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Arsenal’s MP re-elected, Leicester’s odd appeal, goal-keeper signs When it comes to football where do Arsenal go now? During the course of the season, we have often taken it upon ourselves to publish league tables based on the last six and ten games of the season, in order to gauge more accurately how …
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When it comes to football where do Arsenal go now? Which clubs are getting money from the Euros – and the last 100 games First I want to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn for being re-elected as the MP for Arsenal’s constituency, Islington North. Standing as an Independent he gained over 24,000 votes, compared to …
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By Tony Attwood Which clubs are getting money from the Euros – and the last 100 games So far this is a transfer window unlike any other. We have often raised the point that much of what is written in newspapers and on the internet about football is untrue. The most obvious example …
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So far this is a transfer window unlike any other. Arsenal sign top Spanish player as they commit to more women’s games at home By Tony Attwood “Chelsea set to land transfer windfall amid £119m payment.” That line on Football London was repeated on the site and copied elsewhere, and undoubtedly brought in …
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Arsenal sign top Spanish player as they commit to more women’s games at home The media are the enemies of journalism – and youngsters are there to balance the books By Sir Hardly Anyone As we know, thus far the transfer window has been more like a one way mirror for Arsenal with no …
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The media are the enemies of journalism – and youngsters are there to balance the books FFP 2025/26 looks like a fantastic deal of Man C. So why are they fighting? By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s policy of playing more and more women’s matches at Arsenal stadium rather than at Boreham Wood’s ground (capacity …
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FFP 2025/26 looks like a fantastic deal of Man C. So why are they fighting? This is when football starts to change part 3: we know who wins before it starts By Tony Attwood There has been a general decline in trust in journalists and journalism in the UK for many years, and this …
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This is when football starts to change part 3: we know who wins before it starts Football transfers: who is really leaving, and how does it really work? The new Premier League agreement which has just been announced, and which will run from 2025/26 limits the clubs that are competing in Europe (irrespective …
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This is when football starts to change, part 1: exit Barcelona This is when football starts to change 2: the Man C case The aim of the Premier League enquiries into the transfer antics of clubs like Manchester City, Everton, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, is to try and enforce the rules that aim …
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This is when foortball starts to change 2: the Man C case Arsenal dancing as the media kicks England instead By Sir Hardly Anyone We now have 59 players tipped by the all-knowing media as being close to coming to Arsenal and 22 who are leaving. Most summers the number of players who …
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By Tony Attwood This is when football starts to change, part 1: exit Barcelona Football finances really are in trouble The BBC recently compiled a chart adding together the matchday, commercial and broadcast revenue of clubs as shown in their 2023 financial reports. Manchester City were of course top, followed by Manchester United, …
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This article first appeared earlier today on the Arsenal History Society site, while Untold Arsenal was down following a technical fault. We’re now fully back and operational. This is when football starts to change, part 1: exit Barcelona Football finances really are in trouble Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s …
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Football finances really are in trouble Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s the Premier League’s new game By Tony Attwood The opening of the story is one that you probably won’t read about anywhere in the UK media, but it is a story which is gathering a certain amount of interest …
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Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s the Premier League’s new game England should compensate season ticket holders when a player is injured in the World Cup Premier League football clubs have two ways of making money (three ways if you include the Manchester City approach, but they truly are outliers …
England should compensate season ticket holders when a player is injured in the World Cup Copa América: Martinelli plays. Football’s finances: who knows? By Tony Attwood Quite why Premier League clubs are getting into a frenzy of selling and buying young players has become clear at last. If Arsenal sell a player for £20m …
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Copa América: Martinelli plays. Football’s finances: who knows? Why the media won’t raise the issue of just how different each referee’s performance is. By Tony Attwood Everyone is entitled to an opinion – that is obvious. It is after all the essence of democracy, and despite everything still seems to me to be the …
Why the media won’t raise the issue of just how different each referee’s performance is. Hacker offers documents in Man City case suggesting criminal activity By Tony Attwood “Punchless Brazil held to goalless draw by Costa Rica” is the headline in the Guardian Gabriel Martinelli came on as a sub but did not …
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Hacker offers documents in Man City case suggesting criminal activity Wrexham sign Arsenal goalkeeper as Arsenal do the decent thing Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? By Tony Attwood One of the problems with football reporting in my view is that the various issues afflicting football issues are …
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Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? The Euros: how are the media doing so far? By Tony Attwood Football is of course a world that lives on rumours. In the summer the media is generally full of little other than international tournaments and transfer rumours – the latter being …
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Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? The Euros: how are the media doing so far? By Tony Attwood We’re told that Arsenal have sold Arthur Okonkwo to Wrexham, after he has had a one season loan at the club for the last campaign. He has taken a contract that …
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The Euros: how are the media doing so far? The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players By Buylldog Drummond “Can 11 Englishmen be on the same pitch without looking confused?” That question was posed by the Guardian A similar question could be posed along the lines …
Recent posts Arsenal players at the Copa America The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players What does Arsenal have to do to improve this season? When it comes to international football the English media have a bit of a problem. For through the normal football season they are …
A list of recent posts can be found on the home page. But here are the latest transfers articles we have published… The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players What does Arsenal have to do to improve this season? Who has spent the most in recent years …
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By Tony Attwood As you may well have noticed we have been absent for a while during an upgrade of the inner workings of the site. Obviously not something I wanted to happen, but we are now back, and hopefully will be returning to our regular regime of postings. I can see we …
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