Morning all. Back in May 2004, Arsenal were top of the tree, Invincible, playing the best football in Britain and arguably the most entertaining in Europe or anywhere in the World. Arsenal's worldwide appeal is a testament to that expansive football. A football that any Chelsea fan can only dream of… But that was as good as it got as the new stadium, or Project Ashburton Grove, was gaining momentum. And by the time Arsenal had won the FACup in 2005 and been stitched up by UEFA in Paris in 2006, we'd bid au revoir to Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp, Bobby Pires and by 2007, Thierry Henry. The years of plenty were at an end, whilst the years of famine were about to begin… During...
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