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Detalis of recent articles according to subjects tackled appear on the home page. AI deepfake videos are spreading: so what happens to football rumours now? Child abuse and dealing in under age children is still rampant in football By Sir Hardly Anyone Today in Arsenal’s history: When football was played on mud not …
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Child abuse and dealing in under age children is still rampant in football Comparing this season with previous campaigns: the ups and downs: 6 years of ups and downs By Tony Attwood “If I die, I am going to ask God where the referees are before choosing between heaven and hell.” – Arsene …
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The passion and emotion that flood the pitch after a hard-fought win are palpable for every football match. Such was the case when Arsenal secured a memorable 3-1 victory over Liverpool on 11Feb, igniting a wave of jubilation that reverberated throughout the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool were favourites for the match. There is always an …
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By Tony Attwood Why are the FA not taking action to hold clubs to account for children’s injuries? FIFA are said to be looking at illegal Premier League transfers of children Barcelona lose their final appeal as dealing in under-aged children confirmed. I have several times in the past written about the problem …
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Suddenly we are told football news is fake. Did anyone not already know? Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all By Tony Attwood In this little exercise we’ve selected the traditional big six clubs and their positions in the league today and then compared this achievement with where …
Suddenly we are told football news is fake. Did anyone not already know? Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all by Tony Attwood Mikel Arteta took over at Arsenal as manager on 20 December 2019. That season he won the FA Cup with Arsenal, although the club …
Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all Carragher and Neville should feel ashamed of their behaviour at Arsenal By Tony Attwood There is an extraordinary story in the Athletic today headlined “Fake Man United news: Tracking down the people making thousands out of fictitious stories.” What is …
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Join AISA for Free. If you support Arsenal you can show your appreciation of the club by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work not just in recording Arsenal’s history but …
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Large football organisations exist to benefit those who run them This time it’s true: a game to remember for all time. AFC 3 Liverpool 1 By Tony Attwood The CNN website summed up the situation yesterday quite well saying, “The Emirates erupted as Trossard’s shot squirmed into the net, with Arteta leading the party …
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This time it’s true: a game to remember for all time. AFC 3 Liverpool 1 The VAR Score and what difference a manager makes By Tony Attwood Large sporting organisations tend to have time limits set up for their chief executives etc, simply to keep them under control, to stop them holding a …
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Arsenal v Liverpool: Arsenal have the advantage, but need to take more shots. By Tony Attwood On my drive back home to Northamptonshire after the game, traffic on the M1 all pulled into the right two lanes as on one of the refuge points (there being no hard shoulder any more) a car …
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On the Arsenal History Society site today: one of the earliest videos of an Arsenal game as Arsenal win 69 years ago on this day. by Sir Hardly Anyone There’s an index to previous articles by subject on the home page Arsenal have the advantage but need to take more shots How …
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How Liverpool commit many more fouls than Arsenal, before getting a card A Liverpool foul is 27% less likely to get a yellow card than an Arsenal foul By Bulldog Drummond On the Arsenal History Society site today: one of the earliest videos of an Arsenal game as Arsenal win 69 years ago …
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A Liverpool foul is 27% less likely to get a yellow card than an Arsenal foul The window hardly happened. So instead, the VAR score and what difference a manager makes Today in Arsenal’s history: It is proposed that Arsenal should be elected to the First Division By Bulldog Drummond We had a …
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By Tony Attwood The window hardly happened. So instead, the VAR score and what difference a manager makes Arsenal transfer news: the four Arsenal players who are definitely leaving A comparison of the key defensive numbers between Mancheseter City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, shows that for three metrics those four clubs are …
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Arsenal transfer news: the four Arsenal players who are definitely leaving The January transfer market has collapsed. So what is going on in Premier League football By Sir Hardly Anyone Never has my name been more appropriate – remove my knighthood and the name rings true for who bought whom. in January. And …
The January transfer market has collapsed. So what is going on in Premier League football Barcelona, Everton, Manchester City: financial issues abound, but Barce is out on its own. By Sir Hardly Anyone Well, as you know, even with a fair bit of padding, there is bugger all happening on the transfer front, …
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The 2022/2023 season marked a return. A footballing giant, suffering from a multi-year slumber, had awoken. The memes faded, the jealousy rose, and enthusiasm among the fanbase came to a crescendo. Arsenal were back. Yes, the club ended up falling short against the Man City machine. Yet finishing second in the Premier …
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Could Arsenal actually be better than the media lead us to believe? Arsenal team against Forest and the prognostications for the match. By Tony Attwood One year ago clubs in England spent between £815m and £843m on transfers (depending on which newspaper you read) which was double the previous January record. Chelsea …
Could Arsenal actually be better than the media lead us to believe? By Tony Attwood If you watch or look at or listen to or read any football news in England you’ll know that there is a bit of an issue going on in relation to how much money clubs can spend. And you …
By Tony Attwood If Arsenal really do need to sell, they have a lot of players who could balance the FFP books Referee association even more secret than PGMOL, emerges from the shadows as controlling body Of course the league table can change again after the next set of matches, but for …
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal How biased toward the home team is this referee? Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: tackles, fouls, cards, possession Which clubs have been doing really badly of late? The team news from the BBC suggests that Declan Rice “could return from the tight hamstring that prompted his substitution against Crystal Palace.” …
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal and which clubs have been doing really badly of late? If Arsenal really do need to sell, they have a lot of players who could balance the FFP books There is an updated index of articles, arranged by topic, on the home page. By Sir Hardly Anyone According …
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Which clubs have been doing really badly of late If Arsenal really do need to sell, they have a lot of players who could balance the FFP books By Sir Hardly Anyone As you might expect, Arsenal tackle less than Nottingham Forest, and as we have seen through the season, less than Tottenham …
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An index of articles which is easy to read on phones now appears on the home page If Arsenal really do need to sell, they have a lot of players who could balance the FFP books Tottenham are astonishingly reinvigorated according to one journalist. But is that really so? By Sir Hardly Anyone A …
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