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 When things are going wrong at the club, what should the owners do? Why are newspapers always so negative about football? Well, we’ve been debating the speed at which managers come and go and how changing managers a lot doesn’t really seem to do much good, and lo and behold …
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Why are newspapers always so negative about football? And so Arsenal march on once again; next up it is Chelsea By Tony Attwood My view in answer to that question above, as you may know if you are a regular reader here, is that you keep supporting your club. I support Arsenal because my …
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And so Arsenal march on once again; next up it is Chelsea By Tony Attwood To answer that question in the headline, I took a look at the s Daily Telegraph football website on the morning of 12 January. There were 17 stories there, and all were predominantly negative and thus together gave an …
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By Tony Attwood What does today’s victory mean for Arsenal? In its previews of the match, the media couldn’t find much to worry about in terms of playing Portsmouth away, and so it turned out to be. But given that there were no thoughts of an Arsenal defeat, the media naturally reverted to …
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By Tony Attwood How journalists don’t have a clue what it is like to be a supporter And so Arsenal sail through as Tottenham go out, which seems about right. Meanwhile, the media turns en masse on Martinelli. There’s a lot of talk about Thomas Frank being in charge of Tottenham by the end …
By Tony Attwood Portsmouth v Arsenal: history, progression and injuries Portsmouth v Arsenal – past games, the holders out and more on the referee According to the Sun, there was a huge punch-up among players at the end of the Tottenham / Aston Villa game at the weekend. But then I guess we are …
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By Tony Attwood Portsmouth v Arsenal – past games, the holders out and more on the referee Liverpool had no shots on target. Will Portsmouth do better? Portsmouth v Arsenal: Arsenal are top of the “Last Six” league With any club that Arsenal is playing, it is important to understand where that club stands …
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Liverpool had no shots on target. Will Portsmouth do better? Portsmouth v Arsenal: Arsenal are top of the “Last Six” league By Tony Attwood As for yellow cards, referee Tony Harrington is middle of the road, waving three a game on average. The lowest in the Premier League is Craig Pawson on 1.92 …
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The latest in our series on Arsenal’s record-breaking 100 consecutive seasons in the top division is now published, along with an index to the whole series: Arsenal in the late 1950s and the hopes of a revival Recently on Untold Arsenal we have…. Portsmouth v Arsenal: Arsenal are top of the “Last Six” league …
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How journalists don’t have a clue what it is like to be a football supporter A bit of argy-bargy and an exploding Neville By Tony Attwood The Third Round FA Cup match is of course tomorrow, Sunday at 2pm/ Portsmouth is one of number of clubs whose previous owner took them massively into debt …
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A bit of argy-bargby and an exploding Neville By Tony Attwood Football journalists like to tell us what is “really” going on in the world of football, suggesting that the image held by us “mere fans” is misleading and warped. We are Arsenal fans, so we only see Arsenal’s positive side, they claim. And …
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The last three and a half years and the very remarkable statistic Does sacking the manager help clubs or is it all just knee-jerk? By Tony Attwood A spot of anger and a fair bit of bias is, I guess, what we normally get from the media after an Arsenal game, and the …
Arsenal v Liverpool: how one team has an easy build up and the other has it tough Arsenal v Liverpool: referee is Anthony Taylor; the statistical analysis By Tony Attwood So kick off is at 8 pm and it is on Sky Sports in the UK, starting at 7pm. Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Liverpool: referee is Anthony Taylor; the statistical analysis The last three and a half years and the very remarkable statistic In the simplest of terms, Cristhian Mosquera and Riccardo Calafiori are out of the game, but as happened recently, there are signs that Kai Havertz could be …
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The last three and a half years and the very remarkable statistic The allocation of referees in the Premier League has got out of hand By Tony Attwood Four referees have so far overseen 15 or 16 Premier League matches this season and one of them is Anthony Taylor who is in charge …
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ByNitram A brief assessment of the last three and a half years and the remarkable statistic it bears (Up to the 1/1/26, the half-way point in the season) And a look at how some very strange penalty statistics could impact on Arsenal ————– We are now just over half way through the season and …
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The allocation of referees in the Premier League has got out of hand Which manager has not been sacked this week? By Tony Attwood Chaos, it seems, is the new order. If you doubt that take a look at the clubs that have changed managers or indeed look at the managerial comings and …
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Liverpool’s season now features two referees accounting for 38% of their matches, four referees accounting for 67% of their matches, Premier League 2025-2026 Season Matchweek 21: January 6-8, 2026 Analysis Date: January 6, 2026 The Title Clash with Historic Concentration: Taylor-Liverpool Reaches 4× In what may be the defining match of the season, Arsenal host Liverpool …
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By Tony Attwood How PGMOL’s Accidental Genius Became Accidental Slapstick Why making predictions early is not always a good idea Well, in answer to our headline question, we could start with Arteta. And that guy at the City Money Club, and probably a few more, but despite them, the sackings roll on. Except …
How PGMOL’s Accidental Genius Became Accidental Slapstick Why making predictions early is not always a good idea By Christophe Jost A quick note on timing: We wrote the MW20 preview, identifying suspicious referee assignment patterns before the matches kicked off on January 3rd. The analysis showed how home-biased referees were deployed to matches …
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Better than the Invincibles and better than last season. Arsenal’s progress continues By Tony Attwood I always find it interesting when we have headlines such as “Brian Brobbey’s late Sunderland leveller turns up heat on Frank at Tottenham” along with “Liam Rosenior arrives in London to discuss taking over as Chelsea manager” simply …
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Arsenal’s position at the top of the Premier League injury table How referees change season by season and how it affects clubs By Tony Attwood In the last 26 games that Arsenal have played in league and cups, there has been just one defeat – and that to Aston Villa. And yet even …
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Arsenal’s position at the top of the Premier League injury table Bournemouth v Arsenal: Bournemouth’s journey to the top league Bournemouth and Chelsea: two clubs with the same problem, but different solutions How referees change season by season By Tony Attwood The predicted team for today’s game in Bournemouth is, according to the …
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By Tony Attwood Bournemouth v Arsenal: Bournemouth’s journey to the top league Bournemouth and Chelsea: two clubs with the same problem, but different solutions Now here’s a thing. Bournemouth are above Arsenal in the injury table! Or is that below? I guess it depends which way you look at it. In …
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Bournemouth and Chelsea: two clubs with the same problem, but different solutions How referees change season by season and how it affects clubs And in the 100 years in the top division series: 1954/5 and 1955/6: Whittaker’s final seasons, and still no more trophies By Tony Attwood As ever, we approach a game by looking …
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