Beware the pre-season friendly – it tells you nothing.

11 July 2003: Peterborough 1 Arsenal 0 Given that you are reading the Arsenal History Society blog I take it you’ll know what happened in 2003/4 – Arsenal were unbeaten in the league all season. But what about the pre-season friendlies?   They started with a 0-1 defeat to Peterborough followed by a 0-0 with Barnet …