Darren Norris

Irish Examiner chief sports sub/racing editor. Arsenal fan. Proud uncle. Dog Dad to Teddy. All views my own.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Arsenal exploring deal to sign Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge. 24yo left-sided winger expected to be gettable for ~€40m. Move for Greece international does not impact #AFC interest in Morgan Rogers or other options to strengthen attack @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/lBe1BINfU2

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

🎥 Declan Rice’s video from his IG. 📲🥹

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

@henrywinter Unless Odegaard leaves, there's no chance of Rice becoming captain. Won't happen.

[. @APresserV2]

Respect to Marquinhos 👊🏻

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

Gabriel Arsenal's best player this evening. He really didn't deserve that. Cruel.

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

That's a pretty clear penalty.

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

Worrying number of strange calls from ref since half-time...

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

63 - The #UCLfinal will be Arsenal’s 63rd and final game of 2025-26, more than any team from the big-five European leagues this season.

It’s also Arsenal’s most for 46 years, when they played a club-record 70 matches in the 1979/80 campaign.

Gargantuan.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

4 - Tonight's game between Paris SG & Arsenal will be just the fourth European Cup/#UCLfinal between clubs from two different capital cities, after:

Benfica v Real Madrid (1962)
Real Madrid v Partizan Belgrade (1966)
Ajax v Panathinaikos (1971)

Capitalised.

[Conor Moore @ConorSketches]

Jim McGuinness Interview #gaa

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

🎙️ “After 22 years of gloom, it’s about to go BOOM! The Arsenal cannon fires again, Arsenal roar like it’s 2004.” ❤️‍🔥🏆

Goosebumps. 🥺

[Pramod @4Pramod]

So 85 points.

More than what ManUtd got in 7 of their league title wins under Ferguson.

More than what Liverpool got last season.

Not bad eh ?

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

Nice team goal but goal of the season? Not a hope.

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Congratulations, Harry Wilson! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

His goal against Crystal Palace is the 2025-26 Goal of the Season 👏

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 - Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Arsenal have won more @premierleague points (332) and spent more days top of the table (562) than any other team. Standards.

[Darren Norris @Denmania]

The demands of the Premier League saw his form tail off towards the end of the season but recency bias shouldn't detract from how good this lad was for the bulk of the campaign. Top player.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

38 - Martin Zubimendi is just the second ever player to win the title and play every game in his first season in the Premier League (excluding 1992-93), after Jens Lehmann in 2003-04. Champions. #CRYARS

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Arsenal in the Premier League this season:

🥇 Most points (85)
🥇 Most wins (26)
🥇 Most goal difference (+44)
🥇 Most clean sheets (19)
🥇 Most clean sheets in a row (4)
🥇 Most set-piece goals (23)
🥇 Most headed goals (16)
🥇 Most WhoScored MOTM awards (29)
🥇 Fewest losses (5)
🥇 Fewest goals conceded (27)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded per game (8.2)
🥇 Fewest yellow (51) and red cards (0)

Champions 🔴⚪️🏆

#AFC | @Arsenal

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

A disciplined campaign from the champions 👏

[Premier League @premierleague]

Engraved into history 🖋 @Arsenal

[Zi 🇯🇵🇧🇷🇵🇹 @_Zico23]

Arsenal - The Rise.

[Anything Arsenal🇬🇧 @AnythingArs_]

Arsenal No. 19 scored against westham and Westham No.19 committed a foul to disallow the equaliser. Arsenal win the trophy on the 19th of May. We won it after beating the 19th placed team and it was scored by a player who wear No. 19 and we secured our 19th clean sheet.

Kroupi No. 22 put an end to 22 years trophy drought. Gykores No. 14 on 15 goals for Arsenal 14th EPL title