Amazingly, we had a bumper season when it comes to goals being scored. Saviola topped the charts with a whooping 40 goals in 35 games, followed by Henry with 34 goals from 38 games. Cassano and Calaio weighed in with 22 and 17 goals respectively. Joe Cole was the midfield dynamo with 14 goals while Ljungberg had a personal best of 12. Both Noble and Barrett had 10 apiece. New signing Van der Vaart had 6 goals, followed by Greening and Vieira with 3 each. Michael Clegg top scored for the defenders with 2 goals while Clint Hill, Woodgate and O'Shea had a goal each to their credit.

The Reserves did themselves proud by having a devastating run last season. Having played 24 games, they won 16, drew 6 and lost twice only. Marcus Benson was the top scorer with 5 goals, followed by Junior Elliott with 4. I decided to promote John Spicer and Jermaine Pennant for next season's campaign. A few teams had had their eyes set on a few of our players, namely Steven Sidwell, Alex Notman, Joe Osei-Kyffour, James Harper and Stuart Taylor.

Joe Cole came in second for the FIFA World Player of the Year, second for the European Footballer of the Year and third for the World Footballer of the Year awards. Javier Saviola on the other hand won both the World Footballer of the Year and South American Footballer of the Year awards. Emmanuel Calaio finished third in the European Footballer of the Year category.
Sebastien Frey defended his Goalkeeper of the Year award winning it for the second consecutive year. While both Jonathan Woodgate and Rio Ferdinand finished first and second respectively for the Defender of the Year award, and exact mirror image of last year's awards. Joe Cole came out tops in the Midfielder of the Year award, followed by Jonathan Greening in third place. Emmanuel Calaio finished second in the Striker of the Year award.
17 players represented their countries this season and 6 players represented the Under-21 teams of their countries. Demand for Arsenal players have gone up and we will have to sell some of them, as I can't possibly guarantee them a place in the first team. The Confederation Cup went to England after beating Italy 2-1 with a golden goal scored by Joe Cole of Arsenal.