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 There are signs that Arsenal are winning the battle against the eternally negative media The run of wins and run of defeats against Manchester C How the media are setting Arsenal up for a disaster? Today, possibly for the first time, or at least one of the first times, a few journals …
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By Tony Attwood How the media are setting Arsenal up for a disaster? ManC v Arsenal: The referee and his percentage of home wins, and the sadness of losing a player There is a screaming headline in the Telegraph today that reads “Finishing second is a failure – Arsenal would be the most criticised …
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How the media are setting Arsenal up for a disaster? ManC v Arsenal: The referee and his percentage of home wins, and the sadness of losing a player By Tony Attwood From 5 November 2017 to 26 April 2023, Arsenal played Manchester City 16 times. Four of those matches were cup games and 12 …
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ManC v Arsenal: The referee and his percentage of home wins, and the sadness of losing a player Declan Rice on frustration and how referees are influenced by journalists’ reports By Tony Attwood Jamie Carragher has an article in the Telegraph recently (hidden behind a subscription requirement) which leads with the headline, “Finishing second …
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Declan Rice on frustration and how referees are influenced by journalists’ reports Has there ever been a footballing moment like this? By Tony Attwood Looking forward inevitably to Sunday, it is noticeable and of course highly regrettable that as ever the media make little of the influence that the referee might have on …
Has there ever been a footballing moment like this? By Tony Attwood Apparently, Declan Rice was asked if he found the game frustrating yesterday, and he replied, “Frustrating? Nah, we just got to a semi-final. Positivity all the way, who cares what people think? All that matters is what this group thinks, what this …
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Why is no one asking why, in football, some things are debated and others not? The first top of the league club to have fans demanding the manager’s sacking By Tony Attwood And seriously, I wonder: have we ever had a situation before where a club is in the semi-finals of the Champions …
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Champions League teams: where do they stand How strong is the Portuguese League that Sporting play in? Arsenal v Sporting 8pm Wednesday, and the problem of accumulated minutes. By Tony Attwood So we approach the game with both quarter finals being played simultaneously, kicking off at 8pm. Arsenal are 1-0 up from their first …
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Champions League teams: where do they stand How strong is the Portuguese League that Sporting play in? By Tony Attwood Much of the chitter chatter in the media is about Arsenal not having the right mind-set to win tonight’s game, or the Champions League in general. And it is interesting that a bunch …
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How strong is the Portuguese League that Sporting play in? Arsenal v Sporting 8pm Wednesday, and the problem of accumulated minutes. By Tony Attwood As we all know of course, there are eight clubs left in the Champions League at the start of the quarter finals and ahead of yesterday’s games which saw Liverpool …
Arsenal v Sporting 8pm Wednesday, and the problem of accumulated minutes. Why is no one asking why in football, some things are By Tony Attwood One of the fascinating issues that we see in certain European leagues at the moment is how the same few teams rise to the top and become utterly …
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Why is no one asking why in football, some things are debated and others ignored? The first top of the league club to have fans demanding the manager’s sacking By Tony Attwood So we prepare for the big three games – Sporting at home (big because all Champions League games in the knock-out phase …
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The first top of the league club to have fans demanding the manager’s sacking The light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel is just the express train heading right at Tottenham By Tony Attwood There is a subscription article in the Telegraph today which has the headline “Culture war between Arsenal players …
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The light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel is just the express train heading right at Tottenham Why is there no asterisk whenever a league table is published? By Tony Attwood For most clubs, the key issue is winning trophies, something that, as we know, Arsenal have only done once in the last …
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The light at the end of the Arsenal tunnel is just the express train heading right at us Why is there no asterisk whenever a league table is published? By Tomy Attwood, with a grin despite yesterday If you are a regular reader of my ramblings, you will know that I ceaselessly, endlessly, and …
100 Seasons in the top divison: 1980/81 and 1981/82. Arsenal’s near misses, but not nearly good enough Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about buying new stadia. By Tony Attwood According to the Guardian, it is all over as they announce in their banner headline that, “Alex Scott and Bournemouth …
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By Tony Attwood It is truly difficult, if not utterly impossible, to say something positive about today’s football. Except of course that it confirms the validity of the blip theory that we developed here. Although I guess “theory” is far too grand a word for it, for all the Blip Theory says is …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Bournemouth; what recent events tell us about the game Arsenal v Bournemouth – the Arsenal Injuries and extremely confusing qualification routes There is a page on the internet which includes the question How are you feeling about the state of Arsenal’s season? There were six possible answers ranging from …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth – the Arsenal Injuries and extremely confusing qualification routes Arsenal v Bournemouth: history, it seems, is with Arsenal. By Tony Attwood In their last eight Premier League games, Arsenal have won six and drawn two, scoring 19 goals and conceding five. Which by and large seems to me to be not …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: history, it seems, is with Arsenal. Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about building new stadia By Tony Attwood I’ve been worrying about injuries on this site for the past week or so, but at last it seems we can talk about the numbers going down. For in …
Why clubs are getting a little less gung ho about building new stadia Even the media admit we’ve got the best goalkeeper. By Tony Attwood Well, if you have been paying attention and enjoy just a little bit of statistical whatnot, you might have noticed what the last six games league table looks like …
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Just published in our history series 1980/81 and 1981/82. Arsenal’s near misses, but not nearly good enough By Tony Attwood Even the media admit we’ve got the best goalkeeper. The Arsenal Transfer machine starts rolling: the first dozen players we’re buying! The issue of building a new football stadium for an existing club, or …
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By Tony Attwood The Arsenal Transfer machine starts rolling: the first dozen players we’re buying! Why do two of the bigger London clubs not have a full-on ground sponsor? Two of the many headlines circling around this morning read, on the one hand, “Best in the world: David Raya has become Arsenal’s most important player” …
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Source: Pexels The English Premier League is now a global spectacle. Figures show that around 1.87 billion people tune in to watch it across the globe. This has meant that support shows up in the most unexpected of places, and for Arsenal, one location could lay claim to the most fervent of fanbases outside London. …
Why do two of the bigger London clubs not have a full-on ground sponsor? If only football journalists could remember Corporal Jones when writing about Arsenal By Tony Attwood For many years we ran a Winter and Summer transfer chart, listing all the players that Arsenal were tipped to be buying in that …
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