Premier League footballers won’t be exempt from quarantine after some internationals

EXCLUSIVE: Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine list will NOT be exempt from the new rules… meaning they must pull-out of the games or miss club matches when they fly back 56 players in the Premier League are from Portugal or South American countries Department for Transport guidance … Read more

Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on PM’s quarantine list will NOT be exempt

EXCLUSIVE: Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine list will NOT be exempt from the new rules… meaning they must pull-out of the games or miss club matches when they fly back 56 players in the Premier League are from Portugal or South American countries Department for Transport guidance … Read more

Arsenal take out £120m loan from Bank of England’s Covid scheme

BREAKING NEWS: Arsenal take out a £120m loan through Bank of England’s Covid scheme to help them cope with the impact of the pandemic – despite splashing out £45m on one player in October and paying Mesut Ozil £350k-a-week but not playing him Arsenal announced they have borrowed £120million from the Bank of England    … Read more

Former Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty dead

Former Manchester United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty has passed away after a long illness at the age of 92. Docherty began his playing career at Celtic but made his name playing more than 300 league games for Preston North End as a right-half in the 1950s. Finishing his career at Arsenal and … Read more

Premier League clubs record EIGHTEEN new Covid positive cases

Round 1: Aug 31-Sep 6 – 1,605 tested, with three testing positive. Round 2: Sep 7-13 – 2,131 tested, with four testing positive. Round 3: Sep 14-20- 1,574 tested, with three testing positive. Round 4: Sep 21-27 – 1,595 tested, with 10 testing positive. Round 5: Sep 28-Oct 4 – 1,587 tested, with nine testing … Read more

Former England defender Kenny Sansom diagnosed with brain disorder and dementia

Former England and Arsenal defender Kenny Sansom diagnosed with brain disorder and dementia after he was left fighting for his life earlier this year following a drunken row Ex-England defender Kenny Sansom has been diagnosed with brain disorder  The 62-year-old former Arsenal player is also suffering with a form of dementia Sansom was hospitalised and … Read more

ARSENAL FAN VIEW FROM THE STANDS: A meaningless Europa League game has never been so popular

ARSENAL FAN VIEW: A meaningless Europa League game on a freezing cold Thursday has never been so popular as 272 days of waiting ended on a night that showed going to football is about so much more than the 90 minute match By Sam Blitz For The Daily Mail Published: 22:58 GMT, 3 December 2020 … Read more

Fans are finally back at a Premier League stadium as Arsenal supporters make their return

Fans finally returned to watch an English top-flight side in action with Arsenal hosting Rapid Vienna in the Europa League at the Emirates Stadium in front of thousands. The Gunners sold out their 2,000 tickets – which were distributed on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – for the Group B fixture inside 20 minutes … Read more

Doctor who first raised dementia alarm 24 YEARS AGO was fobbed off by the FA and Premier League

It was Norah Mercer who raised the alarm.  The wife of the legendary Manchester City manager and Everton and Arsenal stalwart Joe was speaking to GP and family friend John Rowlands before her husband passed away in 1990 after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease. ‘She said, “Whenever I attend the funerals of players from Joe’s era, … Read more

England’s new tier system: Which football clubs and sports venues can let fans back in?

Arsenal will be among the first  football clubs whose fans will be allowed to return to stadiums for matches next week, but Manchester United will miss out, following the announcement of a new regional tier system today. Liverpool will also be in the first wave of top tier matches allowed to admit spectators. Football and … Read more