Arsenal away to Manchester United on first Sky Super Sunday

Arsenal travel to Old Trafford on the opening day of the season and also face Liverpool, City, Forest and Newcastle before the end of September.

The Premier League have given us a very tough start with Leeds United at home completing our oppening group of six fixtures.

On paper, the season ends with four winnable matches as fixtures at home to Fulham and Burnley either side of a trip to West Ham join a final day visit to Palace and mean that we don’t leave the capital for a League match in May.

Whether that will matter by then, no one knows, but if we can tie up our new signings in the first 20 days of July and hit the ground running, then you never know. Maybe the long wait could finally be over!

More to follow……

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Simon Boynton

Simon Boynton - Managing Editor

Simon is a lifelong Arsenal fan who can date the start of the bumpy ride back to Saturday May 8th 1971 when, as a wide eyed six year old, he watched long haired local boy Charlie George smash the ball past a hapless Ray Clemence at Wembley to secure Arsenal the Double.

The following 18 years did not exactly run as he had hoped but he kept the faith and on the evening of St Michael Thomas Day saw the start of celebrations that lasted throughout the entire summer of 1989. Those almost barren years with only the Wembley victories in '79 and '87 to celebrate have left Simon with a far more circumspect view of the club's achievements than most modern day fans. He still celebrates every victory as if it was Arsenal's first and does not believe that the club has a divine right to win trophies.

He was lucky enough to live in Highbury opposite the old ground during the early Wenger years and his season ticket enabled him to watch virtually every home match between 1997 and 2002. Perhaps this accounts for Denis Bergkamp being his all time favourite player, although Liam Brady and Thierry Henry come very close.

Simon has worked on the commercial side of football and media for over 30 years and has been writing for Arsenal Mania for the last eight. Apart from Arsenal, he is well known for having no hobbies whatsoever and as such is happy to be labelled as the World's most boring man.

simon.boynton@gmail.com

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