Derby_County (0) 0 - 2 (1) Arsenal

Pride Park, Saturday 29th September 2001

FA Carling Premiership

Preview

• Travel news
  Please note that the warning previously published here about travel via St Pancras is no longer valid. The engineering works which were going to close the station for the day have been cancelled. Many thanks to Mark Parsons for the original warning, and Peter McDougall for letting us know about the change of plan.
• Arsenal team news
  Sol Campbell has been back in training this week and could be in contention. If Adams and Keown are both ok it seems unlikely that he'll be risked. But Sol's only chance of playing for England against Greeece will be to play in this game, so he'll be keen. And maybe Wenger will let him play, in order to give one of the others a rest.

  Edu and Dixon are still out.

  There are reports that Seaman is out with a sore shoulder. So Richard Wright is expected to make his Arsenal debut.

  Ananova report that Ray Parlour is out with a thigh injury picked up in Athens, and Bergkamp misses out having hurt an ankle in training.

  Wenger has apparently said now that Campbell has no chance of making the England-Greece game. He's definitely out tomorrow, so we expect (and hope) that Matthew Upson will partner Martin Keown again.

• Derby_County team news
  Skipper Craig Burley missed the Leeds game with a hamstring problem, don't know yet if he's got a chance of making the Arsenal game.

  Branco Strupar is also doubtful having been out for a long time, he's close to a return but unblikely to make it for this game.

  Poom, Carbonari, and Eranio are all (more) definitely injured.

  update Friday
  Craig Burley is definitely out, according to Sky Sports, with a virus. Darryl Powell continues to deputise as captain.

  Poom, Eranio, Strupar, and Carbonari all all confirmed as absentees. Kinkladze is expected to return to the side.

• non-UK TV coverage
  
  • USA: tape-delayed on Fox Sports World (& FSW Espanol). 9am Pacific, 12 noon Eastern. (thanks to Lawrence for the info)
  • For details, and countries not listed above, see the non-UK TV FAQ

• See also
  • NewsReel for latest and breaking news
  • Arsenal vs Derby_County page for Derby_County links, head-to-head stats, etc
  • AFCi for their preview

Other reports

• Arsenal.com (official site)
• Arsenal Info
• Sky Sports (reaction)
• Zoom Soccer
• Guardian
• Soccernet
• Sporting Life
• This is London (standard)
• RamZone (unofficial Derby site, pictures)
• Official Derby site

Your reports

• UK TV FAQ, including pubs list
• Non-UK TV FAQ, including channels, pubs lists, and country-specific info

• Arsenal Live. getting commentary on your computer, IRC, Real Audio, etc.
• Note also that often there will be an audio feed available from the opposition's website (most probably their official site).

• ArseWeb's highbury pages, including ticket info, getting to the ground, etc.
• AwayFans.co.uk. Stadium reviews and info. Maps, traffic reports, pub lists, info on disabled/wheelchair provisions, etc. Conference teams as well as Premiership and Nationwide.
• London football Arsenal page from a site focussing on info for fans from abroad wanting to get to matches (tickets, travel, accomodation, etc).
• From the Terrace. Each team's section includes a page on their ground, with directions. Premiership, Nationwide, and Scottish.
• AwayGuide.net. Directions, maps, pub guides. All Premiership and Nationwide league teams.
• Football Ground Guide. Lovely site, loads of info, pics, diagrams, etc
• Football Grounds of England. With capacities, record gates, and pictures.
• Football Grounds frenzy. Wonderful photos of football grounds, with a little info too. Everything apart from glitzy new grounds, and no Premiership ones. Might be handy for Cup games, and certainly nice to look at!
• FanZone. Information for travelling sports fans. directions, car parks, eateries, pubs, blah-de-blah....
• Our own Highbury pages for useful info for Arsenal's home games.