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
The light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel is just the express train heading right at Tottenham Why is there no asterisk whenever a league table is published? By Tony Attwood For most clubs, the key issue is winning trophies, something that, as we know, Arsenal have only done once in the last …
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The light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel is just the express train heading right at us Why is there no asterisk whenever a league table is published? By Tomy Attwood, with a grin despite yesterday If you are a regular reader of my ramblings, you will know that I ceaselessly, endlessly, and …
100 Seasons in the top divison: 1980/81 and 1981/82. Arsenal’s near misses, but not nearly good enough Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about buying new stadia. By Tony Attwood According to the Guardian, it is all over as they announce in their banner headline that, “Alex Scott and Bournemouth …
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By Tony Attwood It is truly difficult, if not utterly impossible, to say something positive about today’s football. Except of course that it confirms the validity of the blip theory that we developed here. Although I guess “theory” is far too grand a word for it, for all the Blip Theory says is …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Bournemouth; what recent events tell us about the game Arsenal v Bournemouth – the Arsenal Injuries and extremely confusing qualification routes There is a page on the internet which includes the question How are you feeling about the state of Arsenal’s season? There were six possible answers ranging from …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth – the Arsenal Injuries and extremely confusing qualification routes Arsenal v Bournemouth: history, it seems, is with Arsenal. By Tony Attwood In their last eight Premier League games, Arsenal have won six and drawn two, scoring 19 goals and conceding five. Which by and large seems to me to be not …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: history, it seems, is with Arsenal. Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about building new stadia By Tony Attwood I’ve been worrying about injuries on this site for the past week or so, but at last it seems we can talk about the numbers going down. For in …
Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about building new stadia Even the media admit we’ve got the best goalkeeper. By Tony Attwood Well, if you have been paying attention and enjoy just a little bit of statistical whatnot, you might have noticed what the last six games league table looks like …
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Just published in our history series 1980/81 and 1981/82. Arsenal’s near misses, but not nearly good enough By Tony Attwood Even the media admit we’ve got the best goalkeeper. The Arsenal Transfer machine starts rolling: the first dozen players we’re buying! The issue of building a new football stadium for an existing club, or …
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By Tony Attwood The Arsenal Transfer machine starts rolling: the first dozen players we’re buying! Why do two of the bigger London clubs not have a full-on ground sponsor? Two of the many headlines circling around this morning read, on the one hand, “Best in the world: David Raya has become Arsenal’s most important player” …
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Source: Pexels The English Premier League is now a global spectacle. Figures show that around 1.87 billion people tune in to watch it across the globe. This has meant that support shows up in the most unexpected of places, and for Arsenal, one location could lay claim to the most fervent of fanbases outside London. …
Why do two of the bigger London clubs not have a full-on ground sponsor? If only football journalists could remember Corporal Jones when writing about Arsenal By Tony Attwood For many years we ran a Winter and Summer transfer chart, listing all the players that Arsenal were tipped to be buying in that …
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If only football journalists could remember Corporal Jones when writing about Arsenal By “Investigator” There are five Premier League clubs that have grounds that hold over 60,000: Old Tafford. Manchester United: 74,197. Naming rights are being discussed, and the Sun (not the most reputable of sources, I know) recently quoted the naming rights …
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Why is so much blogging and journalism about Arsenal so appallingly negative? By Tony Attwood “Don’t Panic, Don’t Panic” shouted Corporal Jones, running around like a headless chicken in every episode of the old TV series “Dad’s Army”. And really, that is the message that ought to reach the journalists who seemed to …
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Sporting v Arsenal in the Champions League this evening. Sporting v Arsenal: Sporting’s league experience and the games between the two. By Tony Attwood It is strange that Arsenal were the only side ever to win every single one of their Champions League games in the first set of eight matches, and yet virtually …
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Sporting v Arsenal: Sporting’s league experience and the games between the two. Sporting v Arsenal – recent games, where the clubs stand and what the stadium is like By Tony Attwood Sporting’s games in the Champions League this season have been something of a mixture, with an away defeat to Napoli, a …
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Sporting v Arsenal – recent games, where the clubs stand and what the stadium is like Sporting Clube Portugal v Arsenal: how the clubs have been doing By Tony Attwood Arsenal and Sporting have played each other seven times. Arsenal have won three of the matches, three have been drawn, and Sporting have won …
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Sporting Clube Portugal v Arsenal: how the clubs have been doing Why is so much blogging and journalism about Arsenal so appallingly negative? By Tony Attwood It seems that the notion that this, that and everything else is fixed is spreading rather rapidly, as today we hear that just as with the draw …
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Why is so much blogging and journalism about Arsenal so appallingly negative? So now we know: our reserves aren’t quite up to By Tony Attwood It is, of course, not that difficult to write something positive about Arsenal this season. Nine points clear at the top of the league. Best attack in the …
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Why do some clubs get good press and others don’t? So now we know: our reserves aren’t quite up to Championship standard By Tony Attwood When Arsenal don’t live up to the standards that some have set for them, there are multiple websites that instantly publish articles about how individual players have let …
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Why do some clubs get good press and others don’t? Arsenal’s recent match overload could be telling in the game against Southampton By Tony Attwood So in the space of a few days we have gone out of the two domestic cups, which just leaves the Champions League and the Premier League – …
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Just published by Arsenal History: 100 years in the top league, Arsenal with Liam Brady And on Untold Arsenal…. Southampton v Arsenal: the referee, and what he will get up to Southampton v Arsenal. On recent form it’s top vs top. By Tony Attwood The main news for Arsenal, of course, is that …
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Southampton v Arsenal: the referee, and what he will get up to Southampton v Arsenal. On recent form its top vs top. By Tony Attwood Southampton sit seventh in the Championship, 20 points behind the leaders, and just one point outside the play-off places. And since for them, regaining their Premier League …
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Southampton v Arsenal tomorrow at 8pm Why do some clubs get a good press and others don’t? So now we come to the issue of the referee Southampton v Arsenal Referee: Sam Barrott Assistant Referees: James Mainwaring & Wade Smith The fact is that the moment the referee is announced for a game, …
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By Tony Attwood Southampton v Arsenal tomorrow at 8pm Why do some clubs get a good press and others don’t? Now the initials, the “AAA”, have not been used on this site for a while, but I find myself noting them today: they are the people who spend all their time complaining about …
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