Sunday, 24 May 2009

vs Stoke City

So here we are at the end of the 2008/09 premier league campaign and we finally get to go our our first Arsenal match of the season! Yes we just manage to squeeze in the very last game...

We won 4-1, all the goals were scored in the first half.

So we finish the league in 4th place with 72pts, which is a massive 11pts off third place and an enormous 28pts off the champions.

View from our seats...



View from outside the club shop...



...and now for some useless but interesting facts.

First goal of the season: Samir Nasri for Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.

Last goal of the season: Kenwyne Jones for Sunderland against Chelsea, 90 minutes.

Fastest goal in a match: 31 seconds – Steve Sidwell for Aston Villa against Everton.

First and fastest hat-trick of the season: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) against Manchester City (17 August 2008); 7 minutes and 3 seconds.

Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) against Liverpool.

Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Manchester City 6–0 Portsmouth.

Most goals in a match: 8 goals, Arsenal 4–4 Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool 4–4 Arsenal.