On the eve of the season opener at Old Trafford, we break down Arsenal’s 2025-26 season preview and transfer window analysis, including deep dives on Zubimendi, Gyökeres, Madueke, and Nørgaard. We cover key departures and contract updates like Thomas Partey’s release, Tierney, Jorginho, and Tomiyasu. We also talk Club World Cup with Real Madrid and Inter Miami, share personal summer sports experiences from League’s Cup to Cubs fandom, dive into the fashion and marketing of football kits including Arsenal and Atlanta United, review staff moves like Cuesta to Parma and Heinze joining Arsenal, and make our bold predictions for the upcoming season — top scorer, relegation picks, best XI, and player of the year.

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• Fever Pitch book (Amazon)
• Fever Pitch (1997): Where to Watch
• Martin Zubimendi is an Arsenal player… finally (The Athletic)
• Inside Viktor Gyokeres’ transfer to Arsenal: Tough negotiating, Berta’s role and why Sesko interest cooled (The Athletic)
• Thomas Partey, former Arsenal midfielder, charged with rape, sexual assault (The Athletic)
• Gooner U Fever Pitch episode

Alternate Titles:

• Winning is Always Fun
• A Little More Intense
• Another Slashed Ø
• Giving Money to Chelsea
• It’s Not My Money
• De-Partey-ture
• A Little Too Volatile
• The Face of the League

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The last episode of the season, looking at Fever Pitch! We compare the book vs. the films, Arsenal fandom history, changes in English football culture, football’s socioeconomic shift, class and fandom in UK vs. US, Arsenal compared to American baseball teams, the evolution of Arsenal’s image and style, emotional experience of fandom, and much more!

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• Fever Pitch book (Amazon)
• Fever Pitch book (Wikipedia)
• Fever Pitch (1997): Where to Watch
• Fever Pitch (1997, Wikipedia)
• Fever Pitch (1997, Letterboxd)
• Fever Pitch (2005): Where to Watch
• Fever Pitch (2005, Wikipedia)
• Fever Pitch (2005, Letterboxd)

Alternate Titles

• I Have to Take Mr. Darcy to the Football Now
• The Team That Everybody Loves to Hate
• Socially Acceptable Forms of Male Bonding
• Lots of Hugging
• Rom-Communist

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PL season finale at Southampton, Arsenal Women UCL win, promotion/relegation drama, Golden Glove shared, guard of honor tradition, season recap & PL standings, preseason prediction reflections, Arsenal player awards & evaluations, and more!

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Highlights:

• Southampton vs. Arsenal

Links:

• Sunderland 'Til I Die (Netflix)
• Gooner U Season Preview Episode (YouTube)

Alternate Titles:

• I Was Not in Lisbon
• The Richest Game in Football
• Until I Die
• Sharing a Glove
• How Many Fingers
• On the Golf Channel
• Expecting the Penalty Call
• They Have to be Terrible
• Cost of Relegation
• The Wood Burning
• Jesus Rising
• Transfers Get Crazy

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PL match vs. Newcastle, Crystal Palace FA Cup win, 2025–26 Arsenal kit reveal, squad numbers and transfer rumors, Tierney and Jorginho farewells, Arteta yellow card suspension, Premier League table implications, MLB fandom and tech discussion, and more!

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Highlights:

• Arsenal vs. Newcastle

Links:

• Kitbag's Arsenal Kits (kitbag.com)
• David Raya, Ethan Nwaneri get new numbers as Arsenal launch 2025-26 kit (The Athletic)

Alternate Titles:

• New York is Blue
• Go Back to New Jersey
• Champions of Malta
• Carding Everything
• Taller, More Handsome Zinchenko
• Open Secrets
• Big Hulking Fellow
• Not Quite as Cheeky
• Better Metaphor for Life
• Stat-friendly

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UCL Semi-final Leg 2 at PSG, PL at Liverpool, summer transfer rumors, The League for Clubs (?!), Rice's injury status, Jorginho's future, and much more!

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Highlights:

• PSG vs. Arsenal
• Liverpool vs. Arsenal

Links:

• The League for Clubs
• Report: Zubimendi Agrees to Join Arsenal (Arseblog)
• Talladega Nights (Letterboxd)

Alternate Titles:

• A Very Weird Week
• Not a Math Guy
• This One Hurt
• Physical Limitations
• Terrifically Unlucky
• Ball Don’t Lie Moment
• Rooting for a Meteor
• The Blow-Dryer Treatment
• Pride of Place

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UCL Semi-final Leg 1 vs. PSG, PL vs. Bournemouth, injury updates, a local soccer team match experience, the present state of Rwanda and its ties to Arsenal. May the 4th be with you!

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Highlights:

• Arsenal vs. PSG (SF L1)
• Arsenal vs. Bournemouth

Links:

• Out of the Loop: Rwanda 2025 (The Jordan Harbinger Show)
• Paris Saint-Germain assessing Ousmane Dembele hamstring injury before Arsenal Champions League second leg (The Athletic)
• Arsenal's Jurrien Timber a doubt for Paris Saint-Germain second leg, Mikel Arteta confirms (The Athletic)
• Mikel Arteta on Kai Havertz return: 'He will have a chance to play a few games this season’ (The Athletic)
• Huijsen pronunciation (YouTube)

Alternate Titles:

• Hope For the Best, Expect the Worst
• You Can’t Hit What You Can’t Catch
• Got Ball
• Frustration Fouls
• We Did Things
• Yeah, I Can Do This
• Head Games
• Another Card in the Deck
• A Special Skill

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PL match vs. Crystal Palace, Liverpool clinch the PL title, Inter Miami and Arsenal Women updates, transfer rumors, a look at the PL table as it currently stands, what a "physio" is, a brief chat about the movie Better Man, and more!

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Highlights:

• Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace

Links:

• Kagi search engine
• Physical therapy (Wikipedia)
• Better Man (Letterboxd, Paramount+)

Alternate Titles:

• Hat Tip
• Transfer Rumors are Bonkers
• Seeing Eye Single
• Necessary to Sit
• Because It Is

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UCL QF Leg 2 at Real Madrid, PL at Ipswich, Bob Marley’s football fandom, “Bernabéu” pronunciation, the chaotic potential for up to ten English teams qualifying for European competitions next season, and more!

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Highlights:

• Real Madrid vs. Arsenal
• Ipswich vs. Arsenal

Links:

• Bob Marley: One Love (TMDb, Paramount+)
• How Premier League teams can reach Champions League, Europe (ESPN)
• Embarrassing loss in 2011 League Cup to Birmingham (YouTube)

Alternate Titles:

• 90 Minutes is a Long Time
• In Amsterdam
• That’s How it Starts
• We’ll Always Have Paris
• Daring the Referee
• Some Fun Times
• Leave a Little On It
• Hugs and Handshakes
• I Don’t Really Want To
• It’s Gonna Be Fun

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UCL QF L1 vs. Real Madrid, PL vs. Brentford, squad rotation, a little bit of MLS and De Bruyne talk, leaked home kit for next season, and more!

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Highlights:

• Arsenal vs. Real Madrid
• Arsenal vs. Brentford

Links:

• MLS won't switch to fall/spring schedule before 2027 (ESPN)
• Kevin De Bruyne discovery rights issue highlights one of MLS' most puzzling rules (The Athletic)
• Arsenal 25-26 Home Kit Leaked (Footy Headlines)

Alternate Titles:

• A Pretty Brief Shpiel
• Back to Belgium
• Bend It Like Declan
• FIFA Loves That Shot
• Moments of Magic
• Dissent-ish Moment
• Just Kinda There
• Jorginho Never Gets Hurt

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PL matches vs. Fulham and at Everton, Gabriel's hamstring injury, Berta made official, UCL strategy going into the Real Madrid match, and bunch of other fun discussion around the club we all love!

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Highlights:

• Arsenal vs. Fulham
• Everton vs. Arsenal

Link:

• Liverpool, Everton and the ‘conjoined stadium’ that never was (The Athletic)

Alternate Titles:

• They Don’t Have Tracks
• Not That Kind of Doctor
• Not a Striker
• We Can Do This
• He Ain't That Guy Anymore
• He Had On Skates
• Russian Heist Movie

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