re: Arsenal 2025/2026 Season Thread: CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND

I want to see MLS start on Wednesday I think. Even Ben White possibly. Need Timber and Calafiori completely healthy for next Sunday

Saliba and Hincapie are definitely starting. To gel and because of Hincapie's experience against this Bayern team for 2 seasons

Saka obviously. I think Trossard since Martinelli is probably not ready quite yet. Rice, Merino, Zubimendi.

I'm certain Timber starts too.

So I think pretty much unchanged outside of maybe Calafiori.

If Arteta picks strong teams in dog shite Carabao cup and FA Cup matches, you better believe he's picking his best available 11 against Bayern. Thankfully we have 3 days to rest for Chelsea afterwards.

Chelsea is coming off a run of pretty easy games where they looked good. Tottenham, Nottingham Forest at their nadir before the Dyche revival, Wolves, and Burnley as Burnley is really starting to struggle.

They haven’t looked particularly good against any impressive sides

United losing at home to Everton despite having a man advantage for 80 minutes is the icing on the cake of a fantastic weekend lol

We had the same issue with the tickets and printed them out. You may be able to scan via the email, but we didn’t want to take the chance.

With your tickets, I think you can get in the stadium 2 hrs before. I’d carve out 30 min for the Armory (team shop) prior to entering the stadium. If you plan on having a meal there, get in the stadium 45 before kickoff. In the club section the inside hallway is all glass looking into the pitch, so you can walk around inside with a pint and see the players warmup and such to kill time and soak up the experience. There are nice food and drinking areas you’ll have access to, so I’d say build in as much cushion as you want, worst case you just sit and grab a pint. Also, you can set your stuff down in your box and meet your attendant.

We did take the tube. On the way there we got off at Highbury to have a stop at the pubs right off the exit, then walked about 15 min to the Emirates area. We stopped in the Drayton Arms which is across the street from the stadium.

On our way back, we used Google Maps and went to a small stop (can’t remember the name) that was a few blocks away vs Highbury, and connected to one of the main lines back to our hotel.

Have a great time and report back!

You can scan the pdf from your phone.

I had 4 tickets for the Brighton cup match. Two from Arsenal ballot that went to my Apple wallet and two from Arsenal America that were pdfs. Scanned from phone no problem.


Enjoy. Wear a scarf!

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If you took the tube, which station is best for after the match?

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Where are you staying?

After the mid week Cup match against Brighton, a group of us were going back towards Paddington. It was easier to go back to the Drayton Arms Pub. Have a beer and let the crowd exhale. Into the tubes and such.

In 2017, after a midweek PL match, the shuffle out of the stadium and towards Arsenal tube station was a nightmare. Barricaded and cops doing crowd control. Paused the queue to allow people to tap in the station and such. Never again.

Highbury and islington station is about 4 blocks away, it doesn’t get as rammed on the walk there, but entering the station gets bottlenecked right after game.

If you don’t have to take a specific time train back to the countryside and only taking a few tubes back to your flat or hotel, go to a pub and thank me later.

They let you hang back and have a few beers in the concourse after the game, which helps to wait out the crowd. The pubs are rocking after a win, and it’s better to hang out in a pub or restaurant vs fighting the crowd in the tube.

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Thanks again!

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Where are you staying?

After the mid week Cup match against Brighton, a group of us were going back towards Paddington.

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Same general area. The Edgware Road station has been my base camp this week.