How many more nerve shredding games will we have to endure before the end of the season? Hopefully that's it, City lose all their remaining games and we can enjoy a stress free run to the title. As if that'll ever happen to us, eh! Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we take a look back at events at the London Stadium on Sunday. There's focus on Arteta, Raya, Trossard and of course, VAR. We pose several questions, like, which game's final 15 minutes has been the most tortuous this season? With three g...
May 12, 2026•59 min•Season 3Ep. 233
A far from convincing performance and possibly a lucky shout from VAR but we're three points closer to the PL title. Stef was at the London Stadium while Holly watched at the Tolly for this instant reaction pod. Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.social Twitter / X @northbankpod TikTok @northbankpod Instagram @northbankpod ...
May 10, 2026•6 min
Is it time to start thinking, not of what we could lose, but what we could win? (Credit Tim Stillman) Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we bask in the glory of the most joyous of occasions at the Emirates as we secured our place in the Champions League final for only the second time in our history, and the first time in 20 years. Stef talks us through the atmosphere during and after the game. We also look ahead to a monumental match on Sunday as we travel to East London to take on relegation threate...
May 07, 2026•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 232
Wow wow wow - What. A. Night. Budapest here we come!!!! Please enjoy, like, share etc. Thank you COYG!!!!!!!!!!! For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.social Twitter / X @northbankpod TikTok @northbankpod Instagram @northbankpod YouTube @NorthBankPod and discover more on our website, thenorthbankfc.com The North Bank. An Arsenal Podcast. Produced by The Podcast Company. © TNB Production...
May 05, 2026•11 min
Well that was much more like it - a sumptuous first half demolition of Fulham, just what the doctor ordered. Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we bask in our best performance in a long while. We chat through tactics, Arteta, Gyokeres, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Trossard, among others. But did we score enough goals though? We also look ahead to Tuesday and the Champions League semi-final second leg. We certainly go into this game with great momentum behind us, but will that be enough to see us through? Ther...
May 03, 2026•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 231
Join a hoarse-voiced Chris, a breathless Stef and a very smug Holly as we celebrate our convincing 3-0 win over Fulham. A superb first half display was enough to take 3 points and increase our goal difference - we'll be back tomorrow with the full pod including a look ahead to Tuesday's CL clash with Atleti. But for now, enjoy! Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials...
May 02, 2026•6 min
Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we take a more in-depth look back at the very creditable draw in Spain. We focus on tactics, player performance and, of course, officiating injustice. We also look ahead to match day number two in our five game shoot out with City, as we welcome Fulham to the Emirates. Will this be as tricky as Newcastle last weekend, or will we carry a bit of momentum from our midweek performance? Who gets the nod at right back? Who would you start in the front three? Should Rice s...
Apr 30, 2026•53 min•Season 3Ep. 230
We are still unbeaten in the Champions League this season, and if we can maintain that for just two more games, it'll be a very enjoyable summer indeed! Join Holly and Stef as we provide our instant reactions to the 1-1 draw away at Atletico. A sensible first half, a little wobble, some injustice, and ultimately a decent performance and result to take back to The Emirates next week. Please enjoy, like, share, etc. Thank you! For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE...
Apr 29, 2026•17 min
One down four to go! If they're all like the first one, I'm not sure we're all going to make it through, ha. That was tough. But a win is a win, as they say. Join Holly and Stef as we dissect rhe good and the bad from the Newcastle victory and look ahead to the first leg of the Champions League semi final on Wednesday. Please enjoy, like, share, etc. Thank you! For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @north...
Apr 27, 2026•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 229
Hardly a vintage performance from Arsenal in a nery 1-0 win at the Emirates today. But it's three vital points and we're back on top of the pile. Holly and Stef were at the game and give us their instant reactions... Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.social Twitter / X @northbankpod TikTok @northbankpod Instagram @northbankpod YouTub...
Apr 25, 2026•7 min
So, the final stretch is here, five games to make history, to deliver a generational season. Can we do it? Will we do it? Join Holly and Stef as we attempt to convince everyone (ourselves) that we can and will. We talk through both clubs' remaining fixtures, examine how we think Arteta should approach each game and look at the role the fans can have in the final run-in. Please enjoy, like, share. Thank you! For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join ...
Apr 23, 2026•46 min•Season 3Ep. 228
So, how are we all feeling after Sunday? Proud? Frustrated? Despondent? Angry?Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we try to work through the whole array of emotions I'm sure we've all lived through in the intervening days. But, how should we approach the remaining 5 games? Surely now we have to go for it, in what is a straight shoot out with City, especially factoring in their attack? Is it time to bench Zubimendi, play both Odegaard and Eze centrally, with Havertz up top? Who gets the nod on the righ...
Apr 21, 2026•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 227
Our thoughts on the 2-1 defeat at the Etihad leaving us three points clear of City who have a game in hand. It's not over yet... is it? Join us for the full pod soon. Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.social Twitter / X @northbankpod TikTok @northbankpod Instagram @northbankpod YouTube @NorthBankPod and discover more on our website, ...
Apr 19, 2026•7 min
With the 'title decider' looming into view, join Holly and Stef as we run through our options and our chances. Who will be available? How should Arteta approach the game? How might City approach the game, knowing that they really have to win it? Would a draw be enough for us to go on and clinch the title? Would a defeat be terminal? We also look back at the Sporting game, and once again revel in the fact we've made it to successive Champions League semi-finals for the first time in our history. ...
Apr 16, 2026•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 226
A Champions League semi-final awaits, a second consecutive semi-final, for the first time in our history - this should be a time for celebration, but with one eye on Sunday's game perhaps any celebrations can wait a few days longer! Join Holly, Stef and Chris as we share our instant reactions to the Sporting game. Please follow and rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @north...
Apr 16, 2026•15 min
Not the easiest podcast to record, lots of raw emotions still reverberating after yesterday's disappointing display and result. However, as they say, it's good to talk, and talk we did. Topics ranged from changing tactics; to next Sunday's approach; to missing players, or players going missing. We attempt to eke the positives out of the current situation - still top by 6 points, one foot into the semi-final of the Champions League. The Bournemouth defeat need not be terminal, but it is very much...
Apr 12, 2026•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 225
An quick reaction pod after our potentially damaging home defeat to Bournemouth today. A chance to go 12 points clear and pile some pressure on City now looks like a great opportunity for them to close the gap tomorrow and make next weekend's visit to the Etihad a must-not-lose game at the least. Why were we so poor today? Is missing Odegaard the sole reason for such a performance - devoid of creativity, intensity and character? Nerves? Complacency? Tactics? We'll sit down tomorrow with a bit mo...
Apr 11, 2026•8 min
Nearly a full month since we last kicked a ball in anger in the league we finally look ahead to our next league game, home to Bournemouth at lunchtime on Saturday. We are still 9 points clear, still the top league goalscorers, still with the meanest defence, yet some would have you believe that it's all doom and gloom in the Arsenal sphere. Join Holly and Chris as we make it perfectly clear that it could still be a generational season for us. There are thoughts about Lisbon, style of play, indiv...
Apr 09, 2026•43 min•Season 3Ep. 224
At last, after what has felt like an eternity, we are back with a joyous instant reaction. Stef, from the stands in Portugal gives us all a taste of what it was like to be in the away end for Havertz' last minute winner. A textbook away performance and result in the Champions League - the tie is far from over, but how nice is it to be celebrating a win?! Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the ...
Apr 07, 2026•13 min
Join Stef and Chris for a look back at our loss to Southampton in the FA Cup Quarter Final. We reflect on the manner of defeat and perhaps some familiar failings - whilst not wishing to take too much away from Southampton who fully deserved their victory, were we masters of our own undoing? Perhaps more importantly, how this might impact forthcoming games? Is the Champions League now a welcome distraction, given our excellent form in that competition? Can players put domestic form aside to get b...
Apr 05, 2026•41 min•Season 3Ep. 223
A second disappointing result sees us drop out of both domestic cup competitions in quick succession. Join Holly and Chris in the warmth, with Stef at the ground as we provide our initial responses to the latest defeat. Was it as bad as it felt? Is it a sign of what's to come? Should we be worried? Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.s...
Apr 04, 2026•14 min
The proper football is back, with Arsenal facing 3 games in 8 days in 3 different competitions. Join Holly and Stef as we look ahead to the first of these games, away to Southampton on Saturday evening in the quarter final of the FA Cup. We struggle to agree on a starting 11 for that game, wondering who in reality will be available. Should we go strong or heavily rotate? Do we actually have a choice? We also look back at Arsenal women's Champions League victory over Chelsea and applaud another c...
Apr 02, 2026•40 min•Season 3Ep. 222
Join Holly and Stef as they, with the help of Producer Chris and all the Patreon members and social media followers pick The Arsenal Banter XI. Which players were just hilariously bad? Who did rivals fans laugh at the most? Who made calamitous errors? Which players became symbols of failure? Whose off-field antics made them the butt of the joke? Thanks for joining us on this trip down memory lane that will hopefully make us appreciate where we are currently. Please follow & rate where you ge...
Mar 30, 2026•52 min•Season 3Ep. 221
Welcome to The North Bank's mailbag edition where we tackle some of the following questions: From the position we are currently in, if we win the champions league 'only' this season will you be disappointed? Will Sunday's cup final defeat have any impact on how we approach the game at the Etihad? Is Gyokeres actually a better player than we think? If you could swap one player for a player in the same position at another premier league club, who would it be? Five wins and a draw from our last 6 g...
Mar 26, 2026•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 220
Not the result we were looking for, but we still have plenty to look forward to in what remains of this season. Join Holly and Stef as we look back on what went wrong - was it team selection, tactics, injuries, nerves? Were City even that good? We pose the following question - would you rather have had City's last 14 days, or our last 14 days? We chat international breaks, Tottenham's timely defeat and poorly designed roundabouts. Please enjoy, like, share etc. Thank you! Please follow & rat...
Mar 24, 2026•58 min•Season 3Ep. 219
With the chance of a first trophy in six years on Sunday, how are we all feeling? What could a win mean for this team, this fanbase? Join Holly and Stef as we attempt to calm the nerves and focus on just how good we have been this season thus far. Some questions we tackle: who should start in goal; who should get the nod at right back, which of our attackers make most sense against this opposition? We also take a quick look back at the Champions League and there are also thoughts on the highligh...
Mar 20, 2026•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 218
Safely through to the quarter finals of the Champions League where we'll face Sporting CP. Join Holly and Stef as we give our instant reactions to the 2-0 win against Leverkusen. A much better team performance, far more fluid in attack, but perhaps not clinical enough with some of the chances we created. Who stood out for you? Which of the goals was your favourite? We afford ourselves a little smile at City and Chelsea as well. Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive acce...
Mar 17, 2026•11 min
A memorable, dramatic and euphoric late victory against Everton, enhanced, if possible, by another two dropped points for City, sees us open up a 9 point lead at the top. Join Holly and Stef as we try not to get too giddy at what this season could deliver. Onto the game itself, were we fortunate to win, do we need to improve our attacking fluidity between now and the end of the season? Credit yesterday to Raya, Gabriel, Saliba, Calafiori (what a block!), Rice, Hincapie, Gyokeres for being in the...
Mar 15, 2026•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 217
Straight from the Emirates, catch Holly & Stef's breathless summary of the home game v Everton where we left it late to claim three vital points. There will be a full-length pod reviewing this game including a look ahead to Leverkusen coming up! Please follow & rate where you get your pods. For exclusive access & content, join our North Bank community: FREE on Patreon! Join the conversation on our socials: BlueSky @northbankpod.bsky.social Twitter / X @northbankpod TikTok @northbankp...
Mar 14, 2026•5 min
With our Champions League tie somewhat in the balance we take a more in depth look back at what went wrong, and what we need to improve upon for the second leg. We also look ahead to the visit of Everton on Saturday evening. Should Saka start? Should Timber start? What about Martinelli, or Eze? How do we unlock our fluent attacking best? We also enjoy a pleasant distraction whilst trying to think of our favourite player to have represented both ourselves and Everton. Who is yours? Please follow ...
Mar 12, 2026•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 216
