Arsenal get more yellows, have more shots and have more possession than Newcastle

  By Tony Attwood What five games tells us about who is going to win the league this season Sun newspaper vanishes into wild weird fantasy land of a curse You know that things are going ok when the newspaper previews focus entirely on the opposition – in the case of the Guardian, talking solely …

What five games tells us about who is going to win the league this season

    Sun newspaper vanishes into wild weird fantasy land of a curse Arsenal have shown they have the defence and attack to win the league this season By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of my ramblings, you’ll know that, rather unlike most commentators (either professional or amateur like myself) I quite …

Sun newspaper vanishes into wild weird fantasy land of a curse

Arsenal have shown they have the defence and attack to win the league this season The draw for the next round and predicting the season from five games played By Tony Attwood OK, we know the Sun newspaper is often so far away from the real world of football that it is hard to believe …

Strengthening the Arsenal spirit

By Jack Beam Photo by: Huy Phan on Pexels   Arsenal Football Club is not just an English club but a global phenomenon. On every continent, the famous Arsenal spirit can be witnessed in dedicated fan communities, which have become a vital part of Arsenal’s identity today. Among several committed groups, the Canadian fans are …

Arsenal have shown they have the defence and attack to win the league this season

  By Tony Attwood The draw for the next round and predicting the season from five games played Arsenal are bottlers and referees have no idea what they are doing In 2019, Mikel Arteta joined Arsenal with the club at the time having the 13th worst defence in the league, having conceded twice as many …

The draw for the next round and predicting the season from five games played

      Arsenal are bottlers and referees have no idea what they are doing Are Sun journalists encouraged to laugh at each others work, as the rest of us do? By Tony Attwood After last night’s victory, the draw for the next round of the league cup has been made with games being played …

Port Vale in the League Cup: the Arsenal team

    Port Vale’s home and away results, the officials (and what to watch out for) Port Vale v Arsenal and a memorable bit of giant killing   By Tony Attwood So here we are in the third round of the Diddy Cup where we can have the chance of a laugh at Tottenham Hotspur …

Port Vale’s home and away results, the officials (and what to watch out for)

      Port Vale v Arsenal and a memorable bit of giant killing Arsenal are bottlers and referees have no idea what they are doing By Tony Attwood Andrew Kitchen is set to referee the match tonight, assisted by Shaun Hudson and Sam Lewis. The fourth official will be Andrew Humphries. VAR will not …

Port Vale v Arsenal and a memorable bit of giant killing

    Arsenal are bottlers and referees have no idea what they are doing Are Sun journalists encouraged to laugh at each others work, as the rest of us do? By Tony Attwood Perhaps a little surprisingly, Arsenal have played Port Vale 22 times in the past, although not previously this century, the most recent …

Arsenal are bottlers and referees have no idea what they are doing

    Are Sun journalists encouraged to laugh at each others work, as the rest of us do? Are Arsenal the biggest “bottlers” in the Premier League? By Tony Attwood It seems that with a tiny minority of Arsenal fans booing their own players and protesting against transfers because of the club that incoming players …

Are Sun journalists encouraged to laugh at each others work, as the rest of us do?

  By Tony Attwood Are Arsenal the biggest “bottlers” in the Premier League? Is the Premier League fixture computer biased? We always know when Arsenal are travelling in the right direction; it is when the Sun launches attack after attack on the Arsenal manager, although even for the Sun three separate articles at once attacking …

Are Arsenal the biggest “bottlers” in the Premier League?

      Is the Premier League fixture computer biased? By Jacko Jones ‘Bottle jobs’ is a term that’s echoed across English football, from Gary Neville branding Chelsea “billion-pound bottle jobs” to Manchester United’s infamous collapse against League Two side Grimsby Town.  Curious to dig into how fans really feel about their teams, the football …

Is the Premier League fixture computer biased?

    Scandal of the referee for the Arsenal v Manchester City game By Tony Attwood So what did we see that hasn’t already been said? We knew about the referee and we knew about the gigantic shift towards the south in terms of English football…. for although Liverpool are top (and I must admit …

Arsenal v Manchester City, the team and this amazing defence

      Previously ahead of today’s game… Arsenal v Manchester City the difference between the teams’ approaches Scandal of the referee for the Arsenal v Manchester City game Arsenal v Man City. The return of the demon after a 2 year banishment Arsenal v Manchester City. The background, the players, the stats By Tony …

Arsenal v Mancheseter City the difference between the teams’ approaches

      If at some future moment you find this site off-line then we will try and make the latest article available on www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk Recent articles here include Scandal of the referee for the Arsenal v Manchester City game Arsenal v Man City. The return of the demon after a 2 year banishment Arsenal …

Scandal of the referee for the Arsenal v Manchester City game

  Arsenal v Manchester City, the referee Stuart Attwell will referee an Arsenal fixture for the first time in almost two years this weekend, following the controversy surrounding his last Gunners game. The scandal evolved after  Bruno Guimaraes was not even given a yellow card for an elbow to the back of Jorginho’s head, before Newcastle’s …

Arsenal v Man City. The return of the demon after a 2 year banishment

  By Tony Attwood Stuart Attwell is being allowed back to referee an Arsenal match for the first time in two years.  The last time Attwell came to oversee an Arsenal game, Mikel Arteta was so outraged by the referee, he spoke about the referee’s performance in a TV interview. Instantly, the FA flew into …

Arsenal v Manchester City. The background, the players, the stats

    Failure of crowd control committee to take action on the manager abuse is a scandal How the top six clubs are handling the rules on income and expenditure By Tony Attwood It is not something you would pick up just by reading the articles ahead of tomorrow’s match, which focus in many ways …

Tim Lewis leaves Arsenal board: crisis or evolution?

      Failure of crowd control committee to take action on manager abuse is a scandal How the top six clubs are handling the rules on income and expenditure By Tony Attwood “Arsenal have announced the surprise departure of vice-chairman Tim Lewis following a major reshuffle of the club’s board.” So says the Guardian, …

Failure of crowd control committee to take action on manager abuse is a scandal

  By Tony Attwood Why Arsenal’s US owners aren’t worried about losses, and the how refs can get confused Arsenal are meeting all the financial rules at the moment, but still need to be clever with the cash It has of course, been building up for quite a few seasons, but the media are as …

How the top six clubs are handling the rules on income and expenditure

    By Tony Attwood Why Arsenal’s US owners aren’t worried about losses, and the how refs can get confused Arsenal are meeting all the financial rules at the moment, but still need to be clever with the cash I was hinting in my last article that Arsenal have found a very nifty, but equally …

Why Arsenal’s US owners aren’t worried about losses, and the how refs can get confused

    Arsenal are meeting all the financial rules at the moment, but still need to be clever with the cash How different people react to Arsenal’s march onwards and upwards By Tony Attwood There was one passing story that I caught via the emails this morning – a map that showed that in over …

Arsenal are meeting all the financial rules at the moment, but still need to be clever with the cash

  How different people react to Arsenal’s march onwards and upwards How do you measure success in a football club or the competence of a commentator? By Tony Attwood With Arsenal doing rather well in terms of football (played five, won four, conceded one scored ten), it is natural that football journalists who thrive on …

How different people react to Arsenal’s march onwards and upwards

    By Tony Attwood How do you measure success in a football club or the competence of a commentator? How this season compares with previous campaign starts Oh what a difference a night out makes – or in some cases doesn’t.   Arsenal had only lost one game this season – that to last season’s …

Arsenal in Spain: big news on shirt colours etc

    Arsenal’s team news for tonight’s Champions League game Athletic Club v Arsenal – Champions League Tuesday And on the history society site…. Arsenal’s first cup final; Chapman’s second season By Tony Attwood Due to UEFA rules, “Arsenal will wear their blue away shirt with a new pair of silver shorts and socks.” This …