Man City's official YouTube channel has provided a lot of unexpected entertainment over its relatively short existence and has already become a model for other clubs to follow. It does, however, go off the rails from time to time (City kitman Les Chapman's "nature watch" segment where he tracks down a ginger kid in his underpants).

Truth be told I'd prefer the 2002 vintage, but I'd be lying if I said I was completely cold about the possible return of Sir Thierry of Henry. It's difficult not to be taken in by the romance of our all-time top scorer coming back for a few months, even if he is now one score and fourteen years old.

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In which, while presenting a post-match phone-in in front of a live audience on Monday evening, BBC Five Live presenter Mark 'Chappers' Chapman falls for one of the oldest, most stale tricks in the book hook, line and, indeed, sinker...

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The celebration of Arsenal's 125th anniversary recently has led to the erection of three Arsenal legends namely Thierry Henry, Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman. Many questioned Henry's credentials to have a statue outside the Emirates. This is because Henry left the club in 2007 due to declining form and the desire to wanting to win [.

With statues of Tony Adams, Thierry Henry and Herbert Chapman erected recently in celebration for Arsenal's 125th anniversary, a lot of attention was turned to Arsenal's current flying Dutchman. Many questioned Van Persie's credentials to be an Arsenal great in years to come. Van Persie has been at the club since 2005.

Written by Harry

Arsenal brought together an array of legends to help them celebrate the history that is Arsenal, 125 years of history to be precise, from the days of Dial Square, Plumstead common, Henry Norris getting us into Division one after WW1, the Chapman Era, the 70's double, moving in more recent history with George Graham's titles and cups, right upto Wenger's invincible's and some of the best football I have ever seen.

Written by Harry

Arsenal brought together an array of legends to help them celebrate the history that is Arsenal, 125 years of history to be precise, from the days of Dial Square, Plumstead common, Henry Norris getting us into Division one after WW1, the Chapman Era, the 70's double, moving in more recent history with George Graham's titles and cups, right upto Wenger's invincible's and some of the best football I have ever seen.

Thierry Henry gets very emotional after a statue of him is unveiledf outside the Emirates Stadium to commemorate their 125th anniversary of the founding of the club, other statues to be unveiled were Tony Adams and former manager Herbert Chapman. And given Robin Van Persie's scoring form at the minute it won't be long before his statue and that of the manager Arsene Wenger are alongside those unveiled today.

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It was an emotional day at Arsenal yesterday, as the club unveiled three statues to celebrate the heroes of the club's 125th birthday. Former manager Herbert Chapman, club cuptain Tony Adams and record goalscorer Thierry Henry were honoured, and Henry made an emotional speech to mark the occasion, tears in his eyes as he described [.

By Chris Wright

Arsenal unveiled three statues outside the Emirates yesterday to mark the club's 125th anniversary, with Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman (it wasn't Pascal Cygan after all!) being recognised for the services to the Gunners over the years along with record-scorer Thierry Henry, who tried and failed to fight back the waterworks during his acceptance speech.

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Thierry Henry wept yesterday as his statue was unveiled alongside those of fellow Arsenal greats Herbert Chapman and Tony Adams at the Emirates.

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Lots of chat today over whether Arsenal chose the right people for the 125 year statues.
In issues like these, you're basically asking people to decide who their favourite Arsenal players were - a ridiculously subjective exercise.
So, at least for the initial statues, you have to go with the obvious candidates.

I'm going to make this quick, because it's too late to garner much attention anyway.

Tomorrow we face Everton at the Emirates. I feel like I could just copy this preview from any game they've played over the past few seasons: They're a pretty good team, but they are struggling to score goals because they don't really have a good striker.

Arsenal have unveiled statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry to mark the club's 125th anniversary this weekend.

The official unveiling of the statues outside the Emirates Stadium as part of the club's celebrations took place this afternoon.

Chapman, who led the club to their first league titles in 1931 and 1933, Adams, who captained Arsenal to five league titles across three decades, and Henry, the club's record goalscorer with 226, were the men honoured.

Arsenal have unveiled statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry to mark the club's 125th anniversary this weekend.

The official unveiling of the statues outside the Emirates Stadium as part of the club's celebrations took place this afternoon.

Chapman, who led the club to their first league titles in 1931 and 1933, Adams, who captained Arsenal to five league titles across three decades, and Henry, the club's record goalscorer with 226, were the men honoured.

Arsenal are set to mark their 125th anniversary by unveiling statues of club heroes Thierry Henry, Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman today. The North London club have an amazing history that has seen them relegated only once in their entire history. It isn't any wonder why then they are one of the most supported clubs in the world.

We've long admired the busts of Herbet Chapman and Arsene Wenger at the club but now our hierachy have decided that they will erect three statues of Arsenal icons at the Emirates.

A missive has arrived at Arsenalinsider HQ, thus:

The Chairman and Directors of Arsenal Football Club have the pleasure of inviting you to the unveiling of statues to commemorate three legends in the history of Arsenal Football Club.

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Manchester United's long serving manager is considered to be one of the best in the world. He is at the helm since 1986, and presently has no signs of retiring.

Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson currently has 12 Premier League championships, and helped beat Liverpool's 18 league championships in 2010-11 season.

Firstly, before you start reading this article, you should know that I am not a part of the AKB gang. Nor (as you may tell from the title) am I campaigning to get Wenger the boot. I am simply pro-Arsenal Football Club and to be honest I can appreciate the arguments from both sides of the apparent divide.

Firstly, before you start reading this article, you should know that I am not a part of the AKB gang. Nor (as you may tell from the title) am I campaigning to get Wenger the boot. I am simply pro-Arsenal Football Club and to be honest I can appreciate the arguments from both sides of the apparent divide.

Written by gunnerN5

The period from 1996/7 to 2010/11 has been magical for us Arsenal supporters. We've been fortunate enough to have seen an English club play Wengerball.

Never in our 125 year history have Arsenal supporters been able to watch such exquisite football played by such a World class assembly of players.

Written by gunnerN5

The period from 1996/7 to 2010/11 has been magical for us Arsenal supporters. We've been fortunate enough to have seen an English club play Wengerball.

Never in our 125 year history have Arsenal supporters been able to watch such exquisite football played by such a World class assembly of players.

The Green

The green of the grass. Every time. It's greener at Arsenal than anywhere else. The only time I can remember it being as green somewhere else is the first time I saw Arsenal play live. It was some time in the mid-80s, in a pre-season game against Shamrock Rovers here in Dublin.

Under floodlights, a packed terrace in a south Dublin suburb, a battle of the O'Leary brothers if I recall correctly (of course it's possible I've just augmented my memory of it).

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For most of us on AA, it is impossible to separate our emotions from our club, the two are intrinsically linked. It's probably fair to say that whilst both games caused a lot of pain, the Blackburn game probably wounded us deeper than the one at OT, if only because of the expectation.

This season, we are trying yet another new angle with the Twohundredpercent pre-season previews. Constraints of time mean that we are starting our pre-season previews very early this year, and this means that, in no small part through necessity, we will be trying to approach this from the perspective of the clubs as institutions last minute transfer gossip will have to wait for another time.

Mais um jogo do Mundial Sub-17, foi realizado no dia 29/06/2011, na cidade de Torreon-MEX, no Nuevo Estadio Corona, onde jogaram as seleções do Uzbequistão (83º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Austrália (20º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2010Sydney 01/04/2009 AUS2:0 (0:0)UZB 2010Tashkent 10/09/2008 UZB0:1 (0:1)AUS
Copa da Ásia
2011Doha 25/01/2011 UZB0:6 (0:2)AUS Segunda etapa
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Victor Carrilo-PER
O primeiro assistente do jogo, foi: Johnny Bossio-PER
O segundo assistente do jogo, foi: Cesar Escano-PER
O quarto árbitro do jogo, foi: Jafeth Perea-PAN
O primeiro gol do Uzbequistão, foi de Abbosbek Makhstaliev, aos 11 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Pakhtakor-UZB.

Mais um jogo do Mundial Sub-17, foi realizado no dia 29/06/2011, na cidade de Torreon-MEX, no Nuevo Estadio Corona, onde jogaram as seleções do Uzbequistão (83º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Austrália (20º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2010Sydney 01/04/2009 AUS2:0 (0:0)UZB 2010Tashkent 10/09/2008 UZB0:1 (0:1)AUS
Copa da Ásia
2011Doha 25/01/2011 UZB0:6 (0:2)AUS Segunda etapa
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Victor Carrilo-PER
O primeiro assistente do jogo, foi: Johnny Bossio-PER
O segundo assistente do jogo, foi: Cesar Escano-PER
O quarto árbitro do jogo, foi: Jafeth Perea-PAN
O primeiro gol do Uzbequistão, foi de Abbosbek Makhstaliev, aos 11 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Pakhtakor-UZB.

We have the first blow out in a tightly contested Women's World Cup. Les Bleus overwhelmed Canada with their pace and superior passing leaving the defense and Erin McLeod in goal in sixes and sevens.

Emily Zurrer, Candace Chapman, and Desiree Scott all had nightmare performances.

In 1990, Walsall became one of the first clubs of the modern era to leave their home for pastures new, when they departed Fellows Park for the Bescot Stadium. Tom Lines tells the story of their original home. If you support a club that has moved home and fancy writing about its old ground, feel free to drop us a line via the Contact page.

Who is the best player ever to have been signed by Arsenal?

Last summer I wrote a post about ‘Arsenal's Best Transfer News Ever'. The point of that piece was to determine which piece of transfer news was the most exciting when it was announced, regardless of how that player went on to perform for the club.

The extent to which the history of a football club can be woven into its modern day persona. It's obvious that there is nothing genetic in passing down a legacy of greatness at a club. The enduring power of those that stay at the top is nothing to do with inherent superiority, but is usually a more prosaic matter of financial clout and strong organisation at every level of the club concerned.

For the sixth year in a row, Arsenal are struggling to win trophies. Three chances of doing so were wasted in a matter of two weeks. Who is to blame?

Anyone but Arsene Wenger.

In 15 years, Arsenal have achieved just enough to match the famous Herbert Chapman side of the 1930s that dominated England.

Aura and Grrrr

Written by mickydidit89

I think we, The Arsenal, need a new Aura.

Now, we are not Chavs, so we will not simply pop out to Harrods and buy the most expensive one available. No, because remember we have Class, and while that is something quite tricky to define, we all know that we have the stuff in abundance.

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Yesterday, as part of the build up to the Barca game I did an interview on Catalunya R dio about Arsenal and Herbert Chapman, which I have to admit was rather fun (a bit like Basil Fawlty having a hotel full of German guests and not mentioning [.

Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield brief thoughts.

A couple of players had torrid games, I have no idea if it was down to attitude of the opposition playing well (which they did). Huddersfield were outstanding and did themselves, their league and Herbert Chapman proud.

We got a tad lucky to get away with the win but it is what big teams do.

Big Nick had another good game

We like to make things difficult for ourselves, don't we? Huddersfield came to town with the intention to try and stifle us by working that little bit harder and perhaps with a much bigger desire than Arsenal. Yes, we did triumph at the end but that is down more to our higher quality than our performance.

White sleeves was another one of Chapman's innovation

If Arsene Wenger was not signed by the Arsenal regime to take over as manager of the club in the middle of the 90′s, there can be no argument who is the best ever manager of Arsenal Football Club. Since Wenger took over the role, he has of course propelled us to another level both on the field and off the field.

Wearing pink has helped Wojciech

Arsene Wenger finally chose his first choice custodian for the club and it's not surprise that a Polish national is the incumbent. The only surprise is that it is not Lukasz Fabianski but Wojciech Szczesny. It is a really big statement for the manager to make.

Written by CarlitoII

It's time to fly the flag, to stand up and be counted, to be unequivocally and shamelessly chauvinistic about all things Arsenal. Today, we fight for our pride!

I may be preaching to the choir on this one but a re-affirmation of all that the letters AFC stands for is long overdue.