Arsenal have been handed a testing away draw to Aaron Ramseys old stomping ground, Ninian Park, to play Cardiff City....While in an interesting reverse, Arsenal Old Boy Jay Bothroyd is currently playing for the Welsh side.

Full FA Cup fourth round draw:

Liverpool v Everton
Manchester United v Tottenham
Hull or Newcastle v Millwall or Crewe
Sunderland v Blyth or Blackburn
Hartlepool v West Ham
Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton or Norwich
Cardiff v Arsenal
Portsmouth or Bristol City v Histon or Swansea
Chelsea or Southend v Ipswich
Cheltenham or Doncaster v Aston Villa
West Brom or Peterborough v QPR or Burnley
Torquay v Coventry
Kettering v Fulham
Watford v Leicester or Crystal Palace
Derby v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham or Wolves v Middlesbrough

Arsenal have been handed an interesting tie against Italian side Roma, 3 out of the 4 remaining EPL sides all face Italian opposition, with Liverpool facing Real Madrid the exception.

Full CL 2nd Round Draw

Chelsea v Juventus
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Arsenal v Roma
Inter Milan v Manchester United

Arsenal have been given a favourable draw against Plymouth Argyle at Ashburton Grove.

Full FA Cup third round draw:

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Barrow
Hull City v Newcastle
Hartlepool v Stoke
Chelsea v Southend
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff v Reading
Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden
Charlton v Norwich
West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere
Torquay v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester United
Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green Rovers v Derby
QPR v Burnley
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Wigan
Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster
Arsenal v Plymouth
Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v Blackburn
Macclesfield v Everton
Watford v Scunthorpe
Sunderland v Bolton
Coventry v Kidderminster
Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa

Ties will be played on the weekend of 3-4 January

As usual, The draw was not easy for The Gunners, with 3 tough away trips to contend with against Porto, Dynamo Kiev & Fernabahce.

Full Champions League draw:

Group A
Chavski, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR Cluj

Group B
Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta

Group C
Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group D
Loserfool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid

Group E
Man Ure, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg

Group F
Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina

Group G
ARSENAL, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev

Group H
Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Bate Borisov

The dates for our CL games have also been announced,

Match Day 1
Dynamo Kiev v Arsenal
Wednesday 17th September 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Valery Lobanovskiy, Kyiv

Match Day 2
Arsenal v FC Porto
Tuesday 30th September 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Emirates Stadium

Match Day 3
Fenerbahce v Arsenal
Tuesday 21st October 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Match Day 4
Arsenal v Fenerbahce
Wednesday 5th November 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Emirates Stadium

Match Day 5
Arsenal v Dynamo Kiev
Tuesday 25th November 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Emirates Stadium

Match Day 6
FC Porto v Arsenal
Wednesday 10th December 2008
Kick Off: 19:45
To be played at Estádio do Dragão, Portugal

The Full Fixture List can be found here - BBC 

The pick of the Pre Xmas Bunch are as follows...

Cardiff City teenager Aaron Ramsey has completed his £5m move to Arsenal.

Champions League winners Manchester United and Premier League giants Everton were also in the hunt for the 17-year-old Welsh prodigy.

But Ramsey has signed a long-term deal at Arsenal after they flew him to Switzerland for face-to-face talks with boss Arsene Wenger at Euro 2008.

"He was a big factor in my decision to join Arsenal," said Ramsey. "I'm so happy to have signed for Arsenal."

Known as "Rambo", Ramsey progressed through the youth ranks at Cardiff City.

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It is with great sadness, that we have to announce the imminent closure of Online Arsenal.com

On January 1st 2008 OA received notice from Legal representatives of Mr Edward (Teddy) Sheringham.

They had noted numerous comments on the site relating to their client, and had considered many of them to be subject to libel and defemation of character.

Considering this action to be overly heavy handed and completely unreasonable, not to mention beyond the statute of limitations (as some of the comments were over 4 years old ) OA decided to stand firm and Fight the good fight on behalf of all our members.

This we have done over the last 3 months, with countless solicitors letters (and Fees!) between the two parties, and even warnings from our own Hosting site, who so far have been excellent in keeping us open during these events.

Unfortunately our finances are not on a par with Mr Sheringham and as such our legal advisors have suggested that to continue fighting this action is very much beyond our means, and with heavy heart and massive regret, we have had to face facts and accept this situation.

We have been given an option to either close the site completely, or face extreme financial difficulties defending our case further.  Unfortuantely we have had to decide to close OA to prevent further legal and financial losses.

As part of the agreement to cease legal procedings, we also have to apologise to Mr Sheringham for any harm caused by our numerous false comments. 

As such, at Midnight on Thursday 3rd April 2008, OA will be removed from its hosting service, and will not return.

Its been a great 5 year run, and we would like to thank all our loyal members for making this site what it is.

Keep The Faith.....Arsenal for the Premiership...and Moscow here we come!

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Happy April Fools Day Suckers!!!

The Draw for the CL Quarter (and Semi) Finals has been made...and surprise surprise, Chavski get another easy tie while The Gooners face the Scousers.

FULL DRAW

Champions League quarter-final draw:
Arsenal v Liverpool (First leg 2 Apr/Second leg 8 Apr)
AS Roma v Man Utd (First leg 1 Apr/Second leg 9 Apr)
Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona (First leg 1 Apr/Second leg 9 Apr)
Fenerbahce v Chelsea (First leg 2 Apr/Second leg 8 Apr)

Champions League semi-final draw:
Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea
Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd