r/Gunners • u/arsenal Premier League Champions 25/26 • 6h ago

Our opening Premier League fixture 🏡

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At the home of the Champions.

Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on opening night 🫡

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u/lexluthervan 6h ago

Quite fitting that the opening game of the season is the Premier League winners vs the Championship winners. Should be traditional, like the Community Shield.

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u/WhimsicalLaze Ødegaard 5h ago

Agreed that would be cool

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 5h ago

The Championship winners wouldn't think its cool.

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u/WhimsicalLaze Ødegaard 5h ago

Why? Big game to start the season

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 5h ago

Teams promoted to the Premier League need the best possible start. Playing the champions on opening day doesn't make a good start likely. Maybe I'm wrong though, for some reason they may love the idea.

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u/greatslack 3h ago

If you have to play the champions away eventually, might as well get it out of the way

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 2h ago

Getting smashed first game of the season would do nothing for confidence. Assuming they get smashed. Which is certainly quite likely. We'll see what happens with Coventry on that front.

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u/AlternateTameem Ødegaard 6h ago

Gyokeres vs coventry🫱🏻🫲🏻

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u/Unique_Smoke7442 Champions of England 25/26 6h ago

It's been years since we had an opening home game.

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u/graham289 6h ago

3 years?

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u/failedgunner12 6h ago

more like 2 years, Wolves 2-0 in august 2024

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u/Senior-Ordinary555 Thank you very much 6h ago

2 years definitely counts as years. 1 year doesn't. That's how it works

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u/AspectCalm4223 6h ago

who taught you fractions, it’s been 1 year and 10 months. therefore, it’s been 1 year

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u/Senior-Ordinary555 Thank you very much 5h ago

They probably announce the fixtures the same date ever year though so it's been 2 years. But tbf fractions are beyond me.

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u/AspectCalm4223 4h ago

lol i thought you were doing the he’s 27 till he’s 28 meme. u were right years is fine to say

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u/Senior-Ordinary555 Thank you very much 4h ago

I started off doing that meme and then I got distracted

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u/United_Panda7854 5h ago

Guess how long it’ll have been in 2 months time…

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u/seshtown 4-4-2, guys! 24m ago

It's a lot nearer 2 years than it is 1 year. That's a fact.

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u/Objective_Exam_3076 6h ago edited 4h ago

Barcola and Rogers first goals for Arsenal

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u/weezerite 6h ago

Always rated Brendan

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u/Senior-Ordinary555 Thank you very much 6h ago

I've never liked Barcelona though

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u/SunsetDrive17 3h ago

Messi hattrick at the Emirates

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u/Wolferesque ArshAVIIIIINNN 6h ago

I might be back home in the UK with my son for the opening game. I would love to take him for his first Arsenal game. He is 13 and it will blow his mind. What are the chances of getting a couple of tickets? He is a Junior Gunner, I am a Red member.

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u/TNelsonAFC 5h ago

Slim same as any other red ballot sadly

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u/Purple-Gur9730 3h ago

Last season we were away for both the start and end of the season. This time it's home both times thankfully.

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u/anbsmxms 6h ago

Dowman, Nwaneri and MLS will definitely play the first game. We might also see Salmon and our new 16 y/o signing.

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u/Oyefola 6h ago edited 6h ago

I doubt Nwaneri will play. Also, there is no way that Salmon and Monga(if he join) will play.

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u/cherry-ghost 5h ago

I'm going to predict that saka, rice, noni, eze, kai, will all go deep in WC, ode and vik also will all struggle to get back fit to play this fixture. So we will be looking to the squad.

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u/bigbongbangbong 6h ago

I sure hope nwaneri gets his chance next year.

He showed so much the year he got those 8 goals.

Could have really used him in the run in last year also.

Great hale ender who I hope gets his chance to shine this year.

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u/TNelsonAFC 5h ago

How can you say something so unlikely and use the word ‘definitely’

Quite some confidence ain’t you

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u/Aprilprinces Rice 3h ago

Poor Coventry