Sam Bird
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Gooner - Lefty - Teacher. Average height.
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New pod out now!

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In this pod we discuss Arsenal's DEMOLITION of Spurs! From an Eze Masterclass to Spurs fans crashing out. Leaves us with 1 question... will we win the league? #afc #nld #arsenal #gunners #epl #prem #football #derby #london #podcast #pod
31. Tottenham Done! (Eze Masterclass) | The North London Is Red Podcast.
In this pod, we will discuss Arsenal's demolition of Spurs. From an Eze masterclass to Tottenham fans crashing out, - leaves us with one question... do you think we'll win the league?!?!
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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We have had a look at which teams look likely to make it through the endless qualifying to the World Cup next summer!
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#football #usa #fifa #worldcup #wc2026 #soccer #worldcup26
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October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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We have had a look at how the qualifying for the World Cup next summer is shaping up around the world. Which countries are looking likely to make it?!
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#afc #worldcup26 #worldcup #fifa #football #usa #america #soccer #pod #qualifiers
29. World Cup Shaping Up | The North London Is Red Podcast.
In this pod we desperately try to find something interesting to talk about during the international break and so we have had a look at how the qualifying for the World Cup next summer is shaping up ar...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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In this pod we will build our all time Arsenal starting elevens with help from the legendary hand game: Rock, Paper, Scissors. Who's going to make the line-up and who will just miss out? More importantly, whose team would win?!

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#arsenal #afc #football #history #pod
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October 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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In this pod we build our all time Arsenal starting elevens with help from the legendary hand game: Rock, Paper, Scissors. Who's going to make the line-up and who will just miss out? More importantly, whose team would win?!

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#afc #arsenal #football #soccer
28. Building an All time Arsenal XI | The North London Is Red Podcast.
In this pod we will build our all time Arsenal starting elevens with help from the legendary hand game: Rock, Paper, Scissors. Who's going to make the line-up and who will just miss out? More importan...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Love him, love the nan at the Tolly, love the tunnel clip, love him tackling Hakimi 🥹
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Apparently spurs are looking at Morgan Rogers as a possible transfer target is it just me who would love us to hijack him from them.😎😎😎
August 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Who could possibly have foreseen this
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca links Cole Palmer's injury to the Club World Cup and reveals Moises Caicedo has only had one training session this week. Admits there are concerns about tiredness in key players. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Enzo Maresca: Chelsea boss says too many games to blame for injuries to key players
The Chelsea manager is concerned that his squad are struggling with the post-Club World Cup workload despite a positive start to the season.
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August 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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This is as lame as it gets.
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Former Gunner Nathan Butler-Oyedeji scored his first goal in senior football on Thursday, and it led to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being sacked. 😅 dailycannon.com/2025/08/butl...
Former Gunner's 1st goal gets Manchester United legend sacked
Former Gunner Nathan Butler-Oyedeji scored his first goal in senior football on Thursday, and it led to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being sacked.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I like the sound of this.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal reach agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Piero Hincapie. Season-long loan from #Bayer04 + buy option. Package worth €52m & 10% sell-on. 5yr deal upon permanent transfer. Set to travel this weekend for #AFC medical
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Arsenal reach agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign defender Piero Hincapie
The deal is a season-long loan including an obligation to buy for a total package of €52million — plus a 10 per cent sell-on clause.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Ben White is likely to miss Arsenal’s game against Liverpool this weekend. Fortunately, Arsenal should have Jurrien Timber available for the Liverpool game, and Cristhian Mosquera has also shown himself to be capable of playing on the right-hand side. dailycannon.com/2025/08/whit...
Arsenal 27yo likely to miss Liverpool clash through injury
Ben White is likely to miss Arsenal's game against Liverpool this weekend, with the player also sitting out of the international break due to injury.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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🚨 On the Hincapie deal: some relevant info in here about loan with option vs. loan with obligation, and the FFP/PSR ramifications.

To summarise:

🔺 Loan with obligation accounted for this year
🔺 Loan with option accounted for next

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Why have Arsenal struggled to sell? Are they at risk of breaching spending rules?
Arsenal have significantly improved their squad this summer, but their outgoings have been limited - why is this? And is it a problem?
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August 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Piero Hincapie from Bayer Leverkusen on favourable terms, negotiating an initial loan with an option to buy, which means Jakub Kiwior is free to go to FC Porto. His medical is scheduled for today. All the details:
Arsenal agree £45m deal for Bundesliga star
Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Piero Hincapie from Bayer Leverkusen on favourable terms, negotiating an initial loan with an option to buy.
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August 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Something I wrote about a big season ahead for Kyra Cooney-Cross, the lack of natural '6s' in women's football, the fact that many of the current best ones have been repurposed from slightly different roles and whether KCC can follow that route 👇🔴⚪

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On last the Arsenal Women Arsecast a few weeks ago, Jamie and I were posed a question around the lack of truly top class sixes in women’s football. Jessy Parker Humphreys wrote a piece about this a fe...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Piero Hincapié has said yes to Arsenal and personal terms have been agreed, long term deal ready!

Understand Hincapié favors Arsenal and also seen as ideal signing by Arteta.

Arsenal prepare opening bid, likely loan + obligation to buy… with Kiwior to FC Porto, soon.

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August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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They've invented promoting youth players now.
August 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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2 - Liverpool are the first side to win both of their opening two games of an English top-flight season despite conceding 2+ goals in each since Newcastle United in 1960-61, who went on to be relegated that campaign. Blockbuster.
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM