Drawn in Group H with Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, Greek side Olympiakos and Belgian side Standard Liege.
AZ Alkmaar
Stadium – DSB stadion (capacity 17,150)
Last League Position – 1st Eredivisie
Top goal scorer (league only) – Mounir El Hamdaoui 23 goals
Olympiakos
Stadium – Karaiskakis Stadium (Capacity 33,334)
Last League Position – 1st super league greece
Top goal scorer (league only) – Luciano [...]

Arsenal are reportedly weighing up a move for Real Madrid midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart. The Dutch international was a regular in the Madrid first team, making 32 appearances last season. However, following the expensive acquisitions of Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso, Van der Vaart and his Dutch team-mates Wesley Sneijder, Royston [...]

There was a sense of nervousness around Goodison Park yesterday. Everton wanted to prove they could challenge for a spot in that exclusive Big Four club. Pundits had written Arsenal off as title contenders. The Gunners wanted to show those pundits that they could challenge for Premier League honours come May. And that’s exactly what [...]

After an anticlimactic 2008-09 season which saw us fall short in the Champions League Semi-Final, F.A Cup Semi-Final, Finished 4th in the Premier League and compile a catalogue of long-term injuries to our most talented and most important players such as Almunia, Gallas, Clichy, Rosicky, Fabregas, Diaby, Eduardo, Van Persie and Walcott, the list is [...]