Jonny Cant 🌄🌑

Christian | Norwich🇬🇧| Drummer - @ChiliDeppersUK | lifelong @Arsenal 🔴/ @realmadriden Fan ⚪️ | @TrentUn Grad | Husband 💍 🇨🇳🇬🇧

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

BOOOOOOM!!! 3-2.
Sensational goal by Bellingham… and more superb work by @NoniMadueke_ .
What a goal! 🚀🚀

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🦁🦁🦁

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

Rival fans love to sing:

“You’ll never sing that, Champions of Europe, you’ll never sing that.”

Yet when it comes to Arsenal’s European history, the conversation is completely rewritten to suit the narrative.

Let’s look at facts—not social media revisionism.

Arsenal’s European record includes both heartbreaking setbacks and historic glory.

The reality of the finals we missed out on:
1995 – Cup Winners’ Cup Final ❌
2000 – UEFA Cup Final ❌
2006 – Champions League Final ❌
2019 – Europa League Final ❌
2026 – Champions League Final ❌

No arguments here. We take those on the chin.

But if the defeats count, the wins count too:
1970 – Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 🏆
1994 – European Cup Winners’ Cup 🏆

European trophies are European trophies, whether the format has evolved or not.

The Fairs Cup and Cup Winners' Cup were highly prestigious tournaments. They made up Europe's "Big Three" alongside the European Cup.

Rivals hide behind the technicality that UEFA doesn't "officially" count Fairs Cup stats because they didn’t run the paperwork.

But FIFA officially recognises it as a major continental honour. By 1970, qualification was strictly merit-based via domestic league finishes. Because the European Cup only allowed one lone champion per country, the Fairs Cup was often a tougher, deeper tournament, packed with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-placed powerhouses of England, Spain, and Italy.

In 1971, UEFA didn't abolish the competition—they literally bought it out, copied the exact qualification format, and rebranded it as the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League). It is the direct biological parent of modern European football. You cannot accept the child but deny the father.

If it was a "mickey mouse" cup, why did European royalty play their strongest sides to win it?

To lift that trophy in 1970, Arsenal had to dismantle Johan Cruyff’s legendary Ajax in the semi-finals and pull off a massive comeback against Anderlecht in the final. You don't do that in a glorified friendly.

The narrative hypocrisy is exhausting. Arsenal’s defeats are listed in painstaking detail, yet the same consistency is never applied to our wins. When other clubs or modern dynasties succeed, context is allowed. Eras are explained. Circumstances are discussed.

Managers like Pep Guardiola are rightly celebrated for sustained dominance, and no one downplays his achievements based on competition changes or financial context.But with Arsenal, the framing shifts to selective, lazy talking points—as if only certain types of success are valid.

We see this exact double standard right now with Mikel Arteta. Rivals reduce his work to “one trophy,” dismissing Community Shields and downplaying the monumental effort of breaking a 22-year title wait to compete at the very top.

Yet when Pep’s grand total of 20 trophies is celebrated, his three Community Shields are counted without a single second thought.

Everything gets flattened to suit an anti-Arsenal bias rather than recognising elite context and progress. With Arsenal, Europe is treated as a permanent stick to beat the club with, ignoring the full picture. All we're asking for is consistency.

Our European story includes deep disappointment, yes—but it also includes silverware. Both are historical facts.

COYG 🔴⚪️

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

So proud of this team.

We gave everything in a Champions League final, led for long spells, and it came down to the finest margins.

Sadly not to be - penalties is the cruelest way to go out. Without said there was a clear agenda against Arsenal last night.

The referee didn’t allow us to take our corner and blew for halftime, we had a clear penalty Shout which they turned down yet PSG got a penalty score which clearly was a dive. Hakimi should’ve got sent off for strangling Kai Havertz. PSG clearly paid the referee because every 50-50 is a decision went PSG‘s way.

It hurts, but this group has taken us all the way back to competing at the very top of Europe again — and we’ve also won the Premier League this season, and reached the Carabao Cup final, which says everything about the level we’ve reached.

We go again. COYG! ⚪🔴

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Eze’s emotional reaction to hearing a voice note from his older brother, Ikechi, ahead of the Champions League final 🥹❤️

📺 Full episode of Voice Notes dropping soon

[Stan Sport Football @StanSportFC]

The Arsenal celebrations on the pitch are only half the story 😉

Welcome to the dressing room ft. the Premier League champions 🏆

↳ Premier League. Live & On Demand with 4K on Football’s New Home, Stan Sport. Stream now.

#StanSportAU #PremierLeague

[Bop Daddy ⚪️🔴 @awoyemijoshua61]

What it is like to live with Mikel Arteta in his house 🏠

@primevideosport

[Yop @AFCYop_]

this still the best analysis I’ve seen on how arsenal can hurt psg

[The Overlap @WeAreTheOverlap]

Thierry Henry on Stick to Football, one year ago today! 🇫🇷

Things are looking very different for Arsenal now! 🔴

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

🇫🇷 "They have the feeling that they are much better than them (Arsenal)!"

🏆 "PSG has been the best team for the last two years!"

Emmanuel Petit reveals PSG fans in France are "too confident!"

[AFTV @AFTVMedia]

Robbie builds his Arsenal vs PSG combined XI, agree with this? 👀

#AFTVBudapest

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

🎤 "When are you on Top of the Pops mate?!"

😂 "Never sing that again!"

It's fair to say Gabby was not impressed with this Arsenal fans song!

[Walid Arsenal @1Walid1]

What a time this was 🤣

[SPORTbible @sportbible]

"I think when Arsène Wenger came in, and what he did, he transformed football!" 🔴

Ahead of the league champions' big final in Europe, we asked Gunners fans if Mikel Arteta would go down as a greater manager than Wenger if he lifts the Champions League. Agree To Disagree, delivered by @Dominos_UK. AD

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

Always Mikel for me

[Naoki @LfcNaokii]

Pep Guardiola tactical team talk vs Mikel Arteta emotional hype.

You dare not laugh in this room…😭😂😂😂

[Timmie✨ @timmieobafemi]

Micah Richard's combined XI from Paris Saint Germain and Arsenal in key areas like:

🔰Defensive Consistency
🎯Midfield Control
💥Elite attacking quality

Micah's selection aren't based purely on UCL Fantasy points either.

#UCLfinal #UCLfantasy

[The DugOut Podcast @Tottally]

They hate us so much and it’s now beyond shameful 🤨🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

🇫🇷 Gabby: "I want PSG to win it!"

😡 Arsenal fan: "I don't usually bite... but the negativity is unbearable!"

This #AFC fan was not happy with Agbonlahor's reasons for wanting PSG to beat them in the Champions League final! 👀

[Jonny Cant 🌄🌑 @ChiliDepper_JC]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

Noel Gallagher and Pep Guardiola relive the moment Noel told talkSPORT Man City wouldn't win the league! 😂

🤝@ManCity