Nathan Houckham's Red & White Army!

[nathan90]

Nathan Houckham's Red & White Army!

Nathan Houckham was born on 18th may 1987. his playing career was cut short at the age of 24 by a reckless tackle.
Houckham had played for arsenal over 150 times and england 25 times. After his playing days were cut short Houckham became U18's manager at Arsenal.
Houckham was offered the Arsenal job in december 2012 after Arsene Wenger was sacked.
when Houckham took over Arsenal was in 8th place and had been knocked out of the champions league at the group stage.

Tranfers in
I brought in Davide Santon as need a new left back, Rodrigo, Iker Munian, Adam Campbell And Will Hughes the last two were signed for the future with other three going straight it to the starting 11.

Transfers out
i didn't hang around with getting rid of deadwood Chamakh, Gervinho,Djourou,Armero,Giroud,Fabianski,Squillaci and Emanuelson. All not good enough to get in my side and all on silly wage's Emanuelson and Armero was both signed by Wenger and not up to my standard.

Plans
I plan to get get top four finish this year and get to both the semi's of FA cup And Europa.


Fixtures
Dec 2012
Arsenal 3 Vs 0 Norwich (EPL)
Podolski, Sagna & Armero

Jan 2013
Arsenal 1 Vs 0 Southampton (EPL)
Podolski

Arsenal 1 Vs 0 Portsmouth (Fa Cup 3rd )
Emanuelson

Arsenal 1 Vs 3 Chelsea (Capital Cup SFL1)
Emanuelson

Arsenal 2 Vs 0 West Brom (EPL)
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla

Arsenal 3 Vs 0 Sunderland (EPL)
Mertesacker, Rodrigo 2

Arsenal 1 Vs 0 Wigan (EPL)
Rodrigo

Arsenal 3 Vs 3 Chelsea (CC SFL2)
Podolski 2, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Arsenal 5 Vs 1 Swansea (Fa CUP 4th)
Muniain,Rodrigo,Podolski,Oxlade-Chamberlain,Arshavin

Arsenal 0 Vs 4 Man City

More to come...​

 

[nathan90]

Deadline Day Drama!

Deadline Day Drama!

There was a fair bit of drama at the emirates today with Sandro, Craig Gordan and Kyle Bartley all joining the team and Arshavin, Rosicky and Diaby all going out on loan and Frimpong being sold to swansea which saw kyle bartley rejoin the club.

Houckham said he is very happy with the three signings answering questions about the trio Houckham Said "I'm glad to welcome the three lads here, Sandro will slot in to the starting 11, Craig was Brought in as back up and same with young Kyle" ​

 

[nathan90]

update feb-may 12/13

Update Feb - May 12/13

Well things have been going well we are in the top 5 1 point behind Spurs, made in to both the Fa Cup final and Euro Cup final, we will play Brighton and Galatasaray. Looking forward to next season as i have signed Falcao to play upfront with Rodrigo who has been a great signing and been scoring goals left,right and centre unfortunately he has broken his foot so will miss the rest of season.

Feb

Arsenal 1 Vs 2 Chelsea (EPL)
Mertesacker

Arsenal 1 Vs 1 Liverpool (EPL)
Muniain

Arsenal 1 Vs 2 Dynamo Kyiv (EC R1 L1)
Rodrigo

Arsenal 0 Vs 0 Hull City (Fa Cup R5)


Arsenal (4)3 Vs 1(3) Dynamo Kyiv (EC R1 L2)
Cazorla, Podolski, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Arsenal 3 Vs 2 Hull City (Fa Cup R5 Rep)
Rodrigo 2, Santon

March

Arsenal 1 Vs 1 Qpr (EPL)
Santon

Arsenal 2 Vs 1 Udinese (Ec R2 L1)
Podolski, Walcott

Arsenal 1 Vs 0 Wolves (Fa cup R6)
Walcott

Arsenal (5)3 Vs 0(1) Udinese (Ec R2 L2)
Walcott, Rodrigo 2

Arsenal 2 Vs 0 Stoke (Epl)
Rodrigo 2

Arsenal 6 Vs 0 Tottenham (Epl)
Sandro 2, Ramsey, Muniain, Sagna, O.G

Arsenal 4 Vs 1 Aston Villa (Epl)
Walcott, Vermaelen, Muniain, O.G

April

Arsenal 2 Vs 1 Liverpool (Ec Qf L1)
Rodrigo, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Arsenal 2 Vs 2 Newcastle (Epl)
Rodrigo 2

Arsenal (4)2 Vs 0(1) Liverpool (Ec Qf L2)
Walcott, Rodrigo

Arsenal 6 Vs Man City (Fa cup SF)
Rodrigo 3, Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Muniain

Arseanl 4 Vs 0 Tottenham (Epl)
Oxlade-Chamberlain 2, Mertesacker, Rodrigo

Arsenal 3 Vs 2 Fulham (Epl)
Podolski 2, Rodrigo

Arsenal 1 Vs 1 Rubin (Ec Sf L1)
Podolski

Arsenal 0 Vs 1 Man United (Epl)

May

Arsenal 2 Vs 0 Rubin (Ec Sf L2)
Koscielny, Vermaelen

Arsenal 1 Vs 2 Everton (Epl)
Podolski

Arsenal 2 Vs 1 Reading (Epl)
Munian, Podolski

Until next time!




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[nathan90]

Arsenal Win Fa Cup!

Arsenal Win Fa Cup!

Arsenal have won their first bit of silverware since 2005, Houckham led his side to a 4-3 shout out win after a 2-2 draw with Brighton. Santi Cazorla scored twice after Brighton went ahead in the 7th minute thanks to an Andrew Crofts goal. Arsenal was on their way to a 2-1 win but Brighton striker Ashley Barnes Scored With 2 minutes to play. Moi Gomez scored the winning spot kick to take hand Arsenal the trophy.

Fa Cup Final

Arsenal 2 Vs 2 Brighton
Cazorla 2

Penalties
Walcott (Scored)
Muniain (Scored)
Vermaelen (Scored)
Campbell (Missed)
Moi Gomez (Scored)

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[nathan90]

Arsenal do the double/Season review

Season Review 2012/13

We done the Double this season as we won the Fa cup and Euro cup and finished 4th in the league. Rodrigo ended as the clubs top goalscorer with 20 goals in 24 games, Szczesny also had a good season and kept 23 clean sheets, Oxlade-Chamberlain had a great season with 10 goals and 12 assists.

Arsenal 2 Vs 0 Galatasaray (Ec Final)
Arteta, Cazorla

Arsenal 1 Vs 1 West ham (Epl)
Bartley

Arsenal 1 Vs 1 Swansea (Epl)
Walcott

Well thats it for this season.​