By Tony Attwood I’d never claim that Untold has changed the world, but we have highlighted a few issues over time which, when we started our campaign were never spoken of, and which now are everyday conversation. And I think everyone involved on Untold – writers, commentators and the silent audience – can be proud …
By Tony Attwood “FIFA is one of the most discredited organisations in the world with serial allegations of corruption plaguing almost its every move off-the-field in terms of management and governance.” I think most of us can agree with that. So when I then read that, “Football players and fans who are concerned with how world …
. By Tony Attwood . From the P.A. News Agency… . Press Association Sport understands reports the Poland keeper [Szczesny] was banned and fined following a dressing room bust-up after the 2-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day are incorrect. .. So there we are. One day it was true, now …
By Tony Attwood The good news in Arsenal football’s world on a morning when I must admit news from elsewhere makes it hard to focus and write, (and this isn’t news at all, only that I have just woken up to the fact) is that we don’t seem to be losing anyone to go to …
By Tony Attwood When a club moves from having a shirt too sacred ever to put the name of a sponsor on, to accepting the money of Qatar, you know something has changed. When a club suddenly fails to pay its top players for a month and the president speaks of having to turn off …
By Tony Attwood One of the first times that we really started suggesting that there was something amiss with refereeing in the Premier League was in December 2010 when we ran the story There is something seriously wrong with EPL refereeing. An opposite title I am sure you will agree. We may well have written earlier …
By Tony Attwood The Arsenal History Society is currently experimenting with Arsenal quizzes in various guises, and we’ve put a new one up today. To make life easier we’ve also added three possible answers to each question, rather than leaving you on your own. Now of course I know that Untold readers are incredibly knowledgable …
How do we know that a manager is succeeding? Richard Bedwell Rather than come up with a short comment that would get lost in what is a long and interesting response I thought I would respond to Tony’s piece in a little more depth. In this age of data driven assessment there are, I believe, …
By Tony Attwood Untold has followed the Rangers saga from the moment we picked up on the tax case issues, and noted that the press were ignoring any suggestion of odd doings by dodgy dealers that circled the club. When there is a story, and the press absolutely refuse to follow it, you can be …
By Tony Attwood A little while back Arsenal Supporters Trust allied itself with the equivalent groups at Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool to write to the FA about the importance of maintaining the rule that says 15% of tickets for FA Cup matches be reserved for away supporters. In Arsenal’s case this means 9,000 tickets, and …
By Tony Attwood. So it seems we have made or are making or are about to make our first signing in terms of Teddy Bishop from Ipswich. It is not announced yet, so this could be another total error in reading the ancient runes and tea-leaves on my part. Man U want/wanted Bishop but the …
By Tony Attwood Since we won the FA Cup that question has been more puzzling than ever. It used to be that winning a trophy was doing well. But although the victory over Hull and the subsequent beating of Man C in the Charity Shield gave Mr Wenger some respite, it lasted little more than …
By Tony Attwood If you have not read the excellent article about supporting Arsenal from a distance, I would urge you to read it now, before moving on to this, my epilogue to that story. I was first told that Arsenal were going to target India as a market about five years ago, but at …
By Tony Attwood When I was a young writer, trying to break into the business full time, I adopted the tactic of writing articles and books that by and large no one else was trying: different approaches, different styles, different ways of looking at issues. As a result I got a lot of rejections from …
Un-important Gooners. A rant. A whine. A cry…. distant gooners. by Arsenal 13 This is what happened during the West-Ham game. Comments section of the Untold. Most people know this. BUT compiling it again to show the person and for the people with similar views where they are wrong. For generalization, lets name him X, and …
By Tony Attwood The FA has a section on its web site called “Media comments and Social Networking cases – Charging guidelines” It says in part, The following types of public media comment, including on social networking websites, may be considered to be in breach of FA Rule E3: Comments which are improper, which bring the …
By Tony Attwood According to the Daily Mirror and several other newspapers the transfer window is now open. But no! Woe! Woe! and Thrice woe! (which is really only meaningful to British readers who remember Frankie Howerd). The window is jammed shut. It will not open. Pliers, crowbars and ratchets have been ordered. But it …
By Tony Attwood Thanks for everyone for the goodwishes. I feel a bit of a fraud – it was just a bug, and I slept for about 24 hours. Anyway I’ve struggled up to the computer complete with pint mug of water, just to see what new year’s eve holds in store. The papers are …
By Tony Attwood The result of Barcelona’s behind-closed-doors appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the charges of dealing in children (often referred to as child trafficking) between 2009 and 2013, has been rejected and it is confirmed that they will not be allowed to sign any players in 2015. Although the appeal …
By Billy “the Dog” McGraw In my last piece about how outdated views of logic and reason have come to dominate the debate on football I tried to suggest that the contemporary vision of considering evidence and then looking for the simplest most straightforward explanation based on evidence, has been thrown out of the window. Instead …
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE……Don McMahon I have seen so many bloggers writing sarcastic and demeaning comments about the Club, the players and particularly the manager over the years I have followed AFC… and one thing they all seem to have in common is that they are totally blind to one side of the Arsenal. …
By Tony Attwood So where have we got to? One defeat in the last nine 20 goals for, nine goals against in last nine Seven wins, one draw, one defeat in last nine Five wins, one defeat, one draw in last seven league games OK it is not the form of the Unbeaten Season, but …
By Bulldog Drummond Taking his lead from the invidious aaa and their allies within mediaeval journalism (I rather like that phrase) the Rather Large Sam speaks. Arsenal are weak and so can be exploited. West Ham, quoth he, are going for Europe – and indeed Europe quakes. A goodly length in times past Europe quaked …
By Billy “the Dog” McGraw. Abuse levels on Untold seem to on the up, which is a bit of a shame, so I thought I would pop in with a couple of comments on a post that was sent in the other day, but not published. (It is printed below exactly as submitted). “Calling people …
HOW THE PLAYERS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AFFECTS THEIR PERFORMANCE…. By Don MacMahon Anyone who has watched football, regardless of the level (perhaps with the exception of very young players) will realise that a team that is losing a match by more than one goal seems to find it an almost insurmountable obstacle in their efforts …
