I wouldn’t have quit, insists Wenger

Manager Arsene Wenger would not have walked out on Arsenal if they had lost the FA Cup final last season, and is determined to do all he can to deliver another open-top bus parade around Islington in the summer.

The Gunners host Hull tomorrow in a repeat of what was a dramatic clash at Wembley in the May sunshine, when Wenger’s side battled back from trailing 2-0 inside eight minutes to win with a stoppage-time goal from Aaron Ramsey which ended a nine-year quest for silverware.

Wenger went on to sign a new deal following his side’s Wembley triumph, the euphoria which greeted it having seen the Arsenal players on their knees at the final whistle and then some 250,000 supporters turn the streets around the Emirates Stadium into a sea of red and white.