After Arsenal striker Eduardo broke his leg, Gunners came in our in full support of their player, unfurling a banner which claimed they would win the Premiership and the European Cup in his name.

Arsenal were top of the table at the end of February, but after drawing away to Birmingham, despite their opponents going down to ten men after Martin Taylor was sent off after just three minutes, Arsenal spent the remaining months of the season in decline.

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In the wake of the shocking double ankle fracture suffered by Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey after an overly-aggressive challenge by Stoke's Ryan Shawcross, I've read articles placing the blame all over the place. Some have chosen to blame the media, others have chosen to blame the "get stuck in" culture of English soccer. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Shawcross had no intention of turning Aaron Ramsey‘s leg into putty when he went into his tackle yesterday.� Martin Taylor had no interest in seeing Eduardo's leg shattered in two when he went studs up against him two years ago.� Dan Smith took no delight in the crunching sound of Abou Diaby's ankle being fractured and dislocated when he went in late against him two years before that.

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Stoke 1 (Pugh Arsenal 3 (Bendtner 32, Fabregas pen 89, Vermaelen 90)
(Premiership)

It should have been such a sweet day. Chelsea went down at home to Man City, getting two men sent off in the process, and we put to bed one of the tougher games we have remaining to close to gap at the top to three points.

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Maddy's Note: Warning. Contains Graphic Images. If you are particularly squeamish or have just enjoyed a good lunch, I'd recommend you give this a miss.

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Malice [Mal-is] intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others

Malice [Mal-is] (Antonym) shattering limbs to bits, issuing a statement of regret, serving out a 3 game ban and getting on with it as though everything is hunky dory

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Feb 23rd 2008

� "There will be nobody more upset and sickened than him (Martin Taylor); there is not a bad bone in his body"

- Steve Bruce

� "Martin Taylor is adamant there was no malicious intent in the tackle and he is deeply upset by the extent of Eduardo's injury"

- Birmingham FC Official Statement

Feb 27th 2010

"Ryan Shawcross has no bad blood in him whatsoever.

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May 1st 2006 - Abou Diaby has his ankle fractured and dislocated by a challenge from Dan Smith.

Feb 23rd 2008 - Eduardo has his left fibula fractured and sustains an open dislocation of his ankle joint after Martin Taylor's tackle.

Feb 27th 2010 - Aaron Ramsey has his fibia and tibia broken, his leg left hanging in the air, by Ryan Shawcross.

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It could easily be described as one of the most horrific tackles in the history of the game of football, yet Croatian striker Eduardo was lucky his career was not ended when Martin Taylor tackled ...

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We reported a couple of days ago that Newcastle were in talks with Birmingham City, over the potential loan move of Martin Taylor to Newcastle for the rest of the season. Martin Taylor 30 year old willing to come back to Tyneside? We thought that could possibly be a contingency plan, in case� the Mike Williamson move [. Click to continue reading...

By Chris Wright

Rumours, like the corners of my mind. Here's the round up...

Rumour No. 1:Manchester City have seen their latest bid for Middlesbrough winglet (winger + starlet) Adam Johnson turned down as the England U21 man has apparently vowed to stay at 'Boro and help get them back into the Premier League.

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It seems that the deal for Mike Willaimosn may not go through since Newcastle are reported to have approached Birmingham City about a loan move for Martin Taylor. Martin Taylor - loan talks ongoing Newcastle have both Steven Taylor and Danny Simpson injured, and Ryan Taylor us also suspended after his sending off at WBA on Saturday, [. Click to continue reading...

There are a few clubs seemingly in financial meltdown right now, including West Ham and Portsmouth in the Premier League, and news today that Norwich City are close to administration. Martin Taylor - 30 year-old and Ashington born And it seems that Portsmouth are again struggling to pay their wage bill, and their financial situation has put [. Click to continue reading...

I hate watching games on internet streams. One, my internet connection isn't good enough and two invariably the streams aren't either. So last night was like 90 minutes of that good old competition ‘What Happened Next?' Rosicky with the ball, shrugs off a defender, lines up a shot freeze frame.

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According to the Daily Mail, Leicester City are interested in signing Birmingham defender Martin Taylor. However it is reported that Leicester City want Taylor on loan while Birmingham want to permanently sell him.

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From the horror at St. Andrews, the title clincher at Old Trafford to Bergkamp's operational masterclass against Everton, here are six matches of the noughties.
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1. Birmingham 2-2 Arsenal: 23 February, 2008

When the fixture computer threw this one up at the start of the season, it was only expecting an innocent encounter.

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After an International break that completed the 32-team field for the World Cup next summer in South Africa, the EPL surges back to action this weekend with an important fixture at Anfield.

That game is on ESPN in glorious high definition. Here's the entire TV schedule.

Now, on to the previews:

Liverpool vs.

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Liverpool set to make hopeful move for Croatian international.

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The news doing the rounds over the weekend involved the reported interest shown by Liverpool in our top notch striker Eduardo and for some reason the miserly sum of £10m was repeatedly mentioned, which is probably only sufficient to purchase one of his legs and not the rest of his body.

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Liverpool are ready to poach Eduardo from rivals Arsenal in a £10million deal.
The 26-year-old Croatian forward is unhappy that he has still to be offered improved terms at the Emirates.
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Time to stand up and be counted.

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is hopeful Fernando Torres will be fit, and the striker has been in light training as he recovers from a groin injury.

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Arsenal 3 (Van Persie 16, Diaby 18, Arshavin 84) Birmingham 1 (Bowyer 38)
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Apologies for the late nature of this blog, I'm moving house this week and having made the slightly daft decision to do it all ourselves we're a little under the cosh. Expect sporadic updates at best.

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Most of the news in today's press regarding Arsenal, is not, in fact about Arsenal, but more about the cave-men (and no doubt women and children) who are allegedly Birmingham supporters. I can't say that I heard their chant about Martin Taylor after Ridgewell had felled Theo, but the fact that Wenger felt strongly enough to brand them a disgrace means that they must have been quite loud.

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An unpredictable season took another twist this weekend as two challengers lost and another could only draw as the season really starts to take shape.

I suppose we should be thankful for the Liverpool fan who threw the inflatable ball onto the pitch for ensuring they lost at Sunderland, but from what I saw on Match of the Day on Saturday night they really don't look that threatening without Gerrard and Torres in the side.

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Very sad individuals indeed.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has slammed Birmingham's fans for chants which he describes as 'atrocious'.

Blues fans sang 'There is only one Martin Taylor' after Liam Ridgewell had slid in hard on Theo Walcott during Saturday's game at Emirates Stadium.

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Facebook is just weird funny

You really can't argue with the title. Seriously you can't so don't even try.

As Arsenal return from the 2 week break with a good win if not spectacular over Alex McLeish's Birmingham, some opposition fans chose to greet Liam Ridgewell's crunching tackle on Theo Walcott with a distasteful chant of "there's only one Martin Taylor".

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Speaking to many of my friends, there was the suggestion that Birmingham were no real enemy and Saturday's match was just a routine three points. Not for me.
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I am sleepy this morning. And possibly a bit grumpy. I share no other traits with the rest of the seven dwarves though. No, not even dopey.

Speaking of dopey how about those Birmingham fans? During the game on Saturday they sang 'There's only one Martin Taylor', to laud the man who broke Eduardo's leg.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE� Real Madrid usually get their man when they come calling but not if the man in question is Arsene Wenger. This morning's Sun tells us that AW has revealed he turned down� big bucks� from Madrid because he wants to win the Champions League with the glorious Gunners.

And he admitted: "If we don't win a trophy in the next two years, it'll be my fault.

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By CARL ELDRIDGE Brainless Liam Ridgewell must have watched re-runs of his Birmingham City team-mate Martin Taylor's leg-breaking assault on Eduardo as preparation for his miserable side's visit to Arsenal yesterday.

That is the only conclusion I can make after watching him cut through poor Theo Walcott in a thuggish attempt to bully the speedster out of the game.

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A lot has been said about� today's meeting with Birmingham� being the first since that fateful day Eduardo had his leg shattered by Martin Taylor. Some say we owe them a hammering, which is true from the point of view that we threw away three points after� playing� against� ten men for 87 minutes, but less so for the 'tackle' itself.

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by CARL EDLRIDGE Arsene Wenger has spoken about one of the most traumatic games in his career in this morning's Sun, saying: "I feared Eduardo would never play again."

The redtop points out that Arsenal host Birmingham today, their first meeting since the St Andrew's draw that wrecked the Gunners' 2007-08 title hopes.

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Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish insists the infamous Eduardo leg break incident is long forgotten, as the Blues prepare to meet Arsenal on Saturday some 20 months after the incident at St Andrews.
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Which Gallas will show up?

Today see the visit of Birmingham to Ashburton Grove. The incident 2 seasons ago at St. Andrew's will no doubt still rankles in the mind of all Arsenal fans. The Eduardo broken leg incident brought about sad memories of that particular season. First for the bad injury that the Brazilian suffered at the hand (or legs) of Martin Taylor but more importantly, it was the start of which Arsenal lost the impetus for the Premier League title.

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Birmingham

Position: 14th, 2-5-1 (7 points, -3 goal differential)

Recent Form: LLWLL

Away Form: 1-0-3

Last Meeting: Birmingham 2-Arsenal 2 (2/23/08)

How can two weeks seem like such a long time?

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Good Afternoon everyone!

Sorry, for not being able to blog earlier, but I've had one of those maddeningly busy days where time's just flown by. Today's also the last day that I post as my good mate The Goon shall be back tomorrow to carry on running the fine blog as he has been doing so since over a year.

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Not as easy a game as many would have you believe.

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The two protagonists of the last meeting between these clubs Arsenal's Eduardo and Birmingham defender Martin Taylor both miss out through injury.

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Right then, here go back into the thick of it. We've got football tomorrow and this is good. A home game against Birmingham is a relatively nice way to get things going again after the Interlull and there's some early team news.

Eduardo misses out on the chance for revenge against Birmingham as he remains out with his thigh injury.

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It is over.

There are those who claim the Interlull only truly ends when the real football begins but I consider it done and dusted once the internationals are complete. And so they were last night. I know Andrei Arshavin scored for Russia, and Aaron Ramsey's back held up enough for him to score for Wales, but in terms of the rest our lads involvement last night I am clueless.

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As the international week goes on, its time for me to look ahead to this weekends fixture at home to Birmingham.� One which I would usually refer to as "run of the mill" where by it doesn't really excite me when I get up on Saturday morning to head off to the game.�

I'm sure most people can relate that once you've been going "Up the Arse" for a period of time, not every game is that exciting anymore and these sorts of games help fill the gaps between the big matches.

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This week Arsenal play yet another club whose ownership is unknown.� It is the club of Martin Taylor. It is an evil entity owned by Grandtop International Holdings, who are owned by....� � Well what a surprise.� We don't know of course because they are all registered in the British Virgin Islands. Click to continue reading...

Ted Harwood is a regular guest contributor to Arsenal Station. He lives in Chicago, IL, and has been an Arsenal supporter for the better part of a decade. Here, he follows-up on yesterday's Arsene Wenger-anniversary post. He also writes about movies, music, and other cultural artifacts on his blog, Running Downhill. Click to continue reading...

It is with little fanfare that our Champions League campaign kicks off this season, which is somewhat misguided since tonight's match is perhaps the toughest in the group.

And as Standard Liege's first foray into the competition, everyone connected with the club players and fans alike will be up for this one like no other.

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