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 Andrew Crawshaw Please note that where I haven’t mentioned a player’s nationality he will be English. There are also a number of other players who I haven’t included where they are already part of the first team squad or where I believe that their futures are likely to be away from the club either …
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by Andrew Crawshaw The 2017 WSL Spring Series was a one-off tournament designed to bridge the time gap between the end of the 2016 WSL Summer League and the start of the 2017-18 WSL Winter League. Why the FA decided to change from operating the WSL as a summer league and move it back to …
by Andrew Crawshaw I will start with the current 25 man senior squad Position Date of Birth Home Grown? Contract expiry Kieran Gibbs LB 26 Sep 1989 Y 30 Jun 2018 Aaron Ramsey Midfield 26 Dec 1990 Y 30 Jun 2018 Theo Walcott Forward 16 Mar 1989 Y 30 Jun 2019 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfield 15 …
Read More “Arsenal Squad 2017-18: first thoughts on who’s staying and who we need.”
by Andrew Crawshaw Following a convoluted series of events I was able to invite Walter to come over from Belgium to join me at the Cup final. Regular readers will know that Walter in the house is always a good luck charm (particularly when accompanied by a larger group of Belgian Gooners). I sent the …
Read More “The Cup Final: what was it like to be there? Part One: pictures from the upper tier.”
by Andrew Crawshaw I posted after our Semi-final win that I believed Anthony Taylor was the strong favourite to be given the FA Cup Final this year and so it turned out. I claim no special skill to make that prediction – referees are only ever given one FA Cup Final and of those who …
by Andrew Crawshaw By my reckoning Arsenal should have ended up with 17 more points than we actually had this season due to wrong Important Decisions called by the PGMO. A quick reminder an Important Decision is one of these – Second Yellow Card, Red Card, Penalty and Goal. There was one game we lost …
by Andrew Crawshaw This is the last league game of the season and before I look in detail at the ‘men in black’ for this game, I would like to do a brief reflection. Here is a table showing the Referees, how many games they have refereed in the league and how many for Arsenal. …
by Andrew Crawshaw Firstly an apology – I am on holiday for a week from the 10th to the 17th inclusive and so won’t be able to prepare a referee preview for either the Stoke or Sunderland games. I’ll be in Switzerland sightseeing by railway – should be glorious if the sun comes out. Anyway …
by Andrew Crawshaw Our game against United on Sunday will be the second of three games between our clubs this week after the U18s met on Wednesday afternoon with Arsenal winning 3 – 0. The U23s play at the Emirates on Monday night with tickets currently on general sale. Lets hope that the U18 result …
Read More “Arsenal v Manchester United Sun 7 May – The Match Officials. A certain bias is detected.”
by Andrew Crawshaw So our first team lost to the Tots for the first time in what seems for ever and the Ladies put in a pretty dismal performance at Sunderland ending up with a no score draw. This was the second game in a row that they have failed to score and that is …
by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Michael Oliver From Northumberland, 31 years old and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Simon Bennett From Staffordshire and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Jake Collin From Mersyside and FIFA accredited Fourth Official – Andre Marriner From the West Midlands, 45 years old and FIFA accredited. For this game we …
by Andrew Crawshaw Our Officials are :- Referee Mike Jones Age 48 from Cheshire Assistant Referee 1 – Andy Garratt from the West Midlands Assistant Referee 2 – Mark Scholes from Buckinghamshire Fourth Official – Robert Madley age 30 from West Yorkshire and FIFA accredited This will be the third time this year that we …
by Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal Ladies were due to commence their Spring Series on Sunday afternoon with a game against Notts County Ladies. This game was cancelled due to Notts County Ladies being disbanded. The announcement was made late on the Friday before the game. The Official Statement from the owner of Notts County Ladies included …
By Andrew Crawshaw On Saturday at 17:15 Chelsea take on Tottenham Referee – Martin Atkinson Age 45 from West Yorkshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt from Northamptonshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Ian Hussin from Mersyside Fourth Official – Neil Swarbrick 50 years old from Lancashire This game is being shown …
by Andrew Crawshaw This week we have Referee – Anthony Taylor 37 years old from Cheshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt from Northamptonshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Adam Nunn from Wiltshire Fourth Official – Kevin Friend 45 years old from Leicestershire Well, after the disappointment of last Monday …
by Andrew Crawshaw Before I look into our game I would like to welcome Chris Kavanagh to the Premier League as a new referee. He takes charge of the Saturday game between West Brom and Southampton. Chris was born in Lancashire but is affiliated to Cleveland (NE of England). So far this year he had …
by Andrew Crawshaw For this game we have :- Referee – Martin Atkinson 45 years old from West Yorkshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stephen Child from Kent and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Adam Nunn from Wiltshire Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell 33 Years old from Warwickshire This will be the …
by Andrew Crawshaw Firstly a welcome back to full refereeing duties for Lee Probert – now recovered from back problems and assessed fit he takes charge of his first Pl game of the season Watford v Sunderland. We have Referee – Andre Marriner Age 45 from the West Midlands and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 1 …
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by Andrew Crawshaw As I said in my preview Spurs would have felt good at reaching this stage of the Ladies FA Cup having beaten Brighton (newly promoted to the WSL2) in the fourth round. Spurs currently play in the third tier of Ladies Football – the FA Women’s Premier League South against teams including …
Read More “Arsenal Ladies 10 Tottenham Ladies 0; FA Cup fifth round – a good end to a bad week”
Earlier this week Untold presented its review of referee performances in the first 160 weekend games in the Premier League this season. That is 42% of all the games played this season – an analysis level far higher than one would see in virtually any other statistical and analytical enquiry. That introductory report links …
by Andrew Crawshaw After the FA Cup Quarter Finals last weekend the Premier League returns to what passes for normality with a full programme of 10 games this weekend. Arsenal start things off with an away trip to West Bromwich Albion and an early 12:30 start. Interestingly Liverpool have Michael Oliver in charge of their …
Read More “West Brom v Arsenal Sat 18 March 2017 – The Match Officials”
by Andrew Crawshaw The Arsenal Ladies start their competitive season this coming Sunday with an FA Cup Fifth round match against Spurs. The match is at Borehamwood and kicks off at 14:00. The full draw is :- Manchester City v Reading Notts County v Yeovil Town Liverpool v Everton Arsenal v Spurs Sunderland v Aston …
Read More “The Arsenal Ladies Update and Preview of their FA Cup Match on Sunday”
by Andrew Crawshaw One of the requirements of the Premier League 2 competition is that some matches must be played at the clubs main stadium rather than at a training ground or secondary stadium. The match between Arsenal and Manchester City played on Monday night (13th March) was held at the Emirates with the lower …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Before Arsenal consider changing managers there is probably a broader question that Mr Kronke needs to address. Is the overall management of the club ‘fit for purpose’? Firstly who ‘owns’ the club? Arsenal Football Club is owned by Arsenal Holdings PLC. According to angryofislington – who keeps an accurate watch on the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw and Tony Attwood Part 1: Andrew’s memory On 18 March 2010, I was lucky to go with my friend Mark to Craven Cottage to witness one of the best comebacks ever in European Football. It was an EUROPA League last 16 second leg with Fulham having lost in Juventus by 3 – …
Read More “Two lessons for Arsenal – how European games can be turned around”
