Stateside Gooners: An Arsenal FC Show

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt catch up on the many moves the Arsenal Women have made since mid December 2025: recalling loanees, loaning out players, new signees, manager contract extensions, and a first for the Arsenal women - appointing a Technical Director. We also discuss the Arsenal Women’s game against Manchester United in the first match of 2026. We agree...

In this episode of Stateside Gooners Eric and Matt recap the FA Cup win away at Portsmouth. Despite coming out hot and scoring in the first few minutes, Portsmouth couldn't keep an equally energetic Arsenal from scoring. Matt and I expected (predicted?) 3-0 and 5-0 victory for this game, so 4 goals is 'just about' right. Conceding wasn't in the plan and while we don't place bla...

After the LOOOONG last episode, we make up for it with a quick one. We started recording Thursday at 11:30 PM EST and finished quickly, I'm publishing Friday at 12:37 AM EST. It wasn't 'boring,' it was another tale of two halves, but no matter what anyone says, it was a 0-0, and a game that matched what the rest of the top four did this week. Nothing gained but nothing lost. We ski...

Every single Episode, Matt and I try to buzz through our content in an attempt to produce a 40-50 minute episode. Every week we end up with an episode that's 10-20 minutes longer than we endeavoured to make. This one is a killer on length at roughly 80'. It sets the new record for longest podcast ever. The thing is, I wouldn't change a thing. Despite what I'm sure are a few 'ru...

Happy New Year! As Arsenal Supporters, we wrapped up the year with the type of win we've been waiting for since the week of Tottenham and Bayern. The detractors, haters, and pundits got to see the Arsenal at our best. We had a Gabby set piece goal, an Ødegaard masterclass, a classic Trossard wonder-strike, and love him or not, we got a 2026 bookend goal from a very grateful Jesus. Up next is B...

When it rains own goals, it pours own goals. In the open, we reveal some fun facts about OGs this season and how historic this run of 4 in 4 games is for Arsenal. Can they win the league while claiming the record for most own goals benefitted? That would be an interesting discussion in June of 2026.For now, in Episode One Hundred and One (Whaaa?!?) Matt and Eric recap the details that matter in th...

Scoring goals to win games is highly overrated. Just let your opponents score for you. More of that please. Arsenal have won two of the last three games largely because our opponents have gifted us the wins. Can we say 'Champions always find a way to win' when it's wins like these. I think we can. Next up? Brighton and Hove. Let's see if we can score goals and win of our own voliti...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s game against OH Leuven in the Women’s Champions League (UCL) action on the last day of the League Phase. We discuss the drama of Arsenal clinching 5th in the table and the “draw” for the first round of the knockout phase. We discuss the Arsenal women deploying two to lead the press and the other adjustment...

In Episode 99 of Stateside Gooners Matt and Eric recap the 'Boring Arsenal' game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium (*Hill Dick) where a pen by Viktor Gyökeres was the difference maker. Everton without their two top scorers were toothless and Jack Grealish wasn't nearly enough without Ndiaye and Dewsbury-Hall to support him. Arsenal hit the woodwork twice, but didn't really threaten eit...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s game against Everton in the Women’s Super League (WSL) action. We talk about Arsenal’s formations in this match, some loopy volleys, and Olivia Smith doing Olivia Smith things from the left side. We also discuss the best approach to re-introducing Leah Williamson back as the starting right center back.  We...

Eric predicted Arsenal would concede an own goal, making 'Own Goal' the leading scorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers after 16 games. As it turned out, Wolves conceded not one but two own goals, making 'Own Goals' our joint fifth best. (Shakes head). Up next is Everton. Our record against both the club and the current manager suggest this should be a win and we've both predicted A...

Two title races are on a knife-edge. Bouncing back after an Aston Villa loss, Wolves Preview Welcome back to Stateside Gooners! This week, we cover Arsenal's bounce-back performance after the weekend's disappointing loss to Aston Villa. Many felt the on-field player reaction to that single defeat was overblown, but as Gooners know all too well, one loss has tragically derailed title dreams...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s game against FC Twente in the Women’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) action. We talk about Arsenal’s different formation which allowed an aggressive press. We also talk about a second consecutive good performance from Olivia Smith on the left side. We highlight the solid play of Katie McCabe and how versatile...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s game against Liverpool in the Women’s Super League (WSL) action. We talk about Olivia Smith’s performance, the return of Kim Little and Leah Williamson and why does Stina have to be offsides so much. We touch on the expectations for this December block of 4 matches and our expectations for the women in the...

In this fargin episode of Stateside Gooners, we're obligated to talk about how our club, once again, lost to Aston Villa and our gosh darn former manager, Sir Good Ebening. Aston Villa is quietly (?) becoming our newest bogie team (along with Newcastle). We have to find a way to make that stop. Well, we can't do a thing about it, but Mikel Arteta needs to do something about it. Dag Gummit!...

When do you know that your team is good? I say it's when your 'second team,' your backups, are good enough to start on most of the teams in the Premier League. Outside our strikers (Gyökeres, Havertz, Jesus)(Merino?) most of our players would fit into 'just about' any team in the league. That said, as is said about most team sports, you have to beat the team in front of you wit...

I have a sticker on my coffee cup that says: "Surely EVERYBODY wasn't kung-fu fighting." If you are an audiofile, you'll know what song I'm talking about. If you aren't, it's about Caicedo's ankle stomp on Mikel "Wooly" Merino. Not everyone was doing that, ok? Both Matt and Eric feel that Arsenal should have taken all three points from this match, especi...

Happy Thanksgiving, Gooners! Arsenal haven't beaten Bayern Munich since 2015. They've booted us out the last 8 and more often the last 16 too often. The bets weren't against Arsenal, at home, and like Bayern still undefeated in the Champions League. But the demons were lurking and the media, too. Matt and Eric discuss a game that wasn't like the women's game, a game of two halv...

What’s the best way to win a North London Derby? Do it in a way that sticks it in their eye. Ebere Eze, a one-time target of our opponents scored the first hat-trick in two generations in a NLD, proving he made the right choice by calling Mikel and triple-checking that he didn’t want to bring him over to his childhood club.  In other words, he was the main reason why North London is Red as you rea...

Sometimes life grabs you by the center circles. You have to concede that without extra time you’ll never score a game winner. (That's means we were out of time to meet our objectives.) In this case, Matt and Eric lost a week to family and medical obligations. Some of them were pretty crappy , to be honest.  (i.e. We got too busy to record this episode, ok.) But in the end we finally catch you...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s games against Bayern Munich in the Women’s Champions League (WSL) and Tottenham in the north London Derby in Women’s Super League (WSL) action.  We also take the time to examine what is happening with the women’s season and different competitions.  As always we’d love to hear your comments to the episode,...

You'll find Matt's Top Ten for the Sunderland game here . He tells us about escapades in music as well as some quality thoughts about what happened, and could have/should have happened. The stats-makers suggested that with the squad we have and a 2-1 lead in the 75th minute we stood a 61% chance of winning the match. Was Gabby's low diving header attempt, rather than just blasting it a...

On this Stateside Gooners Arsenal Women’s podcast, Eric and Matt discuss the Arsenal Women’s games against Leicester City and the big one against Chelsea in the Women’s Super League (WSL) action.  We quickly preview the upcoming week’s matches against Bayern Munich and Tottenham. As always we’d love to hear your comments to the episode, fan origin stories, and questions you may have for us. You ca...

Episode 89 opens with the Hale End Academy kids and a little praise for how much they're playing and how much we appreciate seeing them play. It's great to watch them get the opportunities, which important to keeping them while they progress to the first team. 3-0. Seemingly not much to say, but we cover it whistle to whistle. Except we didn't mention the Ben White incident. Somehow we...

In this episode we review the 1-0 snoozer (but all that matters is the 3 points, right?) against Crystal Palace. There's a bit of preview that we try to get out for you, but we were interrupted by 'that hair guy' from Manchester United. Matt hadn't seen his hair yet, so it limited our chat about this Brighton Preview. 3QTs are fun as we cover shutouts, shots on goal (grrr), and an...