A.P.Y.

North Bank Gooner - Family. Arsenal. Golf. In that order. - 'If they had brains, they'd be dangerous'.
Views are my own.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

This is the least surprising news ever. It's been industry knowledge just how rogue he is. He flew his wife and family abroad when all the Tiger stuff came out for fear the press were coming for him next.

[Rick Golfs @Top100Rick]

This is a brutal takedown of Phil Mickelson.

This isn’t “He cheated on his wife”.

This is insane sociopath stuff.

Propositioning Pat Perez’s wife. Hiring people to ride around the golf course with his phone so his wife couldn’t track him. Sexually harassing women openly. Getting blacklisted from club after club.

WTF is wrong with our golf heroes.

[Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh]

Well, here we go again, British economy grinds to a halt while everyone speculates in which manner Labour will shake down the private sector. Another cohort gives up on the country and foreign investors hold off.

A country held to ransom by 400 lanyards.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

No set of fans better when it comes to ironic football chants.

[Connor Humm @TikiTakaConnor]

In a bar in New York. Locals sing “USA USA USA”

England fans respond: “Jeffrey Epstein he’s one of your own.”

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

Something rankles me about an English club deliberately unsettling an English player during a World Cup. Every other potential England squad transfer is put on ice.

But that shower of plastic shit just can't help themselves. The absolute pits.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 BREAKING: Manchester City strike agreement with Nottingham Forest to sign Elliot Anderson. #MCFC made 23yo #NFFC midfielder primary target to bolster this summer & now done deal, subject to #England international finalising personal terms @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/VdCgmbb0Kf

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@Gary17530746831 @DPJHodges Be with you in a sec, still going through all the numbers on the end of your handle.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

This is it. We've faced this all season, the calmest players on the pitch were Arsenal players and the City player. The set pieces or the chance comes, always. Tonight, no Bueno for England.

[7 on the shirt @7ontheshirt]

We’ve seen that all year v the low blocks
You need;
- moment of magic from winger (Saka shot - awesome save)
- a set piece (no one attacking it with aggression)
- your striker to take the one chance they get (Kane snatched it and sent it into orbit)

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

Sue's on the brews. Tory yourself for 23 years until 5 months ago, have some shame.

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

Classic spineless Tories.

Always ifs, buts, caveats and conditions.

So weak and hopeless.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@Gary17530746831 @DPJHodges Hi Vladamir.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@iamtomskinner @EssexPR Ruffly

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@AndyHa_ @gunnerpunner

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@Xander_R Honestly it's just insane.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

There's this mad idea where every Premier League team plays each other twice, home and away, over the course of a 38 game, 9 month season. The fixtures are chosen at random and the team with the most points, wins the league.

I think they're going to do it from August again.

[Richard Keys @richardajkeys]

Who makes these decisions? Arsenal v Coventry on the opening Friday. Wouldn’t it be a more even contest if it was at Coventry? And what an atmosphere our fans would generate. Still Mickey Quinn rattled a hat-trick at Highbury the last time it happened on the opening day. 👍🏼🩵

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

@DominicNice Time to family*

*His new job as manager of Crystal Palace Football Club.

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

Outstanding retort to the hairy adulterer.

[Adam Keys @adamkeys_]

Eze played 54 games this season, 52 of which were for Arsenal, and got 10 goals and six assists, including the winner against Newcastle to kick start our five game winning run to win the title. He played the second most minutes of his career, and finished the season as a Premier League winner, played in a Champions League final and is on the plane for the World Cup. As we were told for 22 years, football is about winning.

[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.”

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

They don't, and never have, make them like the Arsenal.

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🚨[🟢] NEW: Arsenal’s Premier League title lift recorded the highest live viewership for a title celebration in the last two decades 😳

Today’s celebrations peaked at 7.3 million live viewers, compared to Liverpool’s 3 million viewers during their title lift last season.

[FG @FunnyGooner]

The first manager with more than one strand of hair to win the title in the last six years by the way. My manager.

[Rory Talks Football @Rory_Talks_Ball]

Kai Havertz “run it back” tweet has more likes in 5 hours than Man City’s Treble tweet has in 3 years

You can’t buy a proper fanbase

[A.P.Y. @apy_1990]

🗣️🗣️🗣️

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Arsenal are Premier League champions and they thoroughly deserve to be. They’ve waited so long for this, they’ve worked so hard for this, withstood so much frustration and so many jibes. They’ve put up with 22 years of title hurt, going close, drifting back, fighting back, building the squad, building the team, building the momentum. Believing in the process, believing in Mikel Arteta. And now, to the Gunners, the glory.

So much praise is due Arteta, for gradually shaping this team, for turning them into champions. The football his team plays is not the most breath-taking Arsenal have ever produced, certainly not in the creative class of Arsene Wenger’s champions. Arsenal need to become more expansive. Arteta's artists, one day. It’s not been a great season in the league for quality but it’s certainly been good for the league to have different champions for a change.

For Arsenal, this was about getting over the line and, helped by Nicolas Jover’s honours degree in the set-piece arts from the college of cunning, they did. They also got away with plenty of grappling in getting their grip on the title trophy. Manchester City, a more attractive side, pushed them close but Arsenal showed their resilience. One-nil to the mindset.

And glory for Declan Rice, the best player in the Premier League, the player who defined the destiny of the title with his driving runs, leadership without needing the armband, shielding the back-four, covering back, and also starting attacks from the back. Rice received this reporter's vote for FWA Footballer of the Year, and last night's immense display against Burnley showed why. This title win showed why. The game is about glory.

Glory, too, for Arsenal’s strong spine of David Raya, Gabriel, Rice and Viktor Gyokeres. Glory for Hale End, producing so much talent, not least the wonderful Bukayo Saka. And credit to the Arsenal board who backed Arteta when so many questioned him. Backed him with words of support. Backed him with players, and with time and patience.

And, finally, joy to the fans. When Arteta called on them to greet the coach, to raise the roof, to carry the team home, they delivered. A party 22 years in the making has now broken out, Arsenal fans taking to the streets around the Emirates to celebrate. They are worthy champions. #AFC

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.