Why is the FA still in control?

By Tony Attwood In 2016 Untold ran a piece that began, “In recent years the UK has been swamped with details of a huge number of child sexual exploitation cases.”   We didn’t report all the details but mention Jimmy Saville, the Rotherham gangs, Gary Glitter, and Rolf Harris, before we moved on to the story …

The FA scandals part 3: hiding racism and appointing idiots

By Tony Attwood This article is part of a series on the appalling behaviour of the Football Association in recent years, and the complicity of the media in allowing it to continue.  This piece continues from Sweet FA. A history of the idiocy and incompetence in football administration The FA scandals part 2: The minister …

It’s judgement day (part 1). The result of the first case involving Fifa is due shortly

By Tony Attwood The British media, alone in most of Europe, have studiously ignored the dramatic series of court cases that have been engulfing world football – probably because they are having difficulty reconciling what we have discovered with all that they have said before in supporting Fifa, and English bids to host the world …

Swiss prosecutors demand prison for beIN & PSG president and ex-Fifa No 2.

By Tony Attwood The Swiss prosecution service has called for prison sentences against the president of beIN and the ex-number 2 of Fifa, Jérôme Valcke.   You might recall that Untold, alone among UK publishers has been following these various stories, while the UK media utterly refuses to acknowledge that these cases are even happening. The …

Yet another Fifa scandal breaks, but again the British media won’t report it.

By Tony Attwood Now either you can think that this is another story that is being hidden from British football fans and others interested in corruption by the British media, or you may think that the British media take the view that British supporters are just not interested in fraud issues relating to Fifa. You …

The Fifa / PSG / Swiss corruption cases are major news in Europe. But not in the UK. Why?

By Tony Attwood You won’t read about it in the British press, but there is a court case going on involving a villa in Sardinia valued at 5 million euros which was offered by Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the president of PSG to Jérôme Valcke the former secretary of Fifa who was fired on 13 January 2016 …

“The best team lost” – the story of the 2020 Continental Tyres Cup

by Andrew Crawshaw The quote in the title was from a Chelsea supporter to me in the Gents after the game and he wasn’t wrong.  The trophy went to Chelsea following a 2 – 1 win in a game which saw Arsenal batter Chelsea for 80 minutes.   The match as you would expect was …

The 8 key questions that football journalists simply won’t ever ask

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos – do take a look   For advertising enquiries contact Snack Media at 0207 272 7582 or email Tom@Snack-media.com For all other issues please contact Untold Arsenal at Tony@schools.co.uk =============== By Tony Attwood One of the many odd consequences of the way in which football journalism works in England …

After Brexit, how many foreigners can play in a Premier League team?

By Sir Hardly Anyone You might have thought that since it is around three and a half years since the UK voted to leave the EU that by now we might have worked out what it means for football, but seemingly not.   For there is still no agreement as to whether UK clubs will be …

No agreement on transfer regulations as Britain leaves the EU heralds league chaos

By Tony Attwood   Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews   There are still no signs of an agreement as to which footballers will be allowed to play in the UK in the aftermath of Britain leaving the European Union. The initial worry – that the …

Would you trust a bankrupt corner store with £600 million of taxpayers’ money

By Tony Attwood When it comes to England games something strange happens to the reporting.  and not just with the delicate way the media handles the FA, suggesting that they might be reasonable decent set of  people trying hard to do their job (as opposed to them being a bunch of charlatans happy to take …

Are you a victim of PPP? Don’t suffer in silence, take action!

By Blacksheep I watched the FA Cup tie against Brighton & Falmer Albion in rather dreary modern pub close to where Tony and I usually meet to travel down to the Emirates. They had the game on their (biggish) screen and it was convenient for hooking up with the twins. There was no sound so …

Untold internationals (or the interlull as @arseblog calls it!)

As the cleaners move in to tidy up all the shards of glass that were smashed when the transfer window slammed shut we woke up to find we have one extra international footballer. Welcome Danny Wellbeck! Once before I attempted to see where our current squad would be getting injured while away from Arsenal duty, …

Say what you see Pat Nevin, say what you don’t Danny Mills

A view of world cup commentators from an Arsenal perspective. By Rob Lackey I travel a lot, consequently I usually watch games with foreign commentary or often listen in the car to 5 live.  5 Live can truly suck when it comes to football commentary, but often excels in almost all other areas. I was …

The grassroots of football needs supporting. Is the minister waking up?

By Tony Attwood In the past week we have learned that the FA, when running England’s bid for the world cup, laid on a banquet.  The cost of the dinner was around £35,000.   This was part of the £25m that the FA spent on the bid, which ultimately got two votes – one of …

Yet another international tournament. It is time to stand up and say “f*** off Uefa”

By Tony Attwood Uefa is considering launching a nine division European league for nations, colonies and territories.   It claims the games of the new league can be played in the periods set aside at the moment for friendly matches, but there looks like every chance of this being another thin edge of a very thick …

Untold International review: the world cup qualifiers from an Arsenal perspective

I’ve been thinking about doing this for some time but with the arrival of Mesut Ozil I’ve suddenly got more interested in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers on Friday and Tuesday, and how they affect Arsenal players.So her goes…the European fixtures * (I don’t think any AFC Players are involved any further afield..) Friday Czech …

“A world class organisation with a winning mentality” (that’s the FA, not Untold Arsenal)

With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood The government of the UK has given the governing body of English football until the end of February to sort itself out.  Talk about the blind leading the blind… The threat behind the demand is that the FA will be regulated if it …

Arsenal have opened Pandora’s Box

Arsenal have opened Pandora’s Box Don McMahon Following the departure of Cesc Fabregas for a derisory sum of around 30M Euro after add-ons, with Barca’s mocking confirmation that they robbed us, and with the sale of Samir Nasri to City for 25M sterling, there were innumerable cries of outrage and dismay from the British media,punditry …

Ryo Miyaichi: who checks the passport. Oh no oh no oh no!!!

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood Arsenal have been using Ryo Miyaichi in their friendlies this season – and yet he does not appear to qualify to play in the UK.  So what’s going on? The first possibility is that somehow during his time in the Netherlands he picked up a local passport, …

At the Morning Lark nothing much happened

Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood After about a week in France with no access to the internet, or the English media, I return with the thought that something ought to have happened in football.   But picking …

Record losses, and disaster awaits. The Premier League crisis

By Tony Attwood The 20 clubs in the Premier League were very careless last year.  And I mean very careless. I mean if  lose a £5 note I am fairly pissed off.  And these guys lost 100 million times that amount between them.  £25 million per club on average.  Lost. Gone.  Down the plug.  Vanished. …

Why it’s not the same for Jack despite the claims

By Walter Broeckx So Jack Wilshere has been included in the -21 squad that will represent England on the European Championship this summer. I wish England and Jack all the best. As we all know Wenger is against Jack being called up for this tournament. Because it would mean that Wilshere will have no real …

From when is not winning the FA cup worrying?

By Walter Broeckx In another article I tried to find out when we should win the league to keep up with our own history books and records. And I tried to do the same thing for the other teams in the PL. Today I will do the same but for the FA cup. As the …

Tottenham, anti-Semitism, the FA, the League, the police, and the fans

By Tony Attwood In 2008 Hampshire police announced the investigating of racial and homophobic abuse directed by Tottenham fans towards Sol Campbell at a Portsmouth v Tottenham game. The police said they would report the matter to the Football Association because it was not possible to make arrests due to the sheer numbers chanting. The …