It keeps getting better and better for Arsenal. One of the most unlikeable character in the Premiership for the Gunners, Phil Brown, has just been sacked by his club after last Saturday’s 1-2 defeat against the Gunners. Speaking after the game, Brown declared the key moment of the game was when Arsenal defender Sol Campbell was not sent off for the penalty challenge on Vennegoor of Hesselink, adding how “it was offside, but it wasn’t offside because the flag didn’t go up”.

The ex-Hull manager was of course the one who accused captain Cesc Fabregas of spitting at his assistant Brian Horton at the end of last season’s F.A. Cup Quarter Final, with the Spaniard denying the accusation and later on cleared by the Football Association.

After his dismissal, Brown told the League Managers Association:

I am obviously very disappointed with the club’s decision and the fact that I will now not have the opportunity to secure Hull City’s status in the Premier League for a third consecutive season.

Although I am extremely sad to be leaving Hull City, I am very proud of my achievements during my time as manager, especially having led the team into the top flight of football for the first time in the club’s 104-year history and ahead of schedule.