Arsenal have finally earned their first win of the season, but it's not an on-pitch victory: the club has won a court case in Spain forcing the owner of a hat shop to change the name of her premises.
The Gunners have won their case against Seville resident Alicia Simon, who has now been told by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office to change the name of her hat shop 'Arsenale'.

Simon registered the name of her shop before she even opened it in 2007 despite protestations from the club, but Arsenal's lawyers have been petitioning the Spanish authorities ever since, trying to convince them that she has infringed their trademark.

The stunned shopkeeper, who admits to having no knowledge of football, pointed out that her shop does not even share the same spelling or pronunciation as the English football club, and that it is a word which carries "more connotations of culture than sport".

But despite the apparent ridiculousness of their case, Arsenal have now successfully persuaded the Spanish authorities that there was a "risk of confusion" between the monolithic English football club and the tiny hat shop.

Simon named her shop after the Italian word 'arsenale', which was the name given to the shipbuilders' yards in medieval Pisa and Venice. Her premises are in Seville's Arenal de Sevilla district, where Seville's ancient shipyards were located - hence her choice of the name.

Her shop concentrates on selling her self-designed hats, but she also sells shoes - bringing her under the umbrella of "clothes, hats and shoes" as seen by the patent and trademark office, and thus causing the infringement.

Simon has no intention of backing down, however: despite admitting that she feels in a 'David v Goliath' situation, she will not change the name of her shop and has already appealed the decision - thanks to a pair of friends who are lawyers - to a Madrid tribunal which will have the final say.

"I will fight this to the end," she insists.

Jack Wilshere hasn't actually been injured, he just got confused and has been working a Spanish hat shop for 5 weeks.

So I don't blame Arsenal really, he's an important player to get back.

They still have a player on 50k a week at the club.

Report: Man United $1B IPO deal OK'd

SINGAPORE -- A person familiar with the deal says Manchester United's planned $1 billion public offering has been approved by Singapore's stock exchange. The public offering likely will happen by the end of the year.

The person is not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. The person adds that the listing for the American-owned club would involve ordinary and nonvoting preferred shares.

Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family. It has been valued at $1.9 billion by Forbes magazine, which has ranked it as soccer's most valuable team for the last seven years. However, the club has about $750 million of debt.

What a mess from Arsenal...

99% of the time Arsenal would have won today, they dominated. Had over triple the amount of attempts Blackburn had, though luck was just completely against them. 2 own goals, and albeit tight Yakubu's 2nd was offside. When things are going against you, they're really going against you.

99% of the time Arsenal would have won today, they dominated. Had over triple the amount of attempts Blackburn had, though luck was just completely against them. 2 own goals, and albeit tight Yakubu's 2nd was offside. When things are going against you, they're really going against you.

I didn't see the game, but if a team concedes four goals in one match, I think luck is only a minor factor to be considered.

Picking Bent to my fantasy team hasn't worked so well this season. I blame Kurt in this

Oh btw...we're the 4th best team in England right now. Only Chelsea, City and Man U are better than us! How do you like them apples?!

Didn't you say something exactly like this last year? Or was that the year before?!

I think he said that when they were in the Championship

Spurs 4-0 Liverpool!?

Not to watch Chelsea hammer United for me being so smug

Only took the refs 7 minutes to ruin the big game. Nice work.

I don't think I need to say a thing

This hardly proves anything

An offside goal, a miracle from Nani, and an actual good goal from Rooney. Plus 3 guilt edged misses from Chelsea...

Oh right, it's because the opposition doesn't try, they are a weak side, the referees, they are a side in disarray, that doesn't count.

Keep up the reasons... I guess.

The big chances Chelsea have missed in this game...

I mean United have missed a couple, namely the penalty. But the chances Chelsea have missed have been beyond shocking!

And the chance that Rooney hit the post, and the clearance off the line from A.Cole, and the Nani shot that hit the bar...

Torres missing an open net and a point blank shot, plus the one Remires screwed up. I'd say those are bigger. The Torres one trumps everything though. I still can't believe he missed that!

The Torres open goal is inexcusable, it's one of those misses you are going to see for years. The thing is he took it so well and then somehow still messed it up. Just as I was thinking that goal might kick him off, he goes and does that which everyone will be talking about now.