In the past 12 months, the Gunners have faced Chelsea and Manchester United on eight different occasions – and have failed to win once. The total score from those eight matches: 5-20. It’s simply not good enough.

Despite Chelsea ending their 15-match unbeaten run on Wednesday, Birmingham City have kept another impressive streak intact: Manager Alex McLeish has named the same, unchanged starting XI for the past 10 matches.

Manchester United’s record with Dimitar Berbatov in the starting eleven is 34 points from 13 games. Their record without him is 13 points from nine games. That’s 2.6 points per game with compared to 1.44 points per game without. So much for us slagging off Berba.

The concept of putting squad numbers on the back of a shirt was invented, of all places, in Australia. In 1911, players on both sides of an Australian rules football match in Sydney experimented with numbers on their backs. Two soccer clubs in Sydney – Leichhardt and HMS Powerful – followed suit,...

Keeping clean sheets has proved a task beyond Bolton Wanderers so far this season. But despite being the only top flight club yet to hold their opponenets scoreless home or away, Reebok regulars can’t argue there haven’t been goals. Gary Megson’s side average a staggering 2 goals against...

Aston Villa’s historic 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford was the Midlands club 100th away victory in the Premier League. England World Cup hopefuls Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlohar, both not yet born the last time Villa beat United away in the league 26 years ago, combined to score...

Didier Drogba’s brace at the Emirates is another reminder of why the Chelsea striker loves to play the Gunners. Arsenal have never beaten Chelsea in a game in which Didier Drogba has played, W0 – D3 – L8. The Ivory Coast marskman has bagged 10 goals in 11 appearances against the North London...

It was a weekend to remember for Jermain Defoe as the Spurs striker became the first player in Premiership history to bag 5 goals in a single half. His quintet of strikes against Wigan trumps the 5 notched by super-strikers Andy Cole and Alan Shearer who both performed a similar feat last decade but...

Burnley’s scintillating 3-3 draw against Manchester City at the Eastlands wasn’t just any old point for Owen Coyle’s men. It was the Clarets first point collected on their travels in the top flight of English football since their 1-0 victory at Newcastle United on 17 April 1976.

Clint Dempsey has a knack of breaking Liverpool hearts. The last time the Reds lost at Craven Cottage, in May 2007, the American striker scored the winning goal in the 1-0 victory that all but ended Liverpool’s title challenge. Will Dempsey’s recent goal at the Cottage, sending Rafa’s men to their...