Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
Arsène Who? by Charles Veritie Arsène celebrates his 64th. birthday on 22nd October 2013 and I’d like to offer my personal thanks to Arsène for the great work he has done for the club of my life. I wish him Bon anniversaire, and good wishes from myself and every single person involved with Untold. So by way of …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Walter Broeckx Damned Robin look what you have done now. Opa Wim celebrated his 91th birthday and you ruined his day. We will be back on the substitution later on but for me we …
Read More “The worst part of this defeat and a happy birthday wish to Opa Wim”
By Tony Attwood As one door closes another slams in your face, as the old Cockney saying goes. Thomas V must be feeling this, aged 25, not sure when he will play again. I’ve got problems too, but not as bad as his. And you don’t want to know about my problems, but I will …
By Walter Broeckx Of course the headlines were about Alexis and Özil and they were well earned and deserved. Alexis with two amazing goals and Özil with a goal and an assist and some amazing touches and vision. Yes they were the main stars of the show, at the end-point of some great attacks from Arsenal. …
By Walter Broeckx Today is the day that our beloved club becomes 128 years old. Not that becoming 128 years old is a special date compared to becoming 100 or 125. But still it is in human terms a very long time. And I don’t know how human beings will evolve in the future but …
By Tony Attwood There are naturally a number of dates that can be celebrated as the birthday of Woolwich Arsenal – the day the club formally became a limited company, the day it received notification that it had been accepted as a league club, the day it changed its name from Royal Arsenal to Woolwich …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx So here we are at the end of period. A period of 125 year. And ready to have another 125 years to look forward too. Well I don’t think I will be there but when we arrive at that moment in time, I sure hope my grand …
Read More “Hip Hip Hurray for the birthday club and a bit about the game”
In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems Today’s Arsenal anniversaries (and happy birthday Thierry) By Tony Attwood What does a club need to become successful? Of course to an extent that depends on what one …
Read More “What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient”
by Tony Attwood As I was bemoaning the fact that we will play Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals of the Europa League Blacksheep (whose birthday it is today, and since he splashed my last birthday all over Untold, I shall say happy birthday here although without mentioning his age – a privilege he singularly faileed …
Read More “Atlético ain’t that good, treating the Tots like Arsenal, and the Europa ain’t that bad”
By Walter Broeckx Özil back was the main news before the match. As a result Iwobi dropped back to the bench. None of the other injured players made it for this match. Arsenal starting line up : Cech, Chambers, Mustafi, Holding, Bellerin, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Wilshere, Özil, Alexis, Lacazette. On the beach: Ospina, Mertesacker, Coquelin, Elneny, …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal started with Cech – Bellerin – Koscielny – Mertesacker – Monreal – Kolasinac – Ramsey – Xhaka – Özil – Alexis – Lacazette And Arsenal started really well and pushed Everton back and created lots of space for ourselves…. and chances. Özil brought the ball to Alexis who came in from …
Read More “Everton – Arsenal 2-5, a walk in the (Goodison) Park”
By Walter and Blacksheep First, Blacksheep The 22 June 1947 was a Sunday. It was hot. In fact June 1947 was one of the hottest on record, and the summer proved to be a scorcher. It followed a desperately cold winter however and the wettest March we have had in Britain. Harry Truman was president …
By Sir Hardly Anyone Yes it has been a big and important moment for Tottenham as they achieved the their dreams over the past 20+ years by finishing this season above Arsenal. And Tottenham’s aim is now clear – to emulate and then overtake Arsenal in terms of the number of times they have …
Read More “Tottenham target equalling Arsenal’s league record by 2055.”
By Tony Attwood First, sorry I am late this morning. After the match yesterday, the underground system was in total chaos, with the gates closed against the crowds at both Arsenal and Finsbury Park stations. No one knew what was going on, no one bothered with announcements. And why should the authorities bother? We …
Read More “The most grotesque appalling display by a referee; the most disgraceful awful fans.”
By Walter Broeckx Every now and then I get some interesting things sent to me from other Arsenal supporters. So with the death of Howard Kendall I got send a copy of a letter that someone sent to a newspaper. It was an Everton fan who expressed his gratitude towards Howard Kendall and thanked him …
By Walter Broeckx A few changes compared to the last match against Newcastle that seems an eternity away. Per Mertesacker returns to the team and Hector Bellerin comes in at right back and Chambers joins Gabriel on the bench. More upfront Özil comes back in the team and Welbeck who was a doubt goes to …
Read More “Arsenal – Liverpool 4-1 another fine win in our run”
Jonny Cooper is the Deputy Editor of Telegraph Men. He also describes himself as an Arsenal supporter. And he recently wrote a piece in which he comments on Arsenal’s past and how it relates to this season. In doing this he cites the movie Groundhog Day in which exactly the same thing happens day after day. The writer …
Read More “How a newspaper re-writes the past, to prepare for Arsenal’s collapse”
By Walter Broeckx The only thing that was really disappointing for me is the final score. Of course there have been a few other things that one can not really be happy about. But that is the way it goes. In a very even match between the two teams and on a moment when we …
Dominic Sanchez-Cabello What a goal that was! That’s why we love this game! You see a goal like that and you want to trudge up to the park and kick a ball about… on your own if needed! Somehow the absurdities of a grown man bundling a ball about in a park desert you, when …
Read More “Arsenal – Dortmund: The 4th Real Test for this ‘Untested’ Arsenal Team!”
For the last few transfer windows, the AAA have stated that we need half a dozen players to turn the club around, and have criticised the club when, inevitably their expectations have not been met. As a result the media have played the game with the AAA, taking them to be representative of the club’s …
Read More “Arsenal have the money, but who is to be purchased?”
By Walter Broeckx People who tried to understand what Wenger said during this transfer window knew that if we would bring in someone it would be player(s) from Spain or Germany. He openly said that those are the two countries with the best youth education system for the moment and that this was the …
By Walter Broeckx After the bad result on Saturday we get the same old comments from time to time on Untold and you can read them on other social network sites about Arsenal. People blame Wenger for losing the game, for not having bought enough, for playing with the handbrake one, for every thing. Now …
—————- If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. —————— By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full …
Read More “REF REVIEW 2012: Everton – some refs like them some don’t”
———————- If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. —————— IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY Don McMahon One of the interesting things about those supporters who don’t like Arsene Wenger is that they tend to pick on specific topics or players, and then state …
Read More “It is not about Wenger and individual players: it is about chemistry”
——————- If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. ——————- By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full …
Read More “REF REVIEW 2012: Norwich City – close to average”
