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
by Tony Attwood It is interesting to see The Athletic in a current article taking an interest in AFTV, and recognising (perhaps a little late in the day) that not everyone who claims to be an Arsenal supporter actually likes AFTV. But I do find it a little frustrating that articles like this are presented …
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Untold Updates and solving the mobile problem: We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Football corruption and scandals. How we tipped off Fifa and …
Read More “Transfers for the big spenders are not working, so why does the media want more of them?”
By Bulldog Drummond If you have been reading all the bloggettas with their tattle and their tittle (that’s tittle tattle if you have only just woken up after a rather fulsome Christmas – but do try to keep up, there are likely to be 700 words or so in this piece) you will know that …
Read More “Arsenal v Bournemouth: oh look all the newspaper tittle tattle was wrong”
By Tony Attwood So how did it all go so right? Arsenal Fans TV and its camp follower Piers Morgan have been making fun of Arsenal, its players and its loyal Arsenal supporters for years. Outrageously proclaiming on its web site that “AFTV is the No.1 Fan Channel on YouTube” it was set up with …
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Untold Video Updates: We’re continuing to experiment with our video commentaries: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews by Bulldog Drummond Thus we have kicked out the most successful Arsenal manager of all time, in terms of trophies and in terms of win percentage, and replaced his with the second most successful manager of all …
By Tony Attwood “How useful is it to boo your own team?” is an article that appeared in the Guardian newspaper a few weeks after I started writing more specifically than in the past about the subject. Of course that doesn’t mean that they have picked up the idea from Untold – it could well …
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by Tony Attwood Prelude: If this article looks to be in a strange format, my apologies. We are trying to get rid of a bug in the system to ensure that Untold looks ok on all devices, and for the moment there appear to be problems throughout the site. I live in a country in …
Read More “Why the media’s unified view of Arsenal is so utterly dangerous”
by Tony Attwood Latest news: We are developing our own video channel. If you would like to have a look at how far we’ve got visit Untold Gooner News An Arsenal win is of course the last thing the journalists and bloggers wanted since their whole narrative is that Arsenal are appalling, every player …
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By Tony Attwood And so now we know. Just as our ancestors allowed the Hill-Wood family and their allies to force out Henry Norris – the man with the vision of a club owned by its members, and with the best manager in the land – so our generation has allowed that combination of journalists …
Read More “And so now we know what their victory looks like”
By Tony Attwood “The Gunners should have been applauded as CHAMPIONS if officials had done their jobs properly.” To confirm from the off, that is not a quote from Untold, but from a national UK newspaper – the Sun. OK not my favourite paper, but actually one that I would have said a …
By Tony Attwood The Telegraph, now in its hour of desperation at seeing the Tinies demise, quickly got Arry the Red on the blower, and out of his vague ramblings concocted this headline today… Arsenal are lucky to finish second – they need to spend this summer to get anywhere near Spurs Arsenal were lucky, …
By Blacksheep Those that know me (not that many of course) or that have read things I’ve written before (a few more perhaps) will [hopefully] be aware that I’m quite a positive person when it comes to most things including Arsenal. I’m pleased to contribute to this blog because it supports the club, the team …
By Blacksheep In 1886 William Stead (the campaigning editor of the Pall Mall Gazette – one of the very first ‘tabloid’ style newspapers) declared that: “Nothing can ever get itself accomplished nowadays without sensationalism. In politics, social reform, it is indispensable” What Stead realised was that the press (the only media available in late Victorian …
One of the benefits of being a membership of AISA is the handful of events they organize each year. This one was really interesting, a chance to meet Alan Smith and the renowned sports journalist, Patrick Barclay and be entertained by Tom Watt (ex Eastenders’ ‘Lofty’ and full time Arsenal fan). The event took place …
By Tony Attwood And so, after years of pointing out that there is something seriously wrong with refereeing in the Premier League, the English papers have started to admit that there might be a problem. Not all of them, and most are hedging their bets talking of referee mistakes, and the views of “Arsenal supporters”, …
Read More “At last the English media recognise there’s something seriously wrong with the referees”
By Phil Gregory Nope not Arsene Wenger, but Matt Law who is apparently the Chief Football Writer at the Mirror and recently penned a bit of a hatchet job on Wenger. Thanks to the wonders of the web, I had the dubious pleasure of reading his critique (you wouldn’t catch me dead reading the Mirror) …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Anne The Football Media and Transfers: Is it time to ask “Cui Bono?” “Cui bono?” is an Italian phrase that literally means “as a benefit to whom?” Cui bono? Who benefits? In common …
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The 89 transfers that Arsenal will make in the January transfer window By: Anne Greetings, Untold Media readers, and may I first wish all of you a very happy holiday season. UM will be back in full swing following the holidays. However, in the interim, I thought we might have a little bit of fun …
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By Tony Attwood It seems it doesn’t matter how many examples of media nonsense is printed about football, some people go on believing the press. Each day if you look on any of the news accumulator sites you will see article after article about the players that Arsenal are going to sign. We all know …
Read More “Untold Media: The press is not reporting issues – it is the issue”
Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. Untold Media: Why did the Sun’s “humble pie” begin with a petty attack on Arsenal fans? By: Anne In our previous media watch report, we documented some surprising changes …
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Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – is the Xmas present for the Arsenal fan with everything (except obviously “Making the Arsenal”) Available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. ———————————– Untold Media: (snigger) The Sun admits to eating “humble pie” on previous Arsenal …
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of how Arsenal was reborn Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Untold Media: Call to Arsenal Fans to Reject Unwarranted Media Pressure on RVP By: Anne (a story in five parts) *Much thanks to Shard and bjtgooner for their contributions to this report. I. Introduction and RVP …
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“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————— By Tony Attwood During the summer when it was unclear to us mere mortals if Arsenal would get the transfers the club wanted, there was much comment among the blogworld to the effect that the supposed failure to …
Read More “How the transfer window really works – and the January version has started already”
“If Arsenal go from being a ‘club in crisis’ to ‘a one man team,’ is that a promotion of sorts?” By Anne *Much thanks to Shard and bjtgooner for their contributions to this article. ————- First and foremost, before I even get into the substance of this media watch report, I want to make the …
