Matchday 5: Fulham 1-3 Arsenal September 15, 2001 Match report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1543519.stm Arsenal traveled to Craven Cottage to play Fulham who had returned to the Premier League after a 30 year absence thanks to their talented but fiery manager Jean Tigana. Tigana was manager of Monaco…
September 11, 2001: RCD Mallorca 1-0 Arsenal I knew this post was coming and that somehow didn’t make it any less difficult to write because the attacks on the USA on 9/11/2001 and the 23-year fall out from those attacks cannot possibly be contained in a single…
Matchday 4: a draw at Chelsea 8 September 2001, Saturday On 8th of September 2001 the number one song in the UK was the contemptible “Too Close” by the boy band Blue. This was a trying time for humanity, untalented boy bands sprung up all over…