JF

[☔ @Whotfismick]

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Someone’s free time is NOT their availability

[$ @stephanieukm]

22,000 avios taking just £70 off is a joke btw @British_Airways

[reyrey♈️ @missshrey_]

This is always funny because women think it’s a switch that goes off when a ring is present lol if you’re not doing it now you won’t do it later

[Amara Nwankpa @Nwankpa_A]

The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic.

Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination.

Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football.

The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation.

Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline.

That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility.

Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty.

People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.

[💫𝓓𝓮𝓶𝓸💫🪐 @Demo4fhs]

Corporate life is watching a great idea get ignored until someone with a bigger title repeats it.

[Piddy @PiddyPyro]

nobody wanted Arsenal to win the Prem because we thought their fans were gonna be unbearable and annoying, but whats ended up happening is everyone else has become completely unbearable instead, crying and belittling their achievements as much as possible just to fuel agendas

[🅾🅻🅳 🅱🅰🅻🅳 🅶🅾🅾🅽🅴🆁 @OBG_AFC]

Just saw a video on Instagram where an Arsenal fan pointed out that Gabriel shirt sales increased by 350% AFTER he missed the penalty. He also pointed out that, even after TWO black Arsenal players missed penalties, there was zero racist comments online from Arsenal fans towards Eberechi Eze or Gabriel.

WYKYK

I love my club and its fans.

[JF @JFplus44]

Rice is too funny

[.. @Enigmaa13174]

NONI !!!!!! 🤣🤣

“ I don’t even know what our rivals are doing”

“ this year they’ve been participating..that’s it” 😂

[promise @vespreken]

"Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach."

@ChelseaFC @ManUtd @SpursOfficial @LFC

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Shirt sales for Arsenal defender Gabriel increased by 350 per cent after the centre-back missed a crucial penalty in his side’s Champions League final defeat on Saturday.

Gabriel, 28, took the final penalty in the shootout, but his effort went over the bar, and Paris Saint-Germain were crowned Champions League winners for the second consecutive season.

However, despite the disappointment for the Brazilian, fans have responded by buying his shirt en masse. The 28-year-old became the top-selling name printed on shirts over the weekend.

At one point, sales of the Brazil international’s shirt doubled those of any other shirt being sold.

More from @gunnerblog and @nnamdionye ⬇️

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[JF @JFplus44]

This

[Ilyaz 🏆 @AomineReborn]

I never in my life want to hear the what do you think of tottenham chant I acc despise it at this point

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘Lock in or get locked out.’ - @_DeclanRice 👊👊👊👊

[ᜰ @markklfc]

Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:

🗣️ “I have to say, I found it embarrassing.

The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.

That tells you everything.

Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.

For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.

Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.

Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.

Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.

The jealousy was obvious.

The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.

That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.

The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.”

[Bielsista @pedroelchileno]

Arsenal won the same amount of games (45) as Chelsea (26) and Man Utd (19) TOGETHER this season.

Stop getting rattled by fan bases who spend their whole season watching Arsenal fight for every title while their teams where playing for nothing since November.

[The Pato🎙️ @iamNOTthepatoo]

PSG 4-0 Liverpool
PSG 8-2 Chelsea
PSG v Man U(Error 404: Did not qualify for any European competition)

Arsenal fans remember these are the people you choose to take their banter to heart

[Gooner Chris @ArsenalN7]

📲 Romeo Beckham on Insta: “See you tomorrow at the parade 🫡 champions of England still”

[mariam @maryooomaaa_]

This season has made me realise that people hate arsenal more than they love their own teams and that’s truly embarrassing 😭

[「Gyök Lesnar 🏆」 @duanepongo]

Won the league. Reached a UCL final. Lost on pens. And rivals think we’re supposed to be SAD?

We just had the greatest Arsenal season in a GENERATION.

[Hayters TV @HaytersTV]

"I’ve got the feeling of wanting to come back and lift the trophy!"

Declan Rice insists Arsenal will be BACK to win the Champions League 😤

[Joe Payne @Payne_Joe6]

If your seasons highlight is Arsenal losing a UCL final. Your opinion doesn’t matter.

Up the gunners