By Tony Attwood
- Why are so many Premier League clubs losing so much money?
- And so there we are: Champions at last! Thanks to every player and every supporter.
If you have been reading Untold for a while, you will know that it is not unknown for there to be a negative comment or two following a piece, usually along the lines that there are obviously things wrong with Arsenal and that this site is fooling fans by ignoring them or suggesting that things are getting better.
So it is truly refreshing to read such very positive comments coming in, some to me personally and many on the site itself. I am sorry I can’t reply to each one, but I do read them all, and am most grateful to everyone who has taken a moment to express appreciation of the site.
To celebrate, we’ve got some new equipment in for running the site, and I am hoping that over time, you might find it a little bit smoother. It will certainly make creating and typing up the articles easier. This is the first article published with the new hardware. I imagine it won’t look any different – at least that is the idea. But it is much easier to work with.
But anyway, amidst all the celebrations – which have been wonderful – we have to remember there is still some of the season left: Palace on Sunday 24th, and PSG on Saturday 30th. It would be wonderful to win them both, but such is the high of winning the league that just at this moment I really don’t mind too much. Although of course, I will do, when the time comes, if the results are not what I want!
However, I do hope I can manage to remember one or two events – in particular, the results in Europe in the opening group stage – that was when I personally really started to believe that this would be THE season. And not only has it been Arsenal’s season, but we’ve also put in some new equipment for running Untold. It probably won’t make the site look very different, but it certainly makes life easier for me!
But looking around the statistics, I found one that I had not seen before and rather amusing it was as well… it obviously doesn’t include this season, but it shows just how big a fall Tottenham have had this season…
And while looking around at facts and figures, I found that Arsenal Stadium is only the fifth largest in the Premier League, with 61,276 spaces and the third biggest league stadium in London. The bigger stadia are West Ham’s laughingly called the London Stadium with 62,500, Tottenham’s 62,850 and of course ManU 74,244. Which just about goes to show that size doesn’t always matter.
| Club | Ground | Capacity |
| Manchester United | Old Trafford | 74,244 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 62,850 |
| West Ham United | London Stadium | 62,500 |
| Liverpool | Anfield | 61,276 |
| Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,704 |
Manchester City are fifth with just under the 60,000 mark. For the last four seasons, Arsenal has actually averaged attendances over the 60,000 mark – the highest being 60,252 in 2024/25.
It is also interesting to note that, excluding this season, three clubs have had 10 top six finishes in the 2010s – Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham – and of course one of those is dropping out this season, meaning that we are now left with only two clubs that have a perfect top six run. And one of them is dropping out. Chelsea, incidentally, are on nine, along with Manchester United, but Liverpool are only on six.
But perhaps what I would really like to direct your attention to is an article in the Guardian: “How Arteta overcame setbacks, crises and boos to defy doubters at Arsenal.” And it is worth noting because it does bother to mention early on that there was going to be a five-year plan to get Arsenal back to near the top of English football.
It is also interesting because it is one of the very few commentaries that point out how the Daily Mirror tried to derail Arteta coming to Arsenal. Here’s a sample:
“Mikel is not the type of person to get overwhelmed about anything,” said one senior member of the football staff. “He’s very driven and very solid in his mind. There were difficult times and then obviously Arsenal had invested massively. But the Kroenkes deserve credit.”
I think that tells us where we have been, where we are and where we are gonig. We’ve got a couple of rather interesting games still to come, but I am already looking forward to seeing what changes the manager might be contemplating through the summer months.
And I must say I do rather like this new equipment. Even if the result looks much the same..
