Arsenal have been drawn against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
The two games will take place in January and February ahead of the final which takes place at Wembley on March 16th.
The Gunners will be at home for the first leg, and away in the second.
The last time the sides met in this competition was in January 1996 when two goals from Ian Wright gave us a 2-0 win.
The other semi-final sees Liverpool take on Sp*rs after the latter beat Man Utd 4-3 this evening.
About the best we could hope for. Let’s get to the final and pile more heartbreak on Spurms at Wenbley.
Hope we beat Newcastle!
Would have preferred second leg at home but not a bad draw
Shit draw: I wanted Spuds – especially after watching their defending tonight.
We need to do the job at home in the first leg: St James’s Park has become a bogey ground for us in recent years.
It will be Liverpool in the final: Spuds are awful.
Yup, but now we have an opportunity to avenge the 2001 FA Cup Final loss to Liverpool. That one still ticks me off.
Me too! I was physically sick when that little c**t Owen nicked that winner.
Mind you: we were incredibly lucky to beat Manure in that 2005 final.
Liverpool had about three goalies that day
I’d love to get matey fc in the final though, fats. Imagine the half empty wemberly singing about wheels coming off
Wouldn’t be surprised if Liverpool given their title chase will rotate more than Spurs, want it less and end up somehow losing the tie. But we need to put some pressure on them in the table for that to happen.
Yeah, 1987 revisited would be just the ticket…
I was there. I can still remember the Wembley sun on my face as Charlie’s deflected shot creeped in past Bruce Grobbelaar to give us the winner. The Scousers couldn’t believe that they had lost because up until then they never lost whenever Rush scored and he had put them ahead. That game was massively important in the history of Arsenal Football Club. It was the first trophy we won under George Graham and it gave that group of players the confidence to go on and win much more, including two league titles. That’s why those fans who poo poo… Read more »
Yep. Ive not quite worked out how the only team without european fixtures to contend with and the only team that has actually beaten us this season is the best draw
That last time we met Newcastle in this competition happed to be my first ever gane watching arsenal live. Still gives me goosebumps thinking about walking out onto the terrace and seeing the pitch and the lights and the crowd. And my favourite player scored both goals, what a night 🙂
1996? I’d have ripped your hand off to watch Ian Wright score those. I was 13 and all I wanted in the world was to go to Highbury once.
It was a fucking amazing night particularly as Newcastle were actually pretty shit hot back then.
Get past the oilers and it’s likely the scouse with how porous that potato defense is…