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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If anyone out there knows of a Premier League ready killer in the box who’s available, recommends them to the club & Arsenal end up recruiting, I reckon they should be awarded a £20 Amazon voucher for their trouble.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Flu jab done & on my way from Canterbury to watch the champions of England (0 charges of cheating hanging over us) on this sunny Saturday. Have a great day all.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some of the gaslighting nonsense these big Man City fan accounts are putting out about their supposed mistreatment/ victimisation by the ‘red cartel’ borders on the disturbing. I wonder who’s putting them up to doing it….

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hypothetically speaking, I wonder what would happen if all other clubs could force the issue to be resolved more swiftly by simply refusing en masse to play their fixtures v City from now on. Literally boycott the games. Crash the season. What would happen?

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Concerted, deliberate, calculated cheating is the conclusion. A Premier League heist. So throw the book at them and run the owners out of town. And Manchester City supporters should want to lead that movement. Column (free to read) inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Throw the book at Man City - and force the owners out

The verdict leaves City facing questions that money and bluster can no longer drown out

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Red cartel this, red cartel that….the Blue cartel have been busy hyper-inflating transfer fees, indulging in sharp practice & ransacking rival clubs for over 20 years. Let’s not allow ourselves to be deflected or gaslighted on this one….

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

City fans biting back that Arsenal ‘cheated’ their way to the title last season. Not sure that Arteta stepping out of his technical area by a yard or some pushing & shoving at a corner is quite the same as industrial cheating for years & years.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The only positive aspect of the 3 week break is that Declan Rice is hopefully resting his weary limbs, recuperating & doing what footballers used to do for leisure back in the day: eating steak, drinking lager top, listening to ELO & watching the Rockford Files.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Morning Arsenal fans - here's my new piece on our 2 league victories over freshly minted Chelsea during the 2003 - 04 'Invincibles' season. Enjoy! www.arsenal.com/news/pass-fr...

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'Pass from the gods' - Reliving our 03/04 Chelsea clashes

We take a look back at our pivotal clashes with Chelsea from the 03/04 season

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Amidst millionaire footballers being sold for ridiculous money, can we spare a thought for Alan Knight - former Portsmouth goalkeeper who made 801 Pompey appearances between 1978 and 1999. Astonishing - & a lovely guy to interview in my early days as a football writer. RIP Alan.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Imagine if social media had existed when Bergkamp, Pires, Vieira and Henry left. Judging from some of the tear jerking reactions to both of the Gabis leaving, we’d have had operas, ballets, whole musicals & existential novels penned in their honour.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A little bit of architectural history for you all today. Here’s my new piece on stadium designer Archibald Leitch, whose influence was seen at Highbury & Villa Park. Enjoy…. arsenal.com/feature/the-ma…

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Some banter with Jamie O’Hara from the other side….

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great guy. I really enjoyed interviewing him a good few years back.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My new piece for the start of the new season. From club songs, to new camera angles to running the line, here’s my new piece on how the entrepreneurial & larger than life former Coventry manager / chairman Jimmy Hill impacted upon Arsenal. Enjoy! arsenal.com/feature/the-ob…

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When I saw Porto’s 2 European Cups in their museum yesterday, the epic stories behind the 1987 & 2004 victories & the cult status those players / coaches now enjoy, I felt a little envious. We came so close in May. Arsenal must keep reaching for the stars, progress & finally conquer Europe.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just got back from an amazing few days in Porto. Really enjoyed visiting Porto’s ground / museum, and amidst the UEFA Cups / Champions League trophies, I found the enormous beast that is the Arsenal Cup. Fascinating story….

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Remember the first time we played Tottenham at Wembley & won a princely £60k in the process? Here’s the full story…enjoy. arsenal.com/news/pre-sea...

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Pre-season history: Big wins at Wembley

We look back at our history with the Wembley International Tournament

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

What were you doing on Valentines Day 1989? Over 20,000 were at Highbury, watching Arsenal defeat Michel Platini’s France…..here’s the story. Enjoy! arsenal.com/news/remembe...

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Remembering the time we played France in a friendly

Find out the details about when we played France in a friendly on Valentine's Day

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Morning Arsenal fans. Here’s my new piece on our Irish summer of 1986: Chris De Burg, the O’Leary brothers, Waterford & Shamrock Rovers….enjoy!!! www.arsenal.com/news/remembe...

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Remembering our 1986 tour of Ireland

Turn the clocks back to 1986 to discover our pre-season tour of Ireland

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I did enjoy watching the Odyssey, and Matt Damon is always good, although it did have the feel of ‘Jason Bourne in and around the Ancient World,’ right down to the fact he’d lost his memory and was trying to get back home.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The summer transfer window brings about the very worst in football fans. Conspiracies, outright lies, false rumours, defeatism, hissy fits, ill informed comments, mini civil wars within fanbases….and the league season doesn’t even start for another month.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It’s hard to believe that Kevin Keegan left league champions Liverpool to join Hamburg & then Southampton, but still won 2 x Ballon D’Ors, established a brand & risked life & limb on his bike on Superstars, which is exactly what he was. Rest easy KK.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Merino is an intriguing footballer. No real pace but technically excellent & with a heightened sense of awareness in the box which means that even though defences know what’s coming, they can’t stop him. I’ve long thought he’s the best natural finisher Arsenal have.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Amazing sunset at Whitstable last night. Apocalypse Now meets the English coastline.

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Andy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Holiday reading. A thoroughly enjoyable read by @jonspurling.bsky.social that puts 70s football in context with the cultural changes that were going on in the era. So much more than the usual "weren't the mavericks great?" books that we usually get on this decade

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Just think - before England defeated DR Congo on Wednesday to set up a meeting with Mexico, no one had ever heard the word ‘altitude’ before, much less understood what it means.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Trossard- £ for £ probably our best signing of modern times. Scored so many priceless goals, including the deflected winner against West Ham in May. Ironic - because he had such a clean shot on him! It is time for him to go, but signing a 22 year old version of him is gonna cost. Best of luck Leo.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Morning all - here’s my new piece on Dennis Bergkamp’s astonishing goal v Argentina at the 1998 World Cup 28 years ago today. Enjoy! www.arsenal.com/news/remembe...

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Remembering Bergkamp's iconic World Cup 98 goal

On July 4 1998, Dennis Bergkamp scored one of the tournament's greatest ever strikes to help the Netherlands beat Argentina

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My reflections on Arsenal’s title winning season have just appeared in the new edition of @wsc.co.uk - although I can’t claim to have coined the excellent strapline!!! magazine is out now. Enjoy!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Tomorrow’s Independent front page:

The
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Here’s the story of Arsenal’s first World Cup stars - Welsh stars Jack Kelsey & Dave Bowen, who travelled to the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. Enjoy! www.arsenal.com/news/who-was...

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Who was the first Arsenal player at a World Cup?

Find out about our storied connection with the FIFA World Cup!

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

48 hours after the season ended I see that neutrals are still ranting about this and that to do with the Arsenal- our playing style, Eze&Gabriel, Arteta, the parade, Odegaard’s shades….we’re their guilty obsession. Why don’t they focus on their own under achieving clubs?

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I’d call out anyone who posted that. Suggesting that someone takes an offensive post down isn’t bulllying.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

No Fitzy - piss taking is fine. It’s Jo’s ignorance re the ‘all black players look….’ that was the problem. Crap banter is fine. Racist banter isn’t. I see she‘s blocked us which is probably for the best but hopefully she also takes the time to educate herself too.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It’ll be just me you’re engaging with then Colin.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m good - just back from the Champions parade.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

We see what you’re doing Jo. Just take it down and learn a lesson!

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Nothing to do with losing yesterday - your alarming ‘it’s just a little joke’ comment and refusal to acknowledge the issue is quite alarming.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Perhaps you’re not aware that after 3 black players missed pens at Euro 20, ALL black England players got grief. But it doesn’t matter, because they all look alike eh Jo?

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It makes you look a bit ignorant Jo.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

You’ve got the wrong black Arsenal player Jo. I’d delete this now if I were you.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Nah - Leeds fans love their club. You guys are fine by me.

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Jon Spurling @jonspurling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Not winning the Premier League - no?

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