- Emmanuel-Thomas pleads not guilty
- Trial to take place in 2025
- Last played for Greenock Morton
Getty Images SportFormer Arsenal star denies charge of drug smuggling in outrageous £600k plot

Peacock Premium
✅ Streams roughly 175 exclusive live matches per season that are completely blacked out on traditional TV.
✅ Acts as the league's US archive, providing full on-demand match replays shortly after every live broadcast concludes.
✅ Streams the popular "Goal Rush" whip-around show, which jumps between live highlights during the packed Saturday 10:00 a.m. ET window.

Sling TV
✅ Provides nationwide access to USA Network, securing the primary cable home for the league's linear broadcasts.
✅ Includes access to live, local NBC affiliates for the marquee weekend matches in designated major media markets.
✅ Serves as the cheapest way to access live cable TV sports channels without paying for a bloated traditional bundle.

DirecTV
✅ Carries both USA Network and your local NBC station, ensuring you get every nationally televised match.
✅ Includes unlimited cloud DVR storage so you can easily record and save early morning fixtures.
✅ Replicates the classic set-top box feel with a familiar channel guide, making it easy to channel-surf on weekend mornings.

Peacock Premium
✅ Streams roughly 175 exclusive live matches per season that are completely blacked out on traditional TV.
✅ Acts as the league's US archive, providing full on-demand match replays shortly after every live broadcast concludes.
✅ Streams the popular "Goal Rush" whip-around show, which jumps between live highlights during the packed Saturday 10:00 a.m. ET window.

Sling TV
✅ Provides nationwide access to USA Network, securing the primary cable home for the league's linear broadcasts.
✅ Includes access to live, local NBC affiliates for the marquee weekend matches in designated major media markets.
✅ Serves as the cheapest way to access live cable TV sports channels without paying for a bloated traditional bundle.

DirecTV
✅ Carries both USA Network and your local NBC station, ensuring you get every nationally televised match.
✅ Includes unlimited cloud DVR storage so you can easily record and save early morning fixtures.
✅ Replicates the classic set-top box feel with a familiar channel guide, making it easy to channel-surf on weekend mornings.

Peacock Premium
✅ Streams roughly 175 exclusive live matches per season that are completely blacked out on traditional TV.
✅ Acts as the league's US archive, providing full on-demand match replays shortly after every live broadcast concludes.
✅ Streams the popular "Goal Rush" whip-around show, which jumps between live highlights during the packed Saturday 10:00 a.m. ET window.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Ex-Arsenal youngster Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded not guilty to a charge of smuggling cannabis through Stansted Airport along with co-defendants Rosie Rowland and Yasmin Piotrowska. The former Gunners prospect is currently on remand at HMP Durham while Rowland and Piotrowska are on bail.
GettyTHE BIGGER PICTURE
Emmanuel-Thomas was sacked by Scottish club Greenock Morton after being arrested in Chelmsford in September. The National Crime Agency made the arrest after border officials seized the drugs, worth £600,000, that were vacuum packed in suitcases after arriving from Bangkok in Thailand. A trial is currently planned for May 2025.
DID YOU KNOW?
Emmanuel-Thomas came through the ranks at Arsenal but only made one senior appearance for the club. Having gone on a variety of loan spells, he left in 2011 to join Ipswich Town, and has gone on to play for Bristol City, QPR, MK Dons, Gillingham, PTT Rayong in Thailand, Livingston, Aberdeen, Jamshedpur in India, Kidderminster Harriers, and Greenock Morton before his sacking.
GettyWHAT NEXT?
Emmanuel-Thomas is now 33 and one has to imagine his football career is over, especially if he is found guilty when his case eventually reaches trial.
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