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Hello, I'm Ian Stone.

This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.

It is the North London

Derby on Sunday and to preview the game and talk all things Arsenal, I'm joined by Adrian

Clark and Amy Lawrence. Good morning. Hey, Stony. Hello. Hello, guys. Nice to see you. For the

first time in Premier League history and the first time in 38 years, Arsenal had been blocked from wearing red in the North London Derby due to the Premier League, ruling that our current home kit contains too much white. So therefore, clashes with Spurs kit. I mean, all right, before we actually ask you a question, are any of you superstitioning enough to care about the kit

change? Do we care? Really? Adrian? Yeah, I do care. I can't get worked up about it.

Yeah. But I don't understand it. You know, it's red, free white. It's clearly a difference

between the two strips. And I do think that our iconic home shirt carries weight and it carries a little

bit of an aura with it. So I think anytime, no matter who we're playing against, if I'm honest,

any time we're not in red and white, I think we lose something, lose something just a tiny little

bit. I just think it is such an iconic shirt and it brings with it gravitas and strength.

So yeah, I'm a bit disappointed, but I'm not going to get overworked up about it.

No, you're not.

No, because that's what gets the clicks, mate.

You know, we need you to properly rant about this ridiculous Premier League ruling.

Amy, you're going to fill us in or you're not also?

Yeah, we'd rather be wearing red and white, but you know what?

It is what it is.

I've got other things to worry about, but I would rather that by miles that Arsenal

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