Jugo becomes our official digital events partner

Jugo, the global leader in immersive virtual experiences, today announces a new global partnership with Arsenal Football Club creating new and exciting ways for supporters to engage with us, and bring them closer to the players and the sport they love in a dynamic 3D environment.

While Emirates Stadium continues to attract a vociferous crowd on matchdays, many supporters worldwide can’t attend matches and instead interact with the club digitally. The partnership between us and Jugo will offer brand-new virtual experiences that will boost engagement for global supporters.

Jugo’s platform will give supporters the chance to enjoy a variety of events including, memorabilia auctions, Q&A sessions, interactive screenings and opportunities to meet players virtually. Jugo will bring the power of human interaction into each of these events, creating realistic virtual connections between supporters and the club.

Joseph Toma, CEO of Jugo, says: “Jugo is bringing people closer and revolutionizing the way in which leading sports teams are engaging with their global fan base. Jugo will help Arsenal connect with global supporters by offering next-gen, immersive, digital, and player engagement events. When people feel purposeful and connected, anything is possible.”

Juliet Slot, our Chief Commercial Officer, added: “We’re delighted to announce Jugo as our official digital events partner. By using Jugo’s cutting-edge technology, we can now offer unrivalled supporter engagement experiences, globally.

"Our relationship with supporters is at the heart of everything we do, and Jugo will allow us to further connect with our Arsenal family across the world.”

About Jugo

Jugo is the global leader in immersive virtual experiences. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Bristol, England, with U.S. offices in New York City, Jugo is a cloud-based, experiential platform for reimagining how people connect, collaborate, and create in the digital world.

Jugo is the only platform that achieves true two-way engagement by placing people physically in a virtual world, without the need for virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) headsets. From inspiring in a one-to-one to engaging an audience of thousands, Jugo puts the power of real human engagement at the heart of every virtual connection.

For more information, visit their website, follow Jugo on Twitter, LinkedIn or YouTube or contact neeha.curtis@jugo.io.

Aaron Ramsdale’s superb stop against Bournemouth has been awarded the Premier League’s Save of the Month for March.

It is the first time one of our shot-stoppers has picked up the prize, having been introduced at the start of this campaign, and means we have won three of the four available monthly awards this time around after we won all four of our matches in March.

Aaron's big moment came in the 21st minute of the epic encounter against the Cherries. With us already trailing 1-0, a swift counter-attack saw Philip Billing break forward and centre for Dango Ouattara to seemingly tuck the ball into the net, but Rambo made himself big and managed to get a hand to his effort, and keep us in contention.

That would prove crucial as we ultimately went on to win 3-2, with Reiss Nelson netting the winner seven minutes into stoppage-time.

Speaking about his award, he said: "I'm very pleased, there's been a few months where I've been nominated and better saves have won to be fair, but the save enabled us to stay in the game and eventually win it.

"We do quite a lot of work with our goalkeeping coaches doing spreads and one v ones. The ball came across the box and Dom Solanke couldn't get on it, and the winger took it first time. I knew I needed to get on the end of it, and it managed to hit me on the forearm so it was a nice save.

"It's probably better than what it was given the timing in the game. We were 1-0 down and if it went to 2-0 it would have been difficult. With what happened with Reiss and the comeback heightens the save even more, so it was a pivotal moment in the game."

Our number one came out on top to beat Leeds United's Ilian Meslier, Jose Sa of Wolves, West Ham United’s Alphonse Areola, Tottenham keeper Fraser Forster and Brentford's David Raya.