Arsenal FA Cup exit sparks fighting during filming of Arsenal Fan TV, claim eye-witness reports

Videos from the popular YouTube channel regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of views

Tom Sheen
Monday 14 March 2016 11:06 GMT
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Eye-witnesses claim that violence broke out between Arsenal fans during filming for the popular Arsenal Fan TV after the Gunners were dumped out of the FA Cup by Watford on Sunday.

The hugely popular YouTube channel, that has more than 200,000 followers and where videos regularly attract hundreds of thousands of viewers, is a regular feature of the Arsenal post-match debate online.

In a statement on their Twitter feed, Arsenal Fan TV denied anything happened, stating that it was "so sad when people spread false rumours".

The videos, filmed outside of the Emirates and other grounds, have gained a cult following with several regular contributors also gaining a semblance of fame.

According to a number of users on social media, however, a scuffle broke out during filming of one of the videos, while a short video released on Snapchat appeared to show Arsenal Fan TV regular 'Kenny Ken' involved in an altercation.

No punches appear to get thrown on the video.

Arsenal were dumped out of the FA Cup by Watford following a 2-1 defeat.

Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura put the visitors in front, before Danny Welbeck scored a consolation but it was too little, too late.

Arsene Wenger called speculation over his future at the club a "farce" although he appears to be very quickly losing favour with the fans.

Arsenal travel to the Nou Camp on Wednesday night to face Barcelona in the Champions League - they need to overturn a 2-0 deficit from the first leg to progress.

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