Arsenal FC get Carabao Cup snakebit (erm, defeated handily) by EFL League Two club Fleetwood Town. EPL Week 9 Liverpool FC host Arsenal at Anfield.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that Arsenal lost to Fleetwood Town. Did you think it was odd that Fleetwood Town wears red shirt with the white sleeves? Or that they play in “Highbury Stadium”? Was this loss destiny?

On Episode 165, Eric and Matt lament the Max Dowman red card, consider the way Arteta handled it, and express how we would have addressed it.

This is easily the worst loss by a Premier League club in the Carabou Cup, likely in English cup competition history. We’ll tell you why.

One ‘big’ number is a fraction this time. Liverpool gets a match preview and a bonus starting lineup prediction, with a twist? Thanks to injuries, the team essentially picks itself in some areas. We spell out predictions for Week 9 in the Premier League and wind up with 3QTs.

Oh and hey, this is a combined 200 episodes for the Stateside Gooners podcast, 165 for the men and 35 for the women.

As always, share your thoughts on the episode as well as questions. We are always looking for “Gooner Origin Stories” so tell us why YOU are a fan of The Arsenal Football Club. Questions, comments, and your stories may be read on a future episode! Share by email: statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com or post and tag us on Substack @statesidegooners or Bluesky @statesidegooners.bsky.social.

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Voting continues through mid-December with groups getting smaller with each shuffle. The champion will host their very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio. The show will premiere on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere people listen to podcasts. Eric is on to Round 4, thanks to all of you that voted!

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North London is Red

In this episode of the Arsenal Women’s podcast presented by Stateside Gooners, Matt talks about the North London Derby. Surprising starts from Caitlin Foord and Tailor Hinds. Surprising roles for Olivia Smith and Alesia Russo. Celebrate with the fans! Arsenal’s WSL match against newly promoted side Birmingham City. Matt recaps the WSL action during Match Day 7 and brings everyone up to speed on those results. There is also the matter of previewing the next match, a Champions League affair against Portugal side Benfica.

As always we’d love to hear your comments to the episode, fan origin stories, and questions you may have for us. You can leave your comments on Substack, drop us a DM on the Bluesky app on @StatesideGooners, or you can email us at statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com Drop us a question there and we will do our best to answer you.

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On this episode, Kevin and Matt look back at the match against Everton, it really could have been a problem if a few kicks go Everton’s way. The guys recap the goals and the solid play from the set pieces in the match. Threre was that one Ben White what are you doing moment. Kevin provides the two minute mashup of the rest of the Match Day 8 EPL contests - there were a couple noteworthy results in that batch. Finally, we end the show with a preview of the Fleetwood Town Soda Cup match. Listen to the end to hear some interesting facts about Fleetwood, why they are called the Cods and the biggest manufacturer in Fleetwood - you don’t want to miss it.

You can find Matt’s Top Ten Takes for the Arsenal - Everton match by using this link: https://statesidegooners.substack.com/p/top-ten-arsenal-2-0-everton-epl-week

As always, share your thoughts on the episode as well as questions. We are always looking for “Gooner Origin Stories” so tell us why YOU are a fan of The Arsenal Football Club. Questions, comments, and your stories may be read on a future episode! Share by email: statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com or post and tag us on Substack @statesidegooners or Bluesky @statesidegooners.bsky.social.

⁠Vote daily for Eric as he bids to win The 2026 Top Host using this link.⁠

Voting continues through mid-December with groups getting smaller with each shuffle. The champion will host their very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio. The show will premiere on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere people listen to podcasts. Eric is on to Round 4, thanks to all of you that voted!

Thank you!! We will keep you up to date as this competition continues.

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It can and must be better

In this episode of the Arsenal Women’s podcast presented by Stateside Gooners, Matt talks about Arsenal’s WSL match against newly promoted side Birmingham City. Matt talks about the poor shot funnel and Arsenal’s lack of shots on goal. There was the matter of Olivia Smith and her fantastic upper right corner goal and a penalty shout for a rugby tackle on Geraldine Reuteler at the end of the match. It must be better. Matt recaps the WSL action during Match Day 6 and brings everyone up to speed on those results. There is also the matter of previewing Saturday’s match, the London Derby, against Tottenham. Is this the first time the Arsenal women have played at the Loo?

As always we’d love to hear your comments to the episode, fan origin stories, and questions you may have for us. You can leave your comments on Substack, drop us a DM on the Bluesky app on @StatesideGooners, or you can email us at statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com Drop us a question there and we will do our best to answer you.

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A recording by Stateside Gooners about the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich, Everton FC, Arsenal FC and lots of laughs

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On this episode, Eric and Matt talk about the fabulous advertisement for football that was the Arsenal - Bayern Munich match. The guys recap the goals and near misses. There is discussion about the assists that set up a couple of goals. You’ll hear about Saka and our speculation about how long the injury will keep him out of action. The match ended up just short of a perfect ending when Timber’s shot in extra time was denied. Great match - this is why you want to compete in the Champions League. Then we preview the Premier League match against Everton at The Emirates and speculate about how much time Max Dowman may get.

As always, share your thoughts on the episode as well as questions. We are always looking for “Gooner Origin Stories” so tell us why YOU are a fan of The Arsenal Football Club. Questions, comments, and your stories may be read on a future episode! Share by email: statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com or post and tag us on Substack @statesidegooners or Bluesky @statesidegooners.bsky.social.

⁠Vote daily for Eric as he bids to win The 2026 Top Host using this link.⁠ Voting continues through mid-December with groups getting smaller with each shuffle. The champion will host their very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio. The show will premiere on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere people listen to podcasts. Eric is on to Round 3 thanks to all of you that voted! Thank you!! We will keep you up to date as this competition continues.

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On this episode, the guys recap The Arsenal’s one-nil to the Arrrr-sen-nil victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Playing there is always a difficult place for Arsenal. Why aren’t Arsenal scoring goals in the first half or scoring goals from set pieces? A better question for Nottingham Forest fans is when will Forest score a goal at the City Ground? Kevin runs 2-minute Mashup covering the other 8 games from Week 7 (the nasty roosters play Coventry at the Loo on Monday). Of course we preview the road game against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

As always, share your thoughts on the episode as well as questions. We are always looking for “Gooner Origin Stories” so tell us why YOU are a fan of The Arsenal Football Club. Questions, comments, and your stories may be read on a future episode! Share by email: statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com or post and tag us on Substack @statesidegooners or Bluesky @statesidegooners.bsky.social.

⁠Vote daily for Eric as he bids to win The 2026 Top Host using this link.⁠ Voting continues through mid-December with groups getting smaller with each shuffle. The champion will host their very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio. The show will premiere on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere people listen to podcasts. Eric is on to Round 3 thanks to all of you that voted! Thank you!! We will keep you up to date as this competition continues.

Visit ⁠Skeids.com⁠ and use our code statesidegooners to get 10% off every order every time. Gather the gods!

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Somehow, as we’re all trying to sort ourselves and decide how we’ll feel and what we’ll do if Manchester City Cheaters Club get punished what we think is enough, or not. Meanwhile, their manager is out there saying ‘I know nothing.’ If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember Shultz saying that on Hogan’s Heroes. I think I recall it being highly sarcastic, and that he knew everything but didn’t want to get in trouble or be responsible for not being a tattletale. Feels a little like that with Enzo Maresca. Enough talk about the lying cheating blues. If you haven’t checked out my full analysis of what punishment should look like, you’ll find it in Punished: The Sentence Manchester City Deserves.

On this episode, Eric and Matt cover Arsenal’s Champions League match against Lille. Three really lovely goals and who started the goal scoring? None other than defender Jurrien Timber and his magical right foot. We discuss Saka’s key contribution off the bench. There is a quick rundown of the crazy results in the Champions League. We preview the Nottingham Forest match and the challenges they present. Make sure to listen to the end for the 3 quick things and the big number reveal.

As always, share your thoughts on the episode as well as questions. We continue looking for “Gooner Origin Stories” so tell us why YOU are a fan of The Arsenal Football Club. Questions, comments, and your stories may be read on a future episode! Share by email: statesidegoonerspod@gmail.com or post and tag us on Substack @statesidegooners or Bluesky @statesidegooners.bsky.social.

Vote daily for Eric as he bids to win The 2026 Top Host using this link. Voting continues through mid-December with groups getting smaller with each shuffle. The champion will host their very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio. The show will premiere on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere people listen to podcasts. Eric is on to Round 3 thanks to all of you that voted! Thank you!! We will keep you up to date as this competition continues.

Visit Skeids.com and use our code statesidegooners to get 10% off every order every time. Gather the gods!

Better, Not good enough

In this episode of the Arsenal Women’s podcast presented by Stateside Gooners, Matt talks about Arsenal’s WSL Match Day 5 against the defending WSL champions Manchester City. Matt spends time re-capping the scores of the rest of the WSL for Match Day 5. Then he dives into the encouraging initial 60 minutes put together by Arsenal. What happened for the rest of the match, nothing good. Matt recaps the first block of games talking about the positives and the negatives. Unfortunately there were more negatives than positives in this first block. Too many ties. Matt runs through the dates for the next block of games highlighting a particularly nasty patch of games Barca - London City - Lyon, oof.

As always we’d love to hear your comments to the episode, fan origin stories, and questions you may have for us. You can leave your comments on Substack or via DM on the Bluesky app on @StatesideGooners