By Billy the Dog McGraw Landlord, The Toppled Bollard, Islington As usual for a Friday I trotted off to the allotments on Hackney Marshes where I bumped into Dennis Bergkamp who was bemoaning the state of his turnips. "But what about that Terry Enry?" I enquired, ingloriously. "But what about my turnips? Click to continue reading...

By Billy the Dog McGraw Landlord, The Toppled Bollard, Islington As usual for a Friday I trotted off to the allotments on Hackney Marshes where I bumped into Dennis Bergkamp who was bemoaning the state of his turnips. "But what about that Terry Enry?" I enquired, ingloriously. "But what about my turnips? Click to continue reading...

Sunderland striker Darren Bent believes the current Arsenal team is as good as the free-wheeling, high-scoring teams that included Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and co.
The Black Cats man, who is preparing to face the Gunners at the Stadium of Light this weekend, has admitted that Arsenal are in devastating form this term and are performing like the Premiership days when Arsene Wenger had them demolishing sides on regular occasions. Click to continue reading...

Finally there is an official statement from the club on the extend of RVP's injury and it's 6 weeks. That's a total of 11 matches that the Dutchman will miss. 8 Premier League games, 2 Champions League games and 1 Carling Cup game (which I doubt he will feature in anyway). That spate of matches includes Sunderland (A), Std Liege (H), Chelsea (H), Man City (A), Stoke (H), Olympiakos (A), Liverpool (A), Burnley (A), Hull (H), Villa (H) and Portsmouth (A).

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Arsène Wenger called him a cross between Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp the other week. And that's quite something. Henry was top scorer in the Premier League for 4 seasons and the regarded as the best foreign player ever in the EPL. Dennis Bergkamp was God. If a coach says Click to continue reading...

The Offside's Main Page decided to compile a list of the "100 Best Players of the Decade." I thought it might be of some interest to you, especially since Arsenal is out of action for a couple of weeks. It was voted on by all of the Offside's bloggers, as well as readers. I will say that I thought the criteria was a little vague it was simply to name the 20 best players who played in the decade.

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Dear Arsene,

Praise is good but it should be meaningful. Robin Van Persie is having a fantastic season but to say he is the best striker in the Premiership is jumping the gun. Didier Drogba will have some words on that. Comparing Van Persie to Dennis Bergkamp is definitely jumping the shark.

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When Robin Van Persie scored Arsenal's third in the North London derby against Spurs, it prompted me to draw comparisons with the Real Madrid legend Raul. He has scored seven goals in the league and been given the role of the top of the Gunners attack. He has previously been compared to Dennis Bergkamp who was a genius at linking up attacks with the rest of his teammates.

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To celebrate the launch of our brand new members' area Arsenalinsider, in association with Icons, are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a signed Fabregas shirt.

To be in with a chance, all you need to do is sign up for a free account.

Each members' account will enable you to communicate with other Arsenal fans, just like on Facebook.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE There is never a bad time to turn Liverpool and their touchy fans over and last night proved this with a deserved 2-1 Carling Cup win for the Arsenal at the Emirates.

I say touchy because all you could hear from the plastic Scousers coming out of the ground was; 'Where's your European Cup?

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Arsenal fullback Gael Clichy admits being plucked out of the French Third Division by Arsene Wenger was a surreal experience.
Clichy was signed by Wenger as a 17 year-old playing for Cannes in France's lower leagues.
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Proof, if needed, that class is permanent. Even at his advancing years, turned 40 in May, he still has the ability to amaze. What a wonderful player he was when he was at Arsenal and proof that Bruce Rioch could do one thing right!

Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager!

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From FIFA:

"Serbia secured qualification in style, with Nikola Zigic, Marko Pantelic, Zdravko Kuzmanovic and Milan Javanovic (2) on target in a 5-0 win over Romania in Group 7."

Ouch.

We were bettered in the group, but we also won 5-0.

Goals from:

Gignac
Gignac
Gallas
Anelka
Benzema

5-0, and it was almost convincing.

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Former Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp may be getting older but not weaker in tricks as he showed what he can still do in a game with other former Ajax players. The 40-year old, who retired from ...

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Former Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp may be getting older but not weaker in tricks as he showed what he can still do in a game with other former Ajax players. The 40-year old, who retired from ... Click to continue reading...

I really don't like games on a Sunday, its a pointless exercise because you just end up moping around all of Saturday wanting a fix of Arsenal, and you have to sit through those muppets in the Match of the Day studio (Lee Dixon exempt) getting their tongues stuck in United's ring.

There has been a little bit of talk about who will succeed Wenger over these past few days with names like Thierry Henry being floated around, for me there is only one man, Steve Bould.

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Hacía mucho tiempo que no contábamos con la posibilidad de charlar con algún blogger sobre fútbol, ya sabéis nuestro pequeño test en el que el invitado nos explica algunas de sus anécdotas y repasa algunos tema de la actualidad más rabiosa.
En esta ocasión tenemos el honor de presentaros a Alex Santalo, el genio detrás de la web Gol Sud, en la que a través de sus viñetas nos cuenta a modo de humor la actualidad culé. Click to continue reading...

On Arsene Wenger's 13th anniversary as Arsenal's manager, here is a compilation of the Top 10 times that Arsene Wenger has said famous line after an incident involving his team took place - "I did not see it":
10. Following an incident against West Ham when Dennis Bergkamp appeared to strike Lee Bowyer in the face, January 2003
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Today Arsene Wenger becomes Arsenal's longest serving manager ever. 13+ years in the job he has gone past George Allison who is, I suppose, his Cliff Bastin to Wenger's Thierry Henry (I'm not forgetting Ian Wright, btw!).

He joined an Arsenal team which had been somewhat in the doldrums, although improving under Bruce Rioch, and essentially revolutionised the place.

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Arsenal's free-spirited style has seen them score 27 goals in 9 matches so far how long will it be before they set their sights on the magic century?
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In 2005, Johan Cruyff took a private jet along with golfer Ian Poulter to Amsterdam to watch Arsenal's 2-1 Champions League win against Ajax.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger's football education has its origins in studying ale-addled Frenchies discussing their woes in his parents' boozer. That's the top tale doing the rounds in this morning's papers along with AW revealing that he has no plans to retire. Thank God (Dennis Bergkamp).

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My friends, despite Rafael van der Vaart, Dennis Bergkamp, Royston Drenthe and Castelen...no person has been served up in blog articles in the last years as El Salvador himself: Johan "Jopie" Cruyff. We had interviews here, his columns, funny quotes, wonderful anecdotes, clips, pics of his wife, his car, his son, Click to continue reading...

Playing in a game with Ajax's senior side, Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp shows he still knows how to "put it in".

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Dennis Bergkamp is 40 years old but still can't get enough from football. Here he plays with Old Ajax and scores a beauty of a goal. Watch how he walks back before the ball is in the goal. I'm sure he could still teach Huntelaar and Van Persie a trick or two. Hell, Click to continue reading...

The above chipped beauty by a 40 year old Dennis Bergkamp, while playing for "Ajax Seniors" has been a minor internet revelation. And rightly so. It's a reminder of what an incredible talent Bergkamp was, and also a confirmation of the old motto: "Class is permanent". Bergkamp's bit of genius got me thinking. Click to continue reading...

Class it appears is indeed permanent, as displayed by this truly sublime lob from Dennis Bergkamp in a match he took part in for retired Ajax players. Watch out for his interview following the goal, not sure what he is saying as he insists on speaking Dutch for some reason. I would like to think he is saying "Yes I made their keeper look a right idiot didn't I".

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Showing off our link-up play Age does nothing to Dennis Bergkamp's ability to chip a football [101GG] Rio Ferdinand goes caravanning [BBC] Nemanja Vidic on how he tries not to expose himself [Red Rants] The smell of Tevez [Studs Up] Dive into the Guardian Gallery of Eduardo [Guardian]

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Al sana Ajax altyapısı! Ortadaki uzun boylu sarışın Ajax'lı Dennis Bergkamp. O zaman bile sahadaki duruşu oldukça zarifmiş. Hemen yanında ise (hafif esmer olan Ajax'lı) aynı altyapının ürünü Glenn Helder! Onun kariyeri Dennis kadar parlak değildi ama o da bir dönem Highbury'e çıkıp Arsenal için oynadı. Click to continue reading...

FA Cup, 14.4.99, Arsenal 1 - 2 Manchester United

United scraped a draw at home against Juventus in the first leg of the European Cup semi-final, thanks to a last minute Ryan Giggs goal. Our back was against the wall here, with the Treble still a possibility, but the chances of achieving it dwindling.

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Dennis Bergkamp played England three times in the orange jersey and wore the Arsenal shirt eleven seasons. "I feel totally at home in the English football culture," the 79 times capped international says, looking forward to tonight's clash. Playing against England "My first one was the 2-2 in 1993. That game was Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE Take a look at how Arsenal plan to brighten up the Emirates with the help of Gunners legends through the years.

This is a sneak peek at the planned art believed to have been commisioned to decorate the stadium. My first reaction is that it reflects the majesty of Arsenal superbly and the typeface for the club's motto is very strong.

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Kolo Toure told the BBC that Arsenal have sold their leaders

Listen Kolo so tell me something we didn't know.

"When you look at Arsenal you see all the great players have left and are now in the past,"

"Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Ray Parlour have gone.

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Hola, amigos. Their isn't too much else going on on this Friday, but I figured that, as a break from our normal despairing about Arsenal's squad/new uniforms/transfer policy/Diaby, we could do something positive today.

If you recall, the official site has been running a summer-long event to name Arsenal's top 5 all-time goals.

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Nicklas Bendtner has moved faster than Usain Bolt and committed his future to Arsenal amid rumours that AC Milan were sniffing around.
"I haven't heard anything about [that],"
"As far as I know I am totally with Arsenal.

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You know you've done it - killing some dead time at work surfing Youtube watching goal after goal. So, what's your favorite? Which one has that perfect combo of great goal and great commentary that can always put a smile on your face.
Here is one of my favorite goals ever, made even better by the Dutch radio commentator absolutely losing his grip. Click to continue reading...