Arsenal fans loathe the month of November. Not for winter, the Guy Fawkes Night or Remembrance Day, but for Arsenal's traditionally horrible luck and form in the month. Last season, Arsenal suffered no less than 4 defeats out of 8 matches in the month. In the 2009/10 season Arsenal suffered 2 defeats out of 5 [.

Morning all. Weekends are too short, aren't they?

Still, at least we'll start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel this week. At the moment it's pitch black and scary but soon we'll see that tiny dot and we'll all go into the light and then football will return. There's little to amuse us this morning either, really, apart from a few quotes from Cesc about Robin van Persie's situation.

Chelsea's Frank Lampard has just received plenty applause after deciding England's victory over Spain in a friendly last weekend, something which is obviously delighting for the player which received many minor voices in this start of season.

After having a pretty tough start for both the Blues and Union Jack, Lampard can now settled down a bit and starts thinking about future target which is getting 100 caps for the national team.

WIN a Remembrance Day anthem jacket worn by England at the Spain match

England's players honoured British servicemen and women by wearing special kit embossed with poppies. And one lucky reader can win an special jacket worn by one of the England players during the national anthem before the victory against Spain.

Theo Walcott will be wearing these specially embroidered boots for England's fixture against Spain on Saturday. Image via Facebook.

It could have been a rough week for John Terry. Fabio Capello's decision to include his captain in the squad against Spain and Sweden in the upcoming international friendlies was gearing up to be the talking point of the build up.

Tottenham's Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor has come out of retirement and declared that he is available for the Sparrow Hawks 2014 world qualifier match against Guinea-Bissau next week.

Adebayor who had retired from the national side following a gun attack on the Togolese team bus as it made its way into Angola for the African Cup of Nations last January, has received assurances from the TFF (Togo Football Federation) that player safety will be the of uttermost importance.

To mark Remembrance Day two more entries in the Scottish Football Blog's Forgotten Scotland Players series.
Two players who were part of the most famous Hearts team of them all.
Forgotten Scotland Players: George Sinclair
Football in Scotland didn't stop during the conflict of 1914-1918.

You may have heard about this little disagreement between FIFA and the English FA over the use of poppies for England's friendly against Spain on Saturday. A compromise was finally reached, but that didn't stop Nike from taking things into its own power-tripping hands.

Nine England internationals will wear Nike boots embroidered with a poppy for the match.