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 Walter Broeckx No fewer than 6 changes in the starting line up for Arsenal. Giroud came in the place of Welbek and Iwobi also started in midfield with Flamini and Elneny. Chambers came in at right back. On the bench experience and young Gunners. Monreal, Ramsey, Özil and Alexis but also Reine-Adelaide and Willock. …
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By Walter Broeckx There is something moving in the referees’ world other than the legs and arms of the referees. Finally! At Untold we have been asking for change since… well since I started writing for Untold. And now… As a referee myself my only and main concern has always been to make the correct …
By Walter Broeckx As I have written in my first article about my experience of being in a live show I now will go a bit deeper in to how such a few hours go for special guests. And I added a few pictures in to this article. As anything outdoors these days it starts …
By Walter Broeckx As I wrote last week I was invited to be one of the guests in the TV studios of our Flemish sports channel to give my view on the NLD from last weekend. I went and I survived. Here’s a short resume of a day with the chance to have a look …
By Walter Broeckx Tony recently posted an article celebrating 6000 Untold Arsenal pieces on this web site. 6000…. six thousand….That really is an amazing number. Let us keep it factual first… 6000 articles in more or less 8 years or in some 2928 days is an average of just over 2 articles a day. As …
Read More “Up to the next milestone; the continuing growth of Untold.”
By Walter Broeckx Today I saw an Arsenal supporter saying this: “Arsenal after 28 games this season – 51pts Arsenal after 28 games last season – 54pts Arsenal after 28 games two seasons ago – 59pts..even with a better team..thats how we do..thats the progress we made..” Now this supporter will still have been full …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal has made a couple of changes for this match. Per Mertesacker comes back in the team but Koscielny has a slight calf injury and is out for this match. So Per partners Gabriel in the centre of defence. Up front we see Giroud come in the place of Welbeck of whom …
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By Walter Broeckx [Please note this article is written in italics for reasons that may or may not become clear later. Please do not adjust your computer.] Saturday 24 February 1979. The day that changed my life. The day I really started supporting Arsenal. And to make myself aware that it would be a tough …
By Walter Broeckx Form is temporary, class is permanent. I think we all have seen these words being used about football teams. And it seems that these words are truer than ever. It is clear to see that for the moment the form isn’t there with far too many players. There is with many players …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made a few changes. Some forced other not. Theo Walcott comes on for the injured Oxlade-Chamberlain. At the back Gabriel comes in for Mertesacker who sat in the bench. Up front we had Welbeck who came on and Giroud dropped to the bench. Also on the bench we had Iwobi and …
By Walter Broeckx As usual when Arsenal don’t win the moaners come out. And start the blame game. ”Wenger should have bought….” and “tell me there was no other better striker available to replace Giroud” and the line “every player has their price”. All simple statements of course. For people who live in the simple …
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By Walter Broeckx Lots of changes at the start but that was to be expected of course. In fact it was the team that was expected at the start of the match. Well the team I expected anyway. Starting XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Ramsey, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, …
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By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. LEICESTER CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 26 DATE: 14th February 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Michael Mullarkey 2nd LINESMAN: Stephen Child 4th OFFICIAL: Roger East First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made a lot of changes,for this match. Most noticeable one was was the first start of Welbeck in 10 months. Ospina started in goal and Cech was given the weekend off as Macey was the keeper on the bench. Team that started: Ospina, Chambers, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Flamini, Elneny, Campbell, Iwobi, …
By Josif In a dimly lit room, deep in the bowels of Wembley Stadium, a secret group meet. A group known by a set of first names. A group’s whose address is only ever simply given as Wembley Stadium. No room number, no department section, no office block zone. They don’t have to say. …
By Walter Broeckx An amazing trip to London once again for the Arsenal Belgium supporters club. When we look at the fixture list at the start of the season we (the board) of our supporters club always take a look at where we could get as many tickets as possible. It is all nice to …
Read More “The trip, the catering, the ripped trousers, the grin…. a great day at the Emirates”
By Walter Broeckx We normally publish the match report within an hour of the conclusion of the game. However last Sunday, Walter and a number of other utterly dedicated fans from Belgium left their homes at 2am local time to be at the match – the match you’ll recall, which courtesy of Sky was suddenly …
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By Usama & Walter AFC BOURNEMOUTH vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 25 DATE: 7th February 2016 VENUE: Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Kevin Friend 1st LINESMAN: David Bryan 2nd LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 4th OFFICIAL: Neil Swarbrick First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. SOUTHAMPTON COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 24 DATE: 2nd February 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Lee Mason 1st LINESMAN: Andy Halliday 2nd LINESMAN: Matthew Wilkes 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …
By Walter Broeckx For the first time in more than 35 years I went to Brussels and to the Anderlecht stadium. An American politician called Brussels a place in hell a few weeks ago. I wouldn’t call it hell but it sure has some very depressing neighbourhoods and I seemed to pass through them the …
Read More “Uefa Youth League : Anderlecht – Arsenal 2-0, the match report”
By Walter Broeckx As you will know if you read Andrew’s post a little while ago, Arsenal are coming to town. Well not the real Arsenal of course but the youth version of Arsenal will come to Brussels to play Anderlecht in the knock out phase of the Uefa Youth League. Arsenal and Anderlecht played …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made on change in the starting line up for this match. Oxlade-Chamberlain started in the place of Campbell who dropped to the bench. In the centre of defence we still had the Gabriel-Koscielny partnership and Per found himself a place on the bench. Team at the start: Cech, Bellerin,Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, …
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By Walter Broeckx Oh how easy it is sitting the studio. Comfortable while looking at some big screens. Where you can look back at things. And use all kinds of nice graphic tricks to show what a complete fool or brilliant mind (depending on the situation) a player has been. Or even nicer…to show what …
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By Walter Broeckx Seven changes compared to the last match against Burnley in the FA cup. Cech back in goal and Bellerin and Monreal as the full backs. Koscielny and Gabriel continued in the centre of defence. In midfield we had Flamini, Ramsey and Özil. Up front Arsenal started with Campbell, Giroud and Alexis. Arsenal …
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By Walter Broeckx Rather a lot of changes in the starting line up for this FA cup match. The most important one was of course the fact that Mohamed Elneny made his debut for Arsenal. And also a first start since his injury in mid november for Francis Coquelin. For the rest we had Chambers …
