Frontline Football Blog

Eight years ago to the day, English football lost a true gentleman of the game way before his time.

David Carlyle Rocastle was just 33-years-old when he lost his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an extremely aggressive form of cancer that attacks the immune system.

Rocky started his career with Arsenal in 1983 as part of the club's youth set-up. Within two years, he moved through the ranks to become part of the first team.

Playing in the Gunners' midfield, Rocastle had the ability to go past players often with ease.

During his nine years at the club, Rocky played 218 times for the North London side scoring 24 goals. It has often been said that "Rocky wasn't a scorer of goals, he was a scorer of amazing goals" with many pointing to goals he scored against Manchester United and Spurs.

It had to come to an end sooner or later and it did on Sunday, March 29, 2009.

For the first time in 108 games, Arsenal Ladies were defeated in the FA Tesco's Women's Premier League. The Gunners came out on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline to their nearest league rivals, Everton.

Having being champions for the last five seasons and still top of the table, Arsenal last suffered defeat way back on October 16, 2003, when Charlton emerged victorious.

The following table from Arsenal.com shows just how impressive the unbeaten run was, with a huge positive goal difference.