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.
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EPL Talk 28 February @ 02:17 PM EDT
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.
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
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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Arseblog 28 February @ 05:00 AM EDT
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 [.
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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, [.
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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 [.
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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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EPL Talk 19 November @ 11:05 AM EDT
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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Anfield Talk 15 November @ 02:17 PM EDT
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.
His contract has just over 18 months to run and that has alerted Rafa Benitez, who desperately
needs to strengthen his attacking options.
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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)
(Premiership)
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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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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Arsereview 19 October @ 10:18 AM EDT
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.
Birmingham are the masters of PR management. It is easy to forget that it wasn't just Eduardo's
injury that went against Arsenal on that fateful day at St.
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Arseblog 19 October @ 03:28 AM EDT
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.
Martin Taylor's horror tackle on Eduardo left the Croatian forward with a broken left fibula and an
open dislocation of his left ankle.
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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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Arseblog 16 October @ 03:40 AM EDT
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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Arseblog 15 October @ 03:22 AM EDT
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.
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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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