This is a special bonus episode and is part of our Premier League countdown series

currently on the Ornstein and Chapman podcast feed.

There's an episode dedicated to every single Premier League club as we build up to the return of football.

So check out the Ornstein and Chapman podcast or the athletic app to hear other episodes from the series.

Hi there, I'm Adam Leventhal and welcome to the first of the Athletics Premier League Countdown podcast.

With the return of the 2019 season only days away, we're releasing 20 shows on the Ornstein and Chapman feed,

each one dedicated to a different Premier League team.

That is two podcasts a day, every day,

up until football returns. Now, if you're not a subscriber, you can sign up right now and

take advantage of our 30-day free trial by going to theathletic.com forward slash

Ornstein and Chapman, and that is, to enjoy the best football writing anywhere, just as the season makes its return.

Today we are discussing Arsenal, who sit ninth in the Premier League table,

and we can welcome one of the athletics dedicated Arsenal writers, James McNicholas.

James, thanks very much for coming on board today. You're also the host of our

Arsenal podcast Handbrake Off, which has been running episodes all season and throughout the

lockdown. Just point us in the direction of some of your favourite moments then.

Well, it's actually been great to be doing Handbrake Off during the lockdown because

everyone's been a bit more available and so we've been able to be doing handbreak off during the lockdown because everyone's

been a bit more available and so we've been able to get some great guests on the show. We've

had interviews with the likes of David Seaman, with Lowren, with Michael Thomas, Glenn Helder,

some really, really fascinating chats. And actually in our most recent episode this week,

we had David Ornstein on, who you'll know very well from The Athletic.

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