Over the course of 21 years and seven months as our manager, Arsène Wenger established himself as a true Arsenal icon.
🧵 Stats from the Wenger era you may not have known - and some you definitely will: A thread
No fewer than 117 players scored for us during Arsène’s tenure - Thierry Henry was top of the list, netting 228 times, with Robin van Persie (132) and Theo Walcott (108) completing the top three.
Mar 31, 2023 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
March 31, 2023 marks 22 years since the passing of David Rocastle.
A true Arsenal legend adored by all. Rocky: a thread 🧵
Let’s start from the beginning - Rocky was born in Lewisham in 1967 and grew up in Brockley with close childhood friend, Ian Wright. The pair would end up playing together for The Arsenal.
Mar 14, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
💯 up under the boss 🙌
🔎 Mikel and his staff reached a milestone in our victory over Fulham – let’s take a look in further detail…
🧵 Arteta’s first 100 wins: a thread 👇
1️⃣ Mikel’s first win as our boss came on New Year’s Day 2020 – a 2-0 success over Manchester United at Emirates Stadium set up by first-half goals from Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis.
Mar 7, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
It’s only Ray Parlour’s 50th!
Everybody at Arsenal loves Ray – his outgoing personality, insatiable work-ethic on the pitch and haul of silverware make it easy to see why.
🧵 The Romford Pele: a thread
Instantly recognisable with his blond curls, the man tagged 'Romford Pele' by Marc Overmars rose through the ranks and broke into our team in January 1992.
Feb 13, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
An Arsenal legend is celebrating his birthday today - and it's hard to stem the flow of superlatives when describing his talent.
🧵 Liam Brady: a thread.
'Chippy' had everything a midfielder could want - skill, vision, balance, strength, a powerful shot and plenty of guile. Like all great players, he always had time on the ball and almost always chose the right option. On the pitch, his brain and feet worked in perfect harmony.
Mar 30, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
All of us at Arsenal - players, staff and fans - stand together to address the flow of abusive posts and messages on social media platforms
We call on everyone to join forces and identify, condemn and highlight abuse when they see it
This is about changing attitudes and making a difference every day
We do this through our community work and the Arsenal for Everyone programme - but it's time for us all to work together...
Jul 31, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
📖 This is why this year's FA Cup final means so much to @EmiMartinezz1 ❤️
👇 (THREAD)
💬 "It was a bit emotional [when the final whistle went in the semi-final]. Not because we beat City, who for me are one of the best teams in Europe right now, but more because of how much I have been fighting to play in a final with the club I love."
Apr 20, 2020 • 9 tweets • 10 min read
🚨 Recently we got you to send in your questions for @m8arteta...
Thank you to every single one of you who got involved 🤝
Here's how the boss responded to some of our favourites 🤳
And here are the highlights from the boss’ last 👇
“Personally, I expect today will be dominated by sadness. It’s the end of a long story for me at Arsenal. But I will also feel grateful for having led this club - that I cherish so much - for such a long time.”