Reading 5 - 7 Arsenal...

It was one of the most remarkable nights in League Cup history. It was a twelve-goal thriller.

A dismal performance in the first half left Arsenal 4-0 down. Then an amazing second half saw Theo Walcott scored a scintillating hat-trick as Arsenal produced one of the great comebacks to take their place in the last eight.

Arsenal 1 - 2 Birmingham...

Yesterday Paul and I went to Wembley Stadium to watch the mighty Arsenal take on Birmingham City in the Carling Cup Final. We played OK I suppose but they just wanted it more. A calamitous Arsenal defensive mix-up two minutes from time meant that they sneaked a win. Pah!

Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)...

Last night Paul and I went to watch the mighty Arsenal take on Ipswich Town in the 2nd leg of the Carling Cup semi-final at the Emirates Stadium. Not sitting in our usual seats we were nearer the 9,000 away fans. Fans who were being pretty vocal - having beaten us 1-0 at Portman Road in the 1st leg and sensing a big upset. It took us until the sixty-first minute before Nicklas Bendtner opened up the scoring. Three minutes later Laurent Koscielny headed another in from a corner. Finally Cesc Fabregas sealed the visitors' fate on the seventy-seventh minute. 3-0 the result (3-1 on aggregate). "You're not singing, you're not singing, you're not singing anymore. You're not singing anymore."

Arsenal will now play either Birmingham or West Ham in the final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 27th February as we attempt to win their first silverware since the 2005 FA Cup.

UPDATE: Looks like we'll be playing Birmingham City in the final then.

Newcastle 0 - 4 Arsenal...

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One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy.... Magpiiiiiies!

Arsenal marched into the Quarter-Finals of the Carling Cup with a convincing win at Newcastle United last night. Four goals - one crazy, one controversial and two classy – did the trick to leave Arsène Wenger’s side just two steps from Wembley.

An attempted nodded clearance from Ryan Taylor hit his own keeper Tim Krul before going into the Magpies net to give Arsenal the lead. Theo Walcott raced through and dinked in a second after Nicklas Bendtner appeared to block a Magpies defender as he came back from an offside position.

Bendtner then curled in a shot and Walcott slotted in Arsenal's fourth.
So Arsenal join Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Manchester United, West Brom, West Ham United and Wigan Athletic in the draw for the quarter-finals this Saturday.