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border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6201488.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42249000/gif/_42249874_champions_league_203x152.gif" align="left" width="203" height="152" alt="Champions League" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a></td> <td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" align="left" width="10" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="mbv"><a class="lp" href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/default.stm">EUROPE</a></div> <div class="mvb"> <a class="tsh" href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6201488.stm"> Porto v Arsenal (Wed) </a> </div> <div class="bt"> Team news ahead of Wednesday's Champions League fixture. </div> </td> </tr></table> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <!-- S BO --><hr> <span style="font-size:11px;"><b>KEY INFO:</b> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/4287409.stm">Premiership scores/news on your mobile</a><p> <p> <p> </span> <!-- E BO --> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6210644.stm"> Wenger focused on Porto victory </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6211578.stm"> BBC to show Liverpool v Arsenal </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6203528.stm"> Wenger and Henry united over row </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6204286.stm"> Liverpool draw Arsenal in FA Cup </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6183214.stm"> Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6201958.stm"> Henry set for spell on sidelines </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6199688.stm"> Cole agent fails to overturn ban </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6197666.stm"> Wenger predicting derby victory </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6198270.stm"> Celtic to consider bid for Stokes </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="featureNlp"> MORE CLUB LINKS AND INFORMATION </div> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="629"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="629"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td> </tr> </table> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="629" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="" hspace="0"><br/> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="629"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="629"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="416"> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="416"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="203"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6188464.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42344000/jpg/_42344486_groves_pro66.jpg" align="left" width="66" height="66" alt="Perry Groves" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" align="left" width="5" height="66" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> <a href="/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6188464.stm"> <b> Q&A with cult hero Perry Groves </b> </a> <br/> <div class="summary"> Cult Arsenal star Perry Groves responds to 606 users' questions <br clear="all"/> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/footballpremiership">PREMIERSHIP ON THE NEW 606</a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="arr"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/footballpremiership"> What people are saying about your team and others </a> </div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IINC --><img 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vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <!-- Get the minutes and seconds for weighted puffs --> <!-- Get the hour and minute of the day --> <!-- Get the day of week plus time--> <a href="#" onclick="javascript:launchAVConsoleStory('4494501')"><img height="13" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="2" border="0" width="54" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/opensport.gif"/>Live sports coverage on the BBC</a> <br clear="all"/> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br/> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S ILIN --> <div class="arr"> <a class="bodl" 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IINC --> <div class="o"> <div class="ddb"> <div class="ddh">SQUAD PROFILES</div> </div> <div class="ddb"> <div class="ddt">Select a player:</div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" name="squadProfiles" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" style="font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 11px;"> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/l/lehmann_38774.stm" class="stats">Lehmann</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/d/diaby_300448.stm" class="stats">Diaby</option> <option 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/default.stm">Chelsea</a></td> <td class="c3">15</td> <td class="c4">17</td> <td class="c5">35</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">3</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/default.stm">Arsenal</a></td> <td class="c3">15</td> <td class="c4">13</td> <td class="c5">25</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">4</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/default.stm">Portsmouth</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">7</td> <td class="c5">25</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">5</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/default.stm">Liverpool</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">4</td> <td class="c5">25</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">6</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/default.stm">Reading</a></td> <td class="c3">15</td> <td class="c4">-1</td> <td class="c5">25</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">7</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/default.stm">Everton</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">5</td> <td class="c5">24</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">8</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/default.stm">Aston Villa</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">4</td> <td class="c5">24</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">9</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/default.stm">Bolton</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">0</td> <td class="c5">24</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">10</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/default.stm">Tottenham</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">-5</td> <td class="c5">22</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">11</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/default.stm">Man City</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">-4</td> <td class="c5">20</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">12</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/default.stm">Fulham</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">-7</td> <td class="c5">20</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">13</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/default.stm">Wigan</a></td> <td class="c3">14</td> <td class="c4">-3</td> <td class="c5">18</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">14</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/default.stm">Blackburn</a></td> <td class="c3">15</td> <td class="c4">-5</td> <td class="c5">16</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">15</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/default.stm">Middlesbrough</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">-8</td> <td class="c5">16</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">16</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/default.stm">Sheff Utd</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td class="c4">-9</td> <td class="c5">16</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">17</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/default.stm">West Ham</a></td> <td class="c3">15</td> <td class="c4">-8</td> <td class="c5">14</td> </tr> <tr class="r1"> <td class="c1">18</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/default.stm">Newcastle</a></td> <td class="c3">14</td> <td class="c4">-6</td> <td class="c5">13</td> </tr> <tr class="r2"> <td class="c1">19</td> <td class="c2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/default.stm">Charlton</a></td> <td class="c3">16</td> <td 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