Arsenal v Newcastle - FA Cup Final (1998) - Live Footage

Another classic game, this time a bit later than my previous uploads. This was the FA Cup Final of 1998 at the Old Wembley Stadium. This was the ...

Wenger's unrequited obsession

21.02.12
After a period in the mid-2000s when a series of teams who finished third, fourth and fifth in their domestic leagues illustrated how open and random cup football can be by lifting Europe's most prestigious trophy, the Champions League appears to... In 1992, his Monaco team lost the Cup Winners Cup final to Werder Bremen. In 2000, his Arsenal lost the Uefa Cup final to Galatasaray and, most recently in 2006, he saw the Champions League slip away against Barcelona. In the last four years, all of its winners - Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter - have also claimed their domestic title in the same season. Indeed, such has been the scale of Arsenal's issues in this campaign that it almost seems preposterous to be talking about them as potential champions of Europe any time soon. The strong likelihood this season, of course, is that the wait will go on. Possibly indefinitely.