What the statistics for the Tinies game show

Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan By Walter Broeckx . After our defeat against the team whose name may not be mentioned but whose supporters think it is a good idea to adopt the Paedophile Chant just when after years of complaint, Man United have taken the first tiny steps …

What question should I ask Mr Wenger on saturday?

I think, before I run the risk of getting lynched when the truth comes out, I ought to explain. Arsenal FC will put out a DVD for members at the start of next season.  I am not sure who it goes to, but I know Gold Members get it – maybe silver and red too, …

This team will have its day

Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan This team will have its day by Ian Trevett Today is a depressing day as the team effort at Wigan was as poor as we have seen for a long time. I didn’t think we paid them enough respect and it cost us big …

Has Wenger and his youth project utterly failed?

Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan In the many comments on the post re the Wigan game there were a number that said that we should recognise that Wenger and his youth project had failed.  One in particular caught my eye: it said that it was harder to recognise this …

The detailed truth: Wigan v Arsenal, and the result

Wow, what a weekend of football so far. United were dead and buried and the title was on it’s way to Stamford Bridge. Not anymore. Are we in it? Mathematically, yes though realistically there are too few games to expect to overhaul two sides. One could perhaps be relied on to slip up, but not …

Where is Wigan, how do I get there, what’s this pier thing and who is Eddie Waring?

The Romans built a fort at Wigan. Thus begin all official and unofficial histories of one of England’s least known shanty towns. The problem for Wigan was that having got there the pesky Romans took a look and immediately buggered off, leaving the village to the even peskier Northumbrians.  After 800 years they built a …

How to get to the Ems, where to stay in London?

I have had two enquiries from friends of this site, both of whom live outside of the UK, both asking for help in terms of their visits.  I’m more than happy to pass on the questions. If you have any thoughts can you put them below in the usual way? Thanks. First Jay Javari has …

The quick restart after the foul: what does the ref’s manual say

By Walter Broeckx.  Additional material by Tony Attwood When the referee in the Porto / Arsenal game allowed a quick free kick to be taken there were two reactions. Arsenal players, management and supporters were outraged. And the media, never one to miss an opportunity to knock Arsenal, said, “How many times did we see …

Wear your shirt with pride as the EPL starts going to court

One of the best statements I have read on this site since the end of the 10 year unbeaten run was that encouraging us all to wear the shirt with pride. The 10 year run in which we were unbeaten in the league by Tottenham Sewage (a club renamed to coincide with the chants of …

With a spineless team we had 66% of the ball

By Walter Broeckx When Arsenal loses a game it is always a difficult moment. Every defeat hurts and the defeat against ****** even more than any other. We could all do like the catastrophists do, and slaughter all the players, the manager and everyone else involved in the club. I think there are plenty of …

Tot supporters chant “Pedophile” as they get their first victory in ten years.

They had to wait until Arsenal put out a team with six first team regulars missing, and a team for most of the game including our 4th and 5th choice centre backs, but it had to happen one day. After 10 years of waiting, after the endless defeats and humiliations, Tottenham finally managed to beat …

Well, well, well, if it isn’t North London Derby O’clock.

Spurs and shares. by Phil Gregory Well, well, well, if it isn’t North London Derby O’clock. The derby at the Emirates was an absolute cracker, one of those where you remember what you were doing that day. I, unfortunately missed some of the match, getting roped into playing for my team’s Saturday morning game despite …

New undercover work at the Tiny Totts Training Emporium reveals secret plans for Wednesday’s game

Inside informants at Tottie-Train, the Temporary Tottenham Training Turf have revealed that the Tinies have spent lots of time looking at Arsenal and the way they have consistentlyended up several hundred light years ahead of the Totts year after year. Of course the Tots have had some success – their secret underwater research centre in …

Inter implicated in Euro match fixing

By Walter Broeckx As a ref I am rather well placed to hear some things that others never hear. I have heard stories told by other refs on how they have helped teams to stay up or to become champions. Some did it because the president of a club came in the dressing room before …

It is 100 years almost to the day since the first Tottenham v Arsenal game

Which is why, in between everything else, I have been calling this, Tiny Totts week. And in a sense this is the article I have been building up to all season. I doubt that the Tinies even know the importance of this match in historical terms. They probably know it in hysterical terms but then, …

Emirates stadium seriously contaminated. Profound health implications revealed

Exclusive! Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the FSB and KGB in Russia who was granted political asylum in the UK.  He accused the FSB of terrorist acts within Russia, in order to bring Putin to power. On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko fell ill and died three weeks later, becoming the first confirmed victim …

Sir Alexenophobia Ferguson has opened his mouth

By Walter Broeckx Sir  Alexenophobia Ferguson has opened his mouth to tell us that the way the Bayern Munich players behaved in the game at Old Trafford was typical of Germans. I’m not going to give too much time on reviewing the ref of that game but let me start by saying that Rafael would …

Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin (and some more of the same)

Today’s Sponsor: The Untold Arsenal / Goonernews Betting Guide Like everything else on this site, it has to be seen to be believed. Robin, Robin, Robin (etc etc) by Walter Broeckx What a boring weekend this is going to be.  No Arsenal game in the weekend, this almost feels like the summer period we all …

The world of football meanders along, and carries us with it…

It’s a bit of a funny old world at the moment (as they say), and my ramblings herein have no overall focus, what with us not having a match this weekend.  But I thought I’d just throw in some of the stuff that has caught my attention of late. If it is all too boring, …

Some things are more important than football.

Sometimes I get the distinct feeling that football isn’t real at all – but is just made up. I mean, we have got through to the quarter final of the Euro Cup – which is further than our recent rivals Chelsea and Liverpool, and the same as Manchester United. We went out when playing a …

Arsenal sign a fish

Today’s Sponsor: ArsenalGifts.com is a one-stop shop for all things Arsenal related, from replica kits and retro shirts through to Emirates Stadium tours, memorabilia and novelty items. Visit http://www.arsenalgifts.com —————- Last week we had April Fools Day with all the usual stuff going up on the web sites.  Red Action announced that Arsenal were going …

Not every Henry is Henry

Today’s Sponsor:  ArsenalGifts.com is a one-stop shop for all things Arsenal related, from replica kits and retro shirts through to Emirates Stadium tours, memorabilia and novelty items. Visit http://www.arsenalgifts.com ————— Not every Henry is Henry. By Walter Broeckx Last week a player from Wolverhampton got himself sent off with a red card after a horrifying …

Arsenal Reserves show just how brilliant they are going to be

We are now in our third consecutive year of mega injuries. To play Barca without Van Persie Cesc Gallas Arshavin Ramsey Song Djourou and do ok shows how sensational a side we are building at Arsenal. And it was ok, for we took the game to them, and made the current Euro Champions, complete with …

“Sod it.” Untold’s unbeatable preview of the Barca Game.

By Phil Gregory. Here we are then with the final installment of our feast of football. There’s everything still to play for, but after a 2-2 draw at home, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think the odds had tipped just a little bit further away from us. Truth be told, as I …