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Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

North London derby preview

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Football, Arsenal, Arsenal Fc, Arsenal News, Sports, Soccer

4.6734 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas join Ian Stone to look ahead to the North London derby at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.


The panel discuss how they’re feeling going into the game, the loss of Gabriel due to injury, other potential fitness concerns after the international break, and updates on whether any players are returning as the Gunners begin a tough run of fixtures.


Plus, the end of the 8 year sponsorship of Visit Rwanda and we hear from Moid in San Francisco in the latest instalment of ‘Up Your Arsenal’. 


Producer: Robby Williams


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Athletic FC

0:03.3

The only way to score is of course to play

0:10.0

with a handbreak-off.

0:14.7

Hello I'm Ian Stone.

0:16.2

This is Hand-Break-off,

0:17.3

the Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.

0:19.8

The international break is over. And we turn our attention to the North London Derby at the Emirates on Sunday.

0:26.7

I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and James McClickles. Good morning. Morning.

0:30.1

Hi, hi-ya. Morning. Should we talk about Kieran Tierney for a minute and that goal? Amy,

0:36.6

on Monday when we chatted on the podcast

0:39.3

and you were talking about international football and you were talking about the Irish

0:42.3

beating Hungary 3-2 with a last-minute winner and that was just to get into the playoffs

0:49.4

for the World Cup. Scotland on Tuesday night beat Denmark 4-2.

0:55.0

I mean, one of the craziest games I think I've watched in a long time.

0:59.4

And one of the highlights was, I'd like to say this, our very own, Kieran Tierney,

1:05.4

scoring what proved to be the decisive goal, coming in off the right wing, which he never

1:10.4

would have done playing for us

1:12.8

because he wouldn't have played there. I mean, first of all, what a marvellous moment for him.

1:17.5

But have you got any other favourite international goals scored by Gooners or former Gooners?

1:23.5

Yeah, an amazing moment for Katie. And although you'd like to say our own, I think Celtic fans might

1:28.9

have a word about that, but clearly very fondly remembered, a super, super guy and super player

1:36.0

and in a different world, his Arsenal career might have looked a little bit different.

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