bentley, top girl, who obviously has class as well as sexy looks!

If you would like to be our girl of the week then e-mail ukffgirls@ukfootballfinder.

This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

You can't wait to watch Manchester derby tomorrow in Old Trafford? Are you kind of disappointed because you won't see City's star 'Manu' Adebayor in the pitch? Are you an Arsenal fan fed up with your team's last performances and bored enough to play the first random game you could find? Well, we have this for [.

I have managed to get hold of one Arsenal fan that was in the stands, directly at the front when everything kicked off against City after Adebayor's goal celebrations.

As it turns out, the 'Elephant' song, as it is being coined in the press, was not sung in the stands at all. It was the 'Arshavin version'.

It was the Friday before the start of the Premier League season and I was on a plane home. The two gentlemen next to me starting talking and the conversation soon moved to football. One of them was lamenting Southampton's relegation into League One, he then said to his friend, "So it's four years without a trophy now then?

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At 1800 this evening my best mate who is a Arsenal fan text me with the message "it was men against boys" and let's face it, he's not wrong. Chelsea stamped their authority on Arsenal and the Premier League with an impressive and dogged display against Arsenal at the Emirates as we came out 3-0 winners with two goals from Didier Drogba and an own goal from Vermaelen.

The transfer of Kolo Toure to Manchester City for £14m is of more significance than some might think. While to many it is another endorsement of money running football as City take their summer spending to astronomical levels, it is also more of a symbolic significance, especially if you are an Arsenal Fan.

Morning Insiders another weeks ends with a 2-1 victory for England yesterday, as you would expect most of todays papers concentrate on the Internationals. We have managed to find a few Arsenal related stories from todays papers. Below's a quick roundup:

News Of The World: Manchester City's Robinho and Barca striker Henry will be the subject of further talks in the January transfer window.

Former Arsenal man has no class whatsoever.

Emmanuel Adebayor has apologised for baiting Arsenal fans after scoring in Manchester City's 4-2 win at Eastlands.

The former Gunners striker, who joined City in the summer, ran the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of visiting fans, who reacted furiously.

I completely forgot to mention this in my blog, but as I feel so special, I shall give it it's own blog and not just an UPDATE on the other one.

Sitting yesterday after the match I was seething/stewing/ranting, sometimes it was one at a time, sometimes all three. Anyway, You're on Sky Sports was on and I decided I'd send them an email.

Emmanuel Adebayor evokes some interesting emotions wherever he goes. From his goal-scoring exploits for Arsenal to back-to-back interviews where he pledged allegiance to Arsenal before flirting with Barcelona, to his quite obvious Milan fantasy to his bumper contract at Arsenal to a move to Manchester the next summer, Adebayor had already entertained and infuriated Arsenal fans.

I like Cudicini I do. I knows he's not only a spud but an ex-chav as well but I've always liked him. I thought he was a great keeper, admired the way he handled things after he was shit on at Chelsea, and how could you not appreciate his gift to Henry at Highbury?
Being on a somewhat different planet for over a week now I've had a relative abscence of news in my life and what I have seen has arrived by way of Arsenal-related blogs.

It was a dive. It was a dive. It was a dive.
Despite every Arsenal fan accepting that, we still have had it repeated ad nauseam. All day long. So I thought it should be said a few more times.
Goodplaya's description of events is perfect:

Last night Eduardo did what a million strikers do – nudge the ball past the keeper and trust his momentum will provide enough contact to yield a penalty.

1. We won despite having a dreadful first half and a passable second half.
2. Wayne Rooney has scored four goals in four games. Cristiano who?
3. Darren Fletcher is a machine.
4. An Arsenal player scored our winning goal. Hilarious.
5. Wenger got sent to the stands continuing a day of indiscipline for Arsenal in a game where over half their players were booked.

So there we were in The Fountain.
Junior Goonier joined us with 3 of his mates just after kick off.
Between us we were 3 Liverpool fans, a dyed-in-the-wool Arsenal fan and a Leicester City fan with a slight lean towards the Arse.
Tight start with neither side able to get flowing and both making silly errors when passing.

"Boys, diving is back on the menu".

That might be the most potent message after seeing England's game against Slovenia. And no, UEFA is not going to do any retrospective video refereeing because it is lowly Slovenia. Rooney can pull a player's shirt blatantly, fall down, and pretend he got fouled without retribution.

117th bogus story about Cesc this month!

Cesc 'unsure' of Arsenal future

He said: "I do not know if I will leave the Premier League next year. I am happy an it is an important year for the club.

"I have not spoken to anyone at the moment, although if something has to happen, it will happen — but currently there is nothing.

I know, I know. Shouldn't have friends who support Utd. But they are good people, apart from the fact that they support Ferguson's cronies. Honestly. And they've shown it haven't they? If they heap praise themselves on our team's performance, you know we are doing something right.

I thought I should jump in on this issue while the water is still warm and explain an Irish view of Wednesday's larceny. In Ireland we do not do football dramas in small measures, Roy Keane's walkout at the 2002 World Cup practically sparked a civil war and now the 'Hand of Henry' has turned into a diplomatic incident.

While Manchester City fans simply can't wait for the forthcoming Premier League season to bask in the glory that could be created by their newfound prowess, Liverpool and Arsenal fans are reeling from the lack of trophies won by their respective clubs in recent years.

If I was an Arsenal fan, I'd be fed up already listening to people saying that Manchester City were obviously going to usurp them as one of the "Big Four" sides. It's amazing what spending money does to peoples judgement when it comes to football and Manchester City have certainly caught more than their fair share of attention over the summer.

Nicklas Bendtner has today announced that he will change his squad number from 26 to 52. It's a suprising number but Bendtner has said that he has his own reason for personally choosing this number.

Nicklas has also kindly offered to personally refund every Arsenal fan that bought the "Bendtner 26″ shirt.

The Premier League kicks off this weekend which means that languagecaster's football podcast is back. On this week's first show of the season we hear from an Arsenal fan on his team's prospects for the year. We also review the big football stories from around the world in the good, the bad and the ugly, including Scotland's thrashing in Norway in a vital World Cup qualifier.

Wrong Wrong Wrong!

Arsenal striker Eduardo has been banned for two games by Uefa for diving to win a penalty against Celtic last week.
The Croatia international was found guilty of deceiving referee Manuel Gonzalez as he fell under the challenge of goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

Part IVa, My original trilogy has become rather drawn out and repeatedly rewritten because of the need to keep things current. In earlier sections I dealt with our Club, our Board and of course AW our manager. In turning to our squad, I have been forced to look at all the players available and the last instalment dealt with our prospective new Goalkeeping talents.

All over the world tonight, people are cheering on their respective national teams. The Slovenians, the Georgians, the English, the Danes, just to name a few. As a citizen of a country with a lowly rank of 127 on the FIFA World Ranking table, I should probably feel a little bit sorry, a little bit jealous, possibly a little bit angry over the fact that my country has barely moved up the rankings at all over the years.

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Arsenal must be glad to never have to take the trip to Manchester again this season after losing their second consecutive match. This time it was a 4-2 loss to City, leaving Arsene Wenger happy to see the Manchester skyline in the rear view mirror.

Having taken a few weeks off to study Arsenal‘s play, I am now back to discuss the latest game and clarify the recent fear that is tingling inside you.

Following the last two trips to Manchester, I have noticed that many of you have commented on Arsenal's failure but on the contrary; both games showed that we were very unfortunate.

After a couple disappointing defeats, we were definitely due for a bit of a change. We needed something new to break out of our rut. Something which combined the best elements of what we had with something bold and exciting. Something attractive, yet brutally effective.

I'm speaking, of course, of Wenger's new tie.

It may as well be the dream of every Arsenal fan to see Thierry Henry back with the Gunners and, according to what the Frenchman told Sky Sports News, it may as well become more than just a dream.

On a possible return to London, the 32-year old said:

I'd maybe watch a game or something like that.

Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Simon Reece, a Blackburn season-ticket holder, from Crewe ahead of the Premier League clash against the Arsenal...

Eldo71: You'll be aware that Arsenal fans don't have bundles of time for Sam Allardyce.

Enough Liverpool bashing has been done to keep me sated for a month now. There are only so many Voronin jokes and beach ball jokes you can make before it gets a bit stale. Fortunately for us Arsenal fans, fresh meat has arrived in the form of the scum. North London derbies are always a special occasion (if you're an Arsenal fan all the more so, barring the one obvious time).

The bad news just keeps getting worse for Liverpool with Torres to join Steven Gerrard as a possible candidate for surgery. He has a hernia which could be cured with a long layoff of a month but if symptoms persist then surgery will be the other alternative.

Rafa has no choice but to play Torres in today's match against Lyon at the Stade de Gerland.

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Here's hoping to good times ahead.

The Ivory Coast international signed a four-year deal with Manchester City last month, ending a seven-year stint with the north London club.
Almunia said: "I was surprised by Kolo. He was a big part of Arsenal, one of the greatest players we've had over the last few years.

Days away from a new Premier League season and reporter Oscar Chamberlain takes a closer look at the up and coming stars ready to make their mark this term.

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You only need to speak his name around an Arsenal fan and they will tell you how much is expected of him in the coming season.

On this week's main report from languagecaster's podcast we find out from an Arsenal fan what he thinks of his team's chances this season. The transcript from the interview is below while you can listen by clicking here.

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Good afternoon folks. There isn't really much going on today. Needless to say there is still much euphoria around after our result but no-one is getting carried away on the back of it. Especially not the BBC who, after putting Arsenal on first on Match of the Day for the first time in about ten years, spent the entire 'post-highlights' section talking about Everton.