Date: 10th April 2011 at 3:30pm
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Chairman Peter Hill-Wood sparked outrage amongst Arsenal’s fanbase by calling them ‘silly’.

Hill-Wood was quoted in a newspaper as saying: “I simply cannot believe he will react to these stupid comments from these silly people.

“They are supposed to be supporters, but, in fact, they do quite a lot of damage.

“We have set the bar high and everybody expects us to achieve that every year, but it simply isn’t possible.

“[The AST] are in danger of us becoming less friendly with them. We haven’t yet, but I am just saying we could become less friendly.”

Manager Arsène Wenger backed his players, saying that trophies were just one way of judging success within a club.

The Frenchman said: “Trophies are one way to judge a club… would you swap winning the FA Cup for playing in the Champions League?”

The club today moved to defuse the row, releasing a statement saying: “Emotions can run high in football many times throughout a season. It’s because we all care about our club.

“Our fans are at the heart of what we do, and that will always be the case.”

 

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