- Spencer, Reading, UK, 21/11/2008 16:10

Stripped: Arsenal defender William Gallas celebrates the Gunners' home win over Manchester United this season

- Brew Darrymore, Southend Essex, 21/11/2008 12:04

has been talking team spirit as he prepares for the visit of Newcastle today.

tributes because his dad is an Arsenal fan.

at Birmingham, when Eduardo broke his leg and the captain blubbed on the

It is currently home to several Chelsea footballers, as the football club has a training ground in the area, while Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker is reported to have a home in the borough.

William Gallas' Arsenal future hangs by thread after outburst against team-mates: Football - Telegraph

WHISKED AWAY ... Gallas has not travelled with the Arsenal squad to Manchester City

There are several theories why. One is that this is just a quirky year with minnows punching briefly above their weight and bigger clubs – namely Tottenham and Newcastle – blipping.

It is interesting that it did not take a lot of money from Levy to tempt Redknapp to leave Portsmouth, rather it was the scale of the challenge after he turned down the chance to manage Newcastle United in January. Financially it [Spurs] wasn't a be....

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Of the others, Steven Gerrard will miss Liverpool's home game against Fulham. He trained alone yesterday and is also considered, by manager Rafael Benitez, as a doubt for next Wednesday's Champions League tie at home to Marseilles. Emile Heskey, who ....

The tightness of the table is unprecedented. Fulham, in 10th, are just six points from a Champions League berth and the same margin off the bottom.

The passion burns strong for Harry Redknapp Jnr, 61 years old, and every inch the man of the moment as he leads an extraordinary revival of Tottenham Hotspur. Last week at Fulham he lost his first game in charge of Spurs after five wins and a draw an....

Then, Gallas failed utterly a test of leadership on an afternoon in Birmingham when a potentially stunning season collapsed around the sickening injury to Eduardo da Silva. That was a blow that would have challenged the composure of any team, young o....

Wenger felt he had to act to try to halt the crisis that is in danger of engulfing Arsenal's season following the stuttering start to their League campaign – with four defeats – and serious injury to Theo Walcott and claims of divisions a....

6. v LIVERPOOL 7 Oct 2007. Spills a Gerrard free-kick, Voronin rebounds in a

at his disposal. The same goes for Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.

They are already eight points adrift of pacesetters Chelsea and Liverpool,