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‘People mention my goal in this game more than any other. I feel the love from both Arsenal and Spurs fans, which is rare, so there wasn’t any needle for me’: Former Gunners and Tottenham midfielder discusses playing for both clubs

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Arsenal and Tottenham fans generally hate each other - but one player has managed to bridge that gap in the last two decades

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LONDON - JANUARY 4: David Bentley of Arsenal skips past Bobby Ford of Oxford United during the FA Cup Third Round match between Arsenal and Oxford United held on January 4, 2003 at Highbury in London, England. Arsenal won the match 2-0. (Photo By Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
‘Even though it was late in the game, the Arsenal fans started singing my name. It felt like the moment I announced myself as a professional footballer’: Ex-Gunners star recalls scoring first senior goal as a teenager at Highbury

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Arsenal have a strong history of producing young players, and one announced himself to the adoring fans in great fashion two decades ago

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Blackburn, UNITED KINGDOM: Blackburn Rovers' David Bentley scores the opening goal against Manchester United during their English Premiership soccer match at Ewood Park, in Blackburn, 01 February 2006. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures subject to subscription of a license with Football Association Premier League (FAPL) tel : +44 207 298 1656. For newspapers where the football content of the printed and electronic versions are identical, no licence is necessary. (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
‘A few players have scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in the Premier League, but I was first. And let’s face it, it’s a lot easier to do it these days!’: Manchester United stunned by winger in 2006

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Manchester United saw a player first hit a hat-trick against them in the Premier League in 2006

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Roberto Soldado
Ranked! Tottenham's 15 worst signings of the Premier League era

By Paul Sarahs Published

Forget Son Heung-min, Jurgen Klinsmann and Gareth Bale, this lot didn't give up to expectations

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They played for Arsenal and Tottenham – but who got the better deal?

By Amit Katwala Published

They played for Arsenal and Spurs - but who got the better deal?

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Theo Walcott Everton
The best we never had: England’s 10 greatest underachievers

By Amit Katwala Published

Lists As Theo Walcott prepares to bid farewell to Arsenal after over a decade of unfulfilled promise, Amit Katwala looks at the English players who once starred for big teams but ultimately failed to live up to their early potential

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FourFourTwo's 2016 in photography: the stories behind our year with football's biggest names

By James Maw Published

FourFourTwo The year 2016 may not have been a great one for civilisation as a whole, but it's been a great one for FourFourTwo photography

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15 of the Premier League's greatest volleys

By Alasdair Mackenzie Published

Video Dele Alli’s sublime strike for Tottenham last weekend sent Alasdair Mackenzie scurrying to the archives for more of the finest first-time net-busters...

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Bentley wondering if he’ll ever get time to finish that watercolour

By Paul Watson Last updated

Back of the Net The former Arsenal, Norwich, Blackburn, Tottenham, Birmingham, West Ham, FC Rostov, Blackburn again and England man just can't find time to complete his panorama

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Ranked! Tottenham's 15 worst signings of the Premier League era

By Paul Sarahs Published

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