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The ArsenalVision Podcast - Arsenal FC

One-Nil to the Arsenal:  Part 7 - The Midfield Engine

The ArsenalVision Podcast - Arsenal FC

ArsenalVision Podcast LLC

Sports, Soccer

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Part Seven highlights arguably the least celebrated but most important element of George Graham’s shift to European readiness – the midfield engine.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Arsenal journalist Amy Lawrence.

0:09.2

That Paris Centralman team had more flair at its disposal than Arsenal.

0:13.9

So, you know, there was a contrast in styles.

0:19.0

And that was part of the attraction of playing in Europe,

0:21.2

is that you knew you were coming up against a different style

0:24.1

when you played people from different countries.

0:28.9

It was, yeah, that was a very, very, it felt massive that semi-final.

0:33.5

A little, a little like this one.

0:35.0

It felt like a huge amount was at stake for both teams

0:37.7

who were, you know, craving European, you know, triumph

0:44.1

and what that would bring in terms of status and emotion

0:48.0

and all sorts of extra stuff quite apart from the actual football.

0:53.1

And the other thing that was memorable about that game is that was the birthplace of the

1:00.2

song 1-0 to the Arsenal.

1:01.8

So half time of that game.

1:04.6

Basically, the Paris Saint-Germast fans sang a song to the tune of Go West by the Pet Shop Boys, which went,

1:12.5

O'Le, Paris, Saint-German, which I think they still sing, actually, possibly.

1:17.1

And at half-time, over the Tanui, having listened to them seeing that through the whole first half,

1:23.2

they played the Pet Shop Boys song, at which point the Arsenal fans in their section just started up immediately with 1-0 to the Arsenal, which went on for the entire of half-time because the scoreline at the time was 1-0.

1:35.6

And 1-0 to the Arsenal, as had been the case in Turin, and as have been the case as Arsenal had become more of this cup team, felt symbolic.

1:48.1

So that was where it all began.

1:51.0

And little did anybody know how much they'd be singing that song around about a month

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