Football soundalikes: Andrey Arshavin and the Compare The Market meerkat

Rob Parker | August 6, 2009

Gunners players find eet’s seemple to mock team-mate

Arsenal players have found a new way to tease Russian team-mate Andrey Arshavin. The squad apparently enjoy joking that he sounds like the Compare The Market meerkat.
A “club source” told The Sun: “A few of the first team lads started it off and now the joke has spread [...]

Top five conclusions Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal

Rob Parker | April 22, 2009

1. I imagine that is a pretty hollow way to go top of the table, Liverpool fans. Level on points having played two more games than United looks pretty ominous.
2. An incredible match for the neutral though (highlights here, if you haven’t seem them yet).
3. Someone should make sure Liverpool play a Tuesday night fixture [...]

Video: Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal

Rob Parker | April 22, 2009

Four goals for Liverpool, Arsenal and Arshavin
Liverpool v Arsenal
Liverpool are fast becoming the 4-4 specialists. The kind of hitting analysis you expect from OTP tomorrow, but for now just enjoy the pulsating highlights package.
UPDATE: Video swapped in case you were having problems with that one. This one spotted on 101GG.

Newcastle’s Obafemi Martins is scared of Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia

Rob Parker | March 23, 2009

More gems from the mouth of Andrei Arshavin

Arsenal quote machine Andrei Arshavin has been up to his usual tricks - supplying the kind of quotes journalists can normally only dream of from PR-trained modern players. Despite the Gunners comfortably winning their match against Newcastle, the Russian still felt the need to speculate on why the [...]

Steven Taylor continues his mission to behead the Premier League’s top talent

Rob Parker | March 23, 2009

Newcastle defender on the warpath

Newcastle’s Steven Taylor was one of the best players on the park before injury forced him off the field, spurring Arsenal on to victory on Saturday. Unfortunately, his performance will be overshadowed by a nasty case of deja vu.
Less than three weeks after his controversial slap on Cristiano Ronaldo, Taylor shoved [...]

Nicklas Bendtner can’t score for Arsenal, and he doesn’t want anyone else scoring either

Rob Parker | March 18, 2009

A jealous Dane

Given Nicklas Bendtner’s numerous missed chances against Blackburn at the weekend, you would have thought the Arsenal striker might be grateful for someone bailing him out by firing the Gunners to victory. Clearly not.
This photo of Andrei Arshavin celebrating after scoring his sexy goal first goal for the club shows just how delighted [...]

Why would Andrei Arshavin want to email Nicklas Bendtner? Eh?

Rob Parker | March 10, 2009

Russian quote machine is a Luddite

Andrei Arshavin will probably earn more money from now until the end of the season (or the week) than you are likely to see in your lifetime, but that doesn’t mean he needs to get flash with the cash over the unnecessary trappings of modern life. For instance, what would [...]