It's mischief makers I think. The same thing happened last year with Liverpool's fixtures supposedly on the OS please log in to view this image
A Letter from Ivan to the Shareholders May 22nd, 2014 by Pedro & filed under News Review. CEO Quarterly Report – May 2014 Ivan Gazidis comments on various items of interest Dear Shareholders, Welcome to the exclusive quarterly update for shareholders. Today’s update is covering the period up to May 22, 2014. What a positive end to the season. Saturday’s final stretched our nerves to breaking point but that made victory all the sweeter. It was a great reward for Arsenal fans around the world and the extraordinary scenes during the parade through Islington on Sunday brought home the full reality of what our Club means to so many people. An estimated 250,000 people, young and old alike, lined the streets, cheered from rooftops and welcomed the team as we travelled through the borough. It was a scene of pure joy and made all of us proud and humbled to be part of this great Club. This wonderful weekend followed our strong end to the Premier League season. We won our final five league games to finish with 79 points, a significant improvement on recent years. Clearly there is a sense of frustration at what might have been but we are well placed to challenge again next season and proud of the fact we have qualified for the UEFA Champions League 17 years in succession. We have already started working for next season and I am very positive about the future. We are very well placed. Many of our key players have committed their long-term careers to the Club which gives us squad stability on which to build effectively. Arsène is working hard on bringing greater depth to the squad during the summer and this will allow us to compete on multiple competitive fronts throughout the next campaign. In addition, we continue to develop our capability in many of our support areas, including our physical performance work and data analytics. Next year we plan to start work on a major re-development project at Colney. We also continue to make significant investment in youth development which remains a key part of our philosophy. I would like to thank Liam Brady once again for all his hard work over the past 17 years and I look forward to continuing to work with him in the future. Our new Head of the Youth Academy, Andries Jonker, joins us in July and we have appointed Steve Morrow as our Head of Youth Scouting as we look to develop our recruitment of young players. We have also made big strides during the course of the season in our approach to youth athletic development and important re-building works are finishing at Hale End. The Club is in great shape on and off the pitch and we are looking forward to building on the exciting platform we have created. The topics covered in this update are as follows: 1. End of season supporters’ event 2. Pre-season schedule 3. 2014/2015 Barclays Premier League fixtures 4. Arsenal Foundation Ball 2014 1. End of season supporters’ event – Emirates Stadium – Wednesday, June 4 As many of you have already received by email, we are pleased to advise that an End of Season Supporters’ Event is to be held at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, commencing at 7.00 pm. There will be a reception and light refreshments available plus a few special footballing guests. If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] including the full name of shareholder, mobile number and email address by no later than midday on Tuesday, May 27, following which we will contact shareholders individually with a formal invitation and full details of the event. Please note that due to the limited number of spaces available, all applicants must be shareholders. Each shareholder will be restricted to one application per shareholder. Should we receive more applications than spaces that are available, a random ballot will be held on May 27 and successful shareholders will be contacted thereafter. 2. Pre-season schedule As it is a World Cup year there is very little time for an extensive foreign tour like last season when we visited Asia. However, we will be playing the New York Red Bulls in New York on July 26. It will be great to make our first visit to the States for many years and it will obviously be particularly special to play against our old friend Thierry Henry’s current team. Thierry holds a special place in our affections and I know the game is awaited with much anticipation and excitement by our many fans in the US. The trip to the States will be followed by the Emirates Cup on the weekend of Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3. This will again be a fantastic weekend of football as we entertain three of Europe’s foremost clubs – Portuguese champions Benfica, La Liga side Valencia and French club AS Monaco. The first-team’s pre-season schedule will be completed with a return trip to Wembley on Sunday, August 10 when we will play Manchester City in the Community Shield. 3. 2014/2015 Barclays Premier League fixtures For your planning for next season, the Barclays Premier League fixtures for the 2014/2015 season will be announced on Wednesday, June 18. We start our Barclays Premier League season on the weekend of August 16 and 17. The two legs of UEFA Champions League Play Off are scheduled to be played on Tuesday/Wednesday August 19/20 and Tuesday/Wednesday August 26/27. The draw for the UEFA Champions League Play Off is on Friday, August 8. 4. Arsenal Foundation Ball raises over £325,000 On Thursday, May 8, the Arsenal Foundation Ball raised more than £325,000 to help transform the lives of young people in the UK and overseas. Hosted by popular comedian and Arsenal fan Dara O’Briain, and attended by Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal first team squad and Foundation ambassadors including Robert Pires, Liam Brady and Martin Keown, the night was a spectacular combination of fundraising and entertainment. Live and silent auctions saw the players and other guests competing for a range of items before the evening closed with a special appeal from our global charity partner Save the Children to help children affected by the crisis in Syria to regain a sense of normality by providing temporary learning spaces to help them continue their education in a safe environment. It was a special evening and a further reminder of the power that football and Arsenal in particular has to make a difference in our communities. Finally, thanks again for your tremendous support throughout the course of the season. See you in August. Yours faithfully, Ivan Gazidis Chief Executive
So 3 points at Villa apparently? Nice of the FA to bow down to Lord Gaal from the offset. Normality, its been missed
Liverpool fixtures. http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/165012-liverpool-s-2014-15-fixtures-released Opening day. Arsenal v Crystal Palace Burnley v Chelsea Leicester City v Everton Liverpool v Southampton Manchester United v Swansea City Newcastle United v Manchester City Queens Park Rangers v Hull City Stoke City v Aston Villa West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur I've updated the thread and OP.
First four games on TV .What about that?. Sat 16 Aug 2014 - Premier League Liverpool v Southampton Sat 23 Aug 2014 - Premier League Man City v Liverpool Sat 30 Aug 2014 - Premier League Tottenham v Liverpool Sat 13 Sep 2014 - Premier League Liverpool v Aston Villa ~Last game of the season away to Stoke.
Nice easy start Liverpool v Southampton Sat 16 Aug 15:00 Man City v Liverpool Sat 23 Aug 15:00 Tottenham v Liverpool Sat 30 Aug 15:00
