Arsenal v Tottenham. Tottenham’s problem with managers and ex-players Arsenal’s “expected points” in the last six. Just how well are we doing? By Tony Attwood As we have often said, internationals are a menace as they whisk players away from their clubs, injure them and return them with a note saying “make sure he’s …
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Arsenal’s “expected points” in the last six. Just how well are we doing? Suddenly it has become incredibly difficult to predict which team Arteta will put out On the Arsenal History Site: 100 seasons in the top division: Arsenal after the second world war By Tony Attwood Why would anyone want to …
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Suddenly it has become incredibly difficult to predict which team Arteta will put out This could be the tightest north London derby for a while but Tottenham willl be very wary By Tony Attwood Today the Sun (a newspaper, of sorts) runs the headline that “Former Spurs star reveals the simple way Tottenham …
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This could be the tightest north London derby for a while but Tottenham willl be very wary Approaching the derby: injuries and the world of Tottenham Hotspur By Tony Attwood Thomas Frank has said Tottenham are not close to emulating Arsenal by spending £100m on one player, a jibe that comes in relation to …
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This could be the tightest north London derby for a while but Tottenham willl be very wary Why one team has seven times more games missed through injuries than another So as we approach the derby on Sunday we seem to have a contradiction. Tottenham Ho have the best away record the league …
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By Tony Attwood Why one team has seven times more games missed through injuries than another Positive possibilities about Martin Odegaard, although the injury count remains high Approaching the derby: injuries and the world of Tottenham Hotspur The last six games table is probably the best guide to current form we have, especially if …
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By Tony Attwood Positive possibilities about Martin Odegaard, although the injury count remains high Approaching the derby: injuries and the world of Tottenham Hotspur The New York Times has published a handy set of lists concerning the number of injuries clubs have had this season and the number of games the injuried players …
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How many matches do Arsenal have left this year, and when’s the FA Cup? Of course it is international week so of course Arsenal are hit with injuries By Tony Attwood The news that the visit Rwanda sponsorship campaign is about to come to an end has been widely splashed by the media, …
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How many matches do Arsenal have left this year, and when’s the FA Cup? Of course it is international week so of courze Arsenal are hit with injuries By Tony Attwood I don’t normally start writing about a forthcoming match more than a couple of days before the game is played, but this …
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Of course it is international week so of coure Arsenal are hit with injuries Now and then: how Arsenal have progressed to where they are now By Tony Attwood Although you might not always know if from the news reports, Arsenal, along with a number of clubs, play in four competitions most seasons …
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Now and then: how Arsenal have progressed to where they are now Club being sued over ‘sexual and physical abuse’ claim as club alleged to have failed victim By Tony Attwood Fewer than 7,000 spectators turned up to watch this week’s women’s fixture of Tottenham Hotspur game against Arsenal. It seems interest in the …
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It’s international weekend, so let’s see which Arsenal players have been hurt Club being sued over a ‘sexual and physical abuse’ claim as club alleged to have failed victims By Tony Attwood In 2019, when Arsenal last sacked their manager, and before Arteta was appointed, the league table read … P Team …
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On the Arsenal History site we are tracing 100 seasons in the top division – the latest article is Arseanal’s 100 seasons in the top division: the 1939/40 war season Meanwhile on this site the latest articles are Club being sued over ‘sexual and physical abuse’ claim as club is alleged to have …
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Has child abuse in football clubs truly stopped, or was there a threat made… English refereeing still out of step with rest of Europe By Tony Attwood We have often suggested here that there is an undercurrent within football in which many clubs are accused of not taking allegations of abuse of youngsters seriously …
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English refereeing still out of step with rest of Europe Joe Lewis, Tottenham’s ex-owner, pardoned by Trump Arsenal’s 100 seasons in the top division: 1937/8 and on into wartime By Tony Attwood 12 years ago an article appeared on the internet under the heading “Football Clubs Facing ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Sexual Assault Claims.” …
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Joe Lewis, Tottenham’s ex-owner, pardoned by Trump Arsenal planning to sign everyone, while returning player still injured By Tony Attwood We are still nine days away from the real (ie club) football when Arsenal play Tottenham. But we can occasionally pick up other bits of news, such as that found in …
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Arsenal planning to sign everyone, while returning player still injured 52 clubs have changed managers since summer 2024. But what of Arsenal? By Tony Attwood Lewis, the previous owner of Tottenham Hotspur,was fined, as you may recall, £4m after pleading guilty to insider trading in the United States. Now the President has pardoned …
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By Tony Attwood 52 clubs have changed manager since summer 2024. But what of Arsenal? Now is the moment we can predict who will win the league this season I suppose if the football journalists who work for our media, and those bloggers who like to follow the mainstream, really were interested in news …
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Now is the moment we can predict who will win the league this season How Arsenal have handled the assault on the club by referees By Tony Attwood Leaving aside temporary appointments, Arsenal have had 20 managers during its time as a professional club. By comparison, Tottenham have had around 40, although it …
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Now is the moment we can predict who will win the league this season The Arsenal under 21 game tonight is seemingly on Sky TV, although quite how one finds it among all the other games they are screening I am not sure. This game is against the under 21s of Cardiff …
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How Arsenal have handled the assault on the club by referees “Rattled” Arsenal are just one point behind where they were in the unbeaten season The latest article in the Arsenal History series on 100 years in the top division is now published. By Tony Attwood Tottenham Hotspur are fifth in the Premier League, …
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“Rattled” Arsenal are just one point behind where they were in the unbeaten season What does Arsenal’s league position today indicate for the end of the season? By Tony Attwood We regulaarly post comparison tables showing whee clubs were last season (or several seasons ago) and where they are now. Indeed yesterday we also …
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What does Arsenal’s league position today indicate for the end of the season? By Tony Attwood And so we have it. Week after week after week, the media has been praising Arsenal – ok sometimes with faint praise but still praising them for the attacking prowess, and clever transfer business.. Then we get a …
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Let us not fool ourselves – the next four games are tough By Tony Atwood Some headlines caught my attention this morning, perhaps most notably the one saying “Arteta frustrated and disappointed by Arsenal’s inability to see off Sunderland.” If the reflection had been otherwise, I would have worried about the reaction ahead …
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Sunderland v Arsenal and the issue of seeing games in context Sunderland v Arsenal: ambition, injuries and form Sunderland v Arsenal and the curious behaviour of the referee Let us not fool ourselves – the next four games are tough By Tony Attwood I was surprised to see that the difference between the two …
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