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When Arsenal players are returning, and who they will be playing What Arsenal need to do to win the title By Tony Attwood and a calculator The way in which clubs act during any transfer window is generally very varied, some managing to get their transfer business done quickly, some always heading for …
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By Tony Attwood A story which has appeared in the New York Times, and many other publications is saying that a trusted adviser to the owner of Manchester City is a key person in discussions relating to the take over of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Now Manchester City is involved as …
Read More “Who is suing whom over the Newcastle / Saudi affair? Answer: everyone”
By Christophe Jost As I explained in my previous article on The Last Pandemic, the end of the pandemic was just the beginning of a new set of problems. Those who survived had a whole new set of issues to face. As different countries approach a stage in which the curve representing the number of …
Read More “Exactly how are we going to start football again?”
by Tony Attwood According to a report in the Guardian, the president of La Liga has announced that he is certain that Spanish League can be completed by 30 June. It is an issue of course because if it is not completed then the question arises of who gets the places in the next European …
Read More “New football competition sets Spain alight. England will follow.”
By Christophe Jost The virus’s effect on our daily lives is now visible and for the moment all we can do it simply hope people will find ways of avoiding catching it – by taking precautions and helping each other. Regarding the human dramas that have emerged and those yet to play out, football may …
Read More “Football is about to collapse totally. So what happens after that?”
By Tony Attwood Next season is due to start on Saturday 8 August. And according to the standard contracts operated by the Premier League and by the English Football League, players are entitled to “five weeks paid holiday to be taken at a time or times determined by the club – subject to the club’s …
Untold Videos Our videos explore some of these issues in depth – do take a look By Tony Attwood In the modern blogging world, exploring the issue of cause and effect is sometimes known as moaning – and “moaning” of course is a pejorative word. No one likes a moaner. So what is a …
Read More “The problems at Arsenal: Trying to resolve the cause and effect”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Never have I seen anything like it. Not once, not ever! Upon finishing my nap upon the Saturday afternoon I took what I expected to be a gentle motor across England green and pleasant rolling hills from Imperial Rutland to the megalopolis of Leicester that home of the working man. But …
Read More “The nation goes bonkers but no one can tell the difference”
By Tony Attwood Towards the end of last night’s match it started to rain. And I really mean rain. Rain so heavy and unremitting that one rarely sees in England. Yes it rains in England, but not rain that within minutes swamps your shoes which are designed for dodgy weather, makes your jeans weigh 20 …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Tony Attwood If you have a long memory, and take note of the occasional ramblings of mine on this site you might recall that I’ve written a few things about the Redknapp trial in …
Read More “Mr Redknapp: The Coincidence Man (and what those earlier Untold articles were all about)”
Don McMahon Being an Arsenaloholic Season after season, week after week, month after month, Cup after Cup, run-in after run-in I stay glued to the TV or computer alternately surmounted by euphoria or equally often pummeled into an abyss of despair. Where does this Gooner addiction come from and what are its consequences? Take right …
By Billy Le Dog Today is World Vampire Day, and in celebration, we note that the Emirates is the only stadium in the western spiral arm of the galaxy in which a goal scored with a shot from outside the penalty area this season. And thus, therefore and so we come to Our Jack’s 50th …
Read More “Dennis Bergkamp talks to Billy the Dog about Aston Villa and other cabbages”
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Ipswich vs Arsenal A preview by our man with a spot: Billy the Dog “The Gunners are firm favourites to progress to the Wembley showpiece after an impressive run through the competition so far.” I copied that from the Sky Sports web site. Gibberish isn’t it? …
Read More “Arsenal set to play their first off-shore match of the season”
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here A preview by Billy The Dog McGraw Birmingham is a diminutive village famed for being the lowest settlement in the United Kingdom at 170 feet below sea level. The location, home to elves, dwarves and other such creatures, was discovered by chance in 1874 when the …
Read More “i guess that’s why they call it the blues. (i believe i’ll dust my broom)”
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here In the day before Christmas each year, the worldwide staff at Untold Arsenal come home to the editorial hub and join with the local hacks and associates from the Toppled Bollard – famed drinking den run by Billy the Dog McGraw – for a fun day …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Dear Father Christmas, We think we have been good boys all season long and now we want to ask you if you could bring our friends and ourselves some nice Christmas presents. Of course we know you have already done so much for us this year. …
By Billy “The Dog” McGraw Watching Stoke City is rather like dancing the night with a girl with no rhythm Only to wake up with a hangover and find She won the dance competition. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher, Zen Tse Province, 537 BC It has been a matter of some debate among academics how Lao …
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By Billy the Dog McGraw. This weekend we shall see the new formation – at least that is my prediction. In a second and a half I shall give you the low-down and upside down on the Castle of Neu but first, look at this… Fabianski Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy Song, Wilshere Fabregas, Nasri Walcott, …
Read More “Arsenal 4-2-2-2 format takes on small kingdom from the northern outlands”
By Billy “The Dog” McGraw, (ably assisted once again by his nurse). —————- I speak, in my headline, of course, about the line up for the EPL game or “clash” as the media like to call it, Arsenal vs Western Pornography. I mean, what sort of shambles of a club gets into this situation? Two …
Read More “What a total bloody disaster, fiasco and utter cock-up”
By Billy “The Dog” McGraw, Professor of Post-Postprandial Philosophy, the University of Certain Things, Frinton on Sea. Arsenal travel this weekend to the Manchester Riviera for a game next to the sand dunes and beaches of the exotic ShipCanal on Sunday. It is a game of some significance for me, as I have been invited …
Feck! Girls! Arse nal! By Belfast Kiwi Ambrose is aptly named after his Patron Saint and is a bit of a character that drinks down at my local Irish bar, The Shuck and Shamrock, seemingly he lives there. There is more than a bit of Father Jack about him. Wild grey hair and fascinatingly long …
Back to the Future – Arsenal 201 By Paul Blythe As I stand here, piping hot coffee mug cupped in chilled hands staring out of the living room window through the distorting condensation, into the languidly lifting mists of the street beyond. I catch a glimpse of the lovely Christine, a woman of indeterminate age, …
Arsène’s huge down under By Bruce G’day all you whingeing Poms from the land Down Under, a paradise of amber nectar, aerial ping-pong and white pointers!! Just stumbled upon your site as I was googlin’ Arse, now don’t get yer knickers in a knot, it is strictly research for my own gratification like and I …
By Tony Attwood Good news on free tickets, good news on injuries, good news about women, good news about Carlos Vela. It is all Good, Good, Good, Good. Oh yes! First off, the two free tickets for club level this weekend. If you read my meanderings on a regular basis, then in between your need …
Read More “It’s good news day. Win 2 club level tickets for WBA; plus Gibbs is OK and Vela is freed”
By Billy the Dog McGraw This weekend Arsenal play away to Sunderland – the smallest village to have a team in the Premier League. Beer is 1/3 a pint. The Sunderland web site currently carries an article called “Behind Enemy Lines” which features an illustration of barbed wire in what appears to be a prisoner …
Read More “The Sunderland pitch is tilted and gives an unfair advantage”
