Recently…
- The personality of referees, and why PGMO is so determined to stay secret
- How have the London clubs been doing this season?
And forthcoming…
As you can see above, there is a special event on 25 March run by the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association.
LIVE CONVERSATION WITH:
Lee Dixon, Paul Davis, Alan Smith and Andy Cole
Special Guest: DAVID DEIN
Venue: Picturehouse Finsbury Park, 11 City North Place, N4 3FU
Nearest tube station is Finsbury Park (Victoria Line, Picadilly Line, Thameslink Services)
All ticket proceeds and any raffle ticket sales will go directly to the Kevin Campbell Foundation.
This event is organised by Arsenal Independent Supporters Assocation in association with Arsenal FC.
Tickets available from www.aisa.org
- Doors Open 19.00
- Please be seated by 1930
- Event starts 1945
This event takes place on 25 March, and is a special event organised by Arsenal Independent Supporters Associaton (AISA) – the organisation Untold Arsenal has been supporting since we first started publishing in 2012 and in conjunction with whom we also run the Arsenal History Society web site.
Tickets and more details can be found on www.aisa.org and we really do hope that you can support this event.
And finally, and exclusively (I think) the Untold Arsenal London League Table…
So secondly, and completely unrelated to the event above, but something we have been puzzling over in recent days, following my plea for a London League table, Nitram immediately came up with the goods.
And to be clear this is the league table of London clubs playing London clubs this season. This has been published most seasons in recent years, but as I pointed out the other day, somehow the footballing world has lost interest in the phenomena, largely I suspect because of Arsenal being top. As we all know, Arsenal is only of interest to the media when the club fails.
So this is the table built from all the matches in which the seven Premier League teams based in London play each other. The winners are awarded the title of Champions of London by us, and anyone else who is interested. No ceremony takes place however and by and large the media show no interest.
By the end of the season, all the clubs will of course have played 12 games so it is still just possible that Chelsea or Fulham could overtake Arsenal by winning at least two of their three remaining matches, while Arsenal lose all three. Which while possible, doesn’t seem very likely.
On the other hand, two wins from the remaining three games will secure the title of Kings of London for Arsenal.
| Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
| Arsenal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 20 |
| Chelsea | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 15 |
| Fulham | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 15 |
| Crystal Palace | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 11 |
| West Ham | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 11 |
| Tottenham Ho | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 |
| Brentford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 10 |
Last season Arsenal won the London league with 24 points and a goal difference of +17. Tottenham were fourth (with a goal difference of minus four, instead of the sixth position they now occupy with a goal difference of +1) and Crystal Palace were bottom with two wins and four draws giving them ten points.
All in all it’s hard not to see us coming out on top of the local Derby table at least. I’m sure if it were Tottenham such an achievement would warrant an open top bus ride, twice round the block at least? A bit much? Okay, maybe just a commemorative mug then?
And whilst we are on the subject of Tottenham, I feel a St.Totteringham day is ominously looming on the horizon.
Following the weekends results we now sit a whopping 24 points ahead of Tottenham, in what is generally accepted as the slightly more important League Table. What this means is, with just 9 games to go, and a maximum of 27 points to be had, is that we could actually be celebrating St.Totteringham next time out.
A 1-0 win against Fulham on April 1st (Not guaranteed of course. Fulham are tough opponents) will put us on 61 points with a Goal Difference of +30
The maximum Tottenham can achieve winning all their remaining games starting with the latest ‘Battle Of The Bridge’ on the 3rd of April, is 61 points. A 1 – 0win would put their Goal Difference at + 13.
In any case, personally I cant see Tottenham getting all 3 points at Stamford bridge so St.Totteringham day it will be, which given it’s still only going to be early April, is just a little embarrassing for the Tiny Totts don’t you think?
Nitram
You beat me to it! Had to rush out this morning so didn’t get chance to send in my table until a few minutes ago lol.
I did discover, however, one noteworthy point having done separate ‘home’ and ‘away’ tables.
There have been many observations on this site about the hugely difficult opening fixtures we were allocated particularly going away to many ‘top six’ sides in the first few games of the season. What I also discovered was that whilst all the other London clubs had had a fairly even split between home and away London derbies, Arsenal have played the fewest at home (three) and the most away (six) which will also have placed added pressure on our schedule. This may have been deliberate or not, but the coincidences keep piling up as a result of the actions of those in positions of power, I’d say!