Peter Simmons

Goalkeeper - Arsenal
19 Sep 2038
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Marked for Peter Simmons

633 Edition

The Arsenal Sentinel

13 Sep 2038
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad13 Sep 2038

A one-man rearguard from Charles Spencer

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings13 Sep 2038

Rasmus Højlund, 35, rolls back the years — 8.34

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.34 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad13 Sep 2038

Bukayo Saka in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Arsenal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market13 Sep 2038

Henry Davies has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Arsenal they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad13 Sep 2038

William Saliba falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market13 Sep 2038

Arsenal say no — this time

The offer from Nottingham Forest for Peter Simmons was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad13 Sep 2038

Kai Havertz gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings13 Sep 2038

One of those days for Ethan Nwaneri

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match11 Sep 2038

Ethan Nwaneri the difference as Arsenal beat Liverpool

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ethan Nwaneri. 2‑1 against Liverpool, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

Back issues
626 Edition

The Arsenal Sentinel

26 Jul 2038
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Jul 2038

Tempers go at Arsenal

Bukayo Saka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market26 Jul 2038

Peter Simmons hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Arsenal can pretend not to have heard.

Market26 Jul 2038

Arsenal turn down Milton Keynes Dons for Thomas Taylor

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad26 Jul 2038

Words at Arsenal training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. William Saliba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market26 Jul 2038

Thamsanqa Dolly is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Arsenal is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad26 Jul 2038

A muscle injury sidelines Harrison Miles for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Arsenal will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

In brief

622 Edition

The Arsenal Sentinel

28 Jun 2038
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Jun 2038

Luka Vušković asks to leave Arsenal

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad28 Jun 2038

Arsenal count the cost of losing Rasmus Højlund

40 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad28 Jun 2038

Tempers go at Arsenal

Noni Madueke was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad28 Jun 2038

William Saliba falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market28 Jun 2038

Only the photograph left for Alexander Ellis

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexander Ellis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Arsenal the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market28 Jun 2038

Nottingham Forest watching Peter Simmons

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Arsenal have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief