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One way the Man C 114 games case could be resolved 5 new players tipped to join Arsenal: 43 transfers now in total By Tony Attwood Yes indeed, Arsenal are always the victims, falling for the same old trick, never learning from other people’s mistakes, always thinking they know best, always being ripped …
By Tony Attwood Interesting things are now happening around the ManC case, and not necessarily the ones that people in the football business expected. For the ManC finance case has challenged English football in a way that it has never been challenged before, and there are a lot of people who really don’t …
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Why the transfers of some players may sometimes not quite be what they seem Where do supporters behave badly, and how many do it? Compiled by Tony Attwood Every summer transfer window we collect the details of the players that reporters and bloggers claim will be heading Arsenal’s way when the window “slams …
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Where do supporters behave badly, and how many do it? Arsenal gain new finances from extension of Emirates deal and continue to explore new avenues By Tony Attwood The story is, in essence, simple: the purchasing of players by football clubs is not always quite what it seems. Players can be bought to …
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by Tony Attwood In an average football season, the average attendance at matches is 40,410, meaning that over an average league weekend about 400,000 people go to the ten Premier League games. During my lifetime of watching football matches in leagues ranging from the amateur Spartan League up to the Premier League, and games …
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In the midst of the last century the only way in which clubs made money from football was in the playing of games, and the occasional sellling on of players at a profit. But of course all that has changed and the business of football these days is one of money from multiple sources. …
There is no doubt that Arsenal are in trouble… according to the media Arsenal won the league last season – does that mean they will do it again? By Tony Attwood Of course when we say “Arsenal” start preparations that is a bit of an exaggeration since there were something like 15 Arsenal …
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Arsenal won the league last season – does that mean they will do it again? Biggest club in London? By Tony Attwood The “trouble” I refer to above, is in the sense that, at least according to the newspapers and websites, Arsenal’s scouts are missing the best targets for transfer. Targets that are …
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By Tony Attwood Transfers 21 July: Arsenal now targetting 38 different players!!! Different ways to see the world of football To begin: apologies for forgetting that WHAM had a bigger ground than Arsenal. My mistake. Can’t think how I could have forgotten them. Looking back through history we can see that Arsenal, as …
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Transfers 21 July: Arsenal now targetting 38 different players!!! Different ways to see the world of football By Tony Attwood We are told that Morgan Rogers is ‘excited to join biggest club in London’ after making £117m Chelsea move, according to the Guardian today Now we know that is not true in terms …
Different ways to see the world of football I keep meaning to say goodbye to the WC, and then up pops another bit The number of players that Arsenal are said to be targetting for possible transfers this summer has now reached 38, with no sign of the number of deals being spotted …
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By Tony Attwood I keep meaning to say goodbye to the WC, and then up pops another bit The Liberal Democrats have called for the English FA and Uefa to withdraw from Fifa After wall to wall coverage of the WC it is of course quite hard for the media to let go of …
By Tony Attwood “Ungracious in victory, disgraceful in defeat: Argentina attack Spain with kicks and punches” is a line from the Telegraph and from what I saw of the WC that seemed about right. Of course we now put it all to bed for another couple of years when the prelims start again, and maybe …
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At least they got it right at the end I wonder what this is all about By Tony Attwood It has been reported in the English media that Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Party in the UK government with 72 seats, has announced that in his view Fifa no longer serves …
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By Tony Attwood I wonder what this is all about The WC is almost over and so the injury crisis begins Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino were booed by the crowd at he world dcup final as the president of the United States attempted to crash himself in the Spain celebrations yesterday. Of course …
By Tony Attwood Homelessness is a profound social problem in the US. There are at least 770,000 unhoused people nationwide, according to official figures. This has been addressed by the passing of hundreds of new bills criminalising sleeping outside or lingering in public spaces in the past two years. Bills which don’t actually provide …
Why the world cup and club finances will change, but the question is still “how?” Someone is always to blame, yet somehow things are never resolved. But here’s an idea… By Tony Attwood Arsenal, we have to admit, are news. Whether that news is truthful or just fantasy, or indeed sort of “may …
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Someone is always to blame, yet somehow things are never resolved. But here’s an idea… What should happen if Argentina breaks the rules again? By Tony Attwood At the end of the World Cup four years ago, the two teams left playing in the 3rd and 4th place play-off complained long and hard about …
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The 28 players in Arsenal’s 25 man squad for next season… The 36 players that Arsenal are now chasing this summer! By Tony Attwood One headline recently read “Thomas Tuchel is guilty of orchestrating England’s craven World Cup demise” (NY Times) and maybe that is right, or maybe not. But behind the headline …
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The 28 players in Arsenal’s 25 man squad for next season… The 36 players that Arsenal are now chasing this summer! By Tony Attwood …. but really football shouldn’t be like this. I mean I know Arsenal fans have a deep dislike of Tottenham Hotspur and its fans, and I know that I …
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The 36 players that Arsenal are now chasing this summer! The next transfer moves for Arsenal… By Tony Attwood First off, I thought I might list all 31 dirty tricks Argentina used against England, at least according to the media today. But then I thought I would leave it up to you to find …
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Compiled by Tony Attwood from website and newspaper report In addition to transfer news, we also have the news that William Saliba was injured playing for France and may miss the start of the new season. And virtually every outlet is stating that Christos Tzolis is on his way if he hasn’t actually arrived …
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By Tony Attwood So now it is all over, at least in terms of winning the world cup, and things can start to look a bit less chaotic. Although in fact much of the chaos is just the next story manufactured to keep up our interest between the end of the WC and …
Compiled by Tony Attwood from website and newspaper report In addition to transfer news, we also have the news that William Saliba was injured playing for France and may miss the start of the new season. And virtually every outlet is stating that Christos Tzolis is on his way if he hasn’t actually arrived …
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The Arsenal anniversary the club will sadly probably forget With the WC over for England except for a final kick around, its time to talk transfers There is a headline to an article in the Telegraph today which reads, All 31 dirty tricks Argentina unleashed on England Now we all know that there are …
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