Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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By Danny Karbassiyoon I’ve had a bit of a crazy past couple of weeks. With the book finally launching, I’ve been on an endless run of podcasts and have spoken to a good number of journalists about the story, my time as a player, and of course my time as a scout. The AISA event this …
By Sir Hardly Anyone . According to the newspapers and the bloggettas, the transfer window is full steam ahead, while the wheels that have come off the bus are going round and round. Or something like that. When it comes to transfers it is rarely a piece of cake.However amidst the inevitable turmoil of rumour …
Read More “Arsenal’s good name secures first transfer but two top stars may have had enough”
By Tony Attwood A recent article by Harry Pearson in When Saturday Comes came with the headline “If you think referees can ‘ruin’ matches, perhaps you’re not watching them right”. Much of the article isn’t about referees or refereeing as such but towards the end it does get there, and asks, “Why everybody in English professional …
Read More “When Saturday Comes the enquiry line is switched off.”
By Tony Attwood I didn’t intend to cover the end of the court case relating to the Hillsborough tragedy on Untold, not out of any lack of compassion or respect but rather because I couldn’t think of anything to say that hadn’t been said a thousand times, and said much better, by others. But then …
Read More “What the papers don’t want to say, what they can’t bring themselves to admit”
By Tony Attwood Last week I was doing some research on an Arsenal player from the 19th century – Stanley Briggs. It turned out he was an amateur player who played for Tottenham, then for Woolwich Arsenal in the League, then for Tottenham. Several Tottenham web sites mention the player and speak of him as …
Read More “Be like Chelsea only more so? Is that what the lynch mob want?”
By Tony Attwood Last night, in a most magnificent setting by London Bridge, overlooking the Thames, ex-Arsenal player, Arsenal scout and Untold columnist Danny Karbassiyoon spoke to members of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association about his life in football – from being a wonderkid with the Gunners to making a faux pas at Burnley by mentioning …
Read More “Why don’t clubs take care of their prize assets?”
By Tony Attwood I got interested in how the media works way back in my late teenage years when I started playing with various rhythm and blues bands. Rather obviously (since my name is not known in musical circles) my attempt to make the big time (or come to that even the little time) failed …
Read More “The endless assault on Arsenal. Now it is started I doubt it will ever end.”
By Tony Attwood You’ll recall that Dinamo Zagreb’s Arijan Ademi failed a drug test after playing in the team that beat Arsenal in the Champions League group stage. Despite the fact that he played the full game nothing was done to the club that employs him and nothing was done about the result. Dinamo …
Read More “Arijan Ademi got four years ban for failing a drugs test. So what will Sakho get?”
By Walter Broeckx No changes in the starting line up from Arsenal but one change on the bench. The return of Jack Wilshere on the bench for the first time this season after his injury sustained in August on the training ground. Arsenal team: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Elneny, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil,Alexis, Giroud On …
Read More “Sunderland – Arsenal 0-0 scoring boots stayed in London”
By Bulldog Drummond . Well now it seems like only Thursday when we were playing a game and here we are once more. 12 goals in our last five games, three wins and two draws – not so bad overall. . Sunderland’s home record is not that magnifico – in fact in the tables helpfully …
Read More “Sunderland v Arsenal, the teams, what will happen and other stuff.”
By Tony Attwood It was last month that the Guardian ran its article “Why are Premier League referees silenced – even into their retirement?” – an article which picked up on a lot of the work by Untold and by Referee Decisions, although they didn’t credit either site. What would the rest of the media …
Sunderland v Arsenal Sunday 24 April 2016 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw No new referee reviews since the last preview so Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 44 Red Cards 2 16 Penalties 3 29 Goals 1 11 Total 7 100 Possible Cost in Points …
OH GOD FORGIVE ME WHEN I WHINE………….Don McMahon Recently I came across a poem, whose provenance I could not trace, but which, for me summed up the aaa’s perfidy and those plastic fanboys who sport homemade banners, tear up their season tickets and in general make fools of themselves when they whine about the Arsenal, …
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers know that we have a table of shame in which we compare wrong decisions from referees going in favour of Arsenal and going against Arsenal. Below a repeat of the latest standing in this table. Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 44 …
By Tony Attwood Before the match four writers of Untold gathered in the Swimmer for a pre-game chit-chat and the occasional noggin. (Tim joining regulars Blacksheep, Andrew and myself). We were, I think it is fair to say, in lively, positive mood, despite the awful car crash, the aftermath of which Blacksheep and I had witnessed …
By Walter Broeckx We had 3 changes from the team that started against Crystal Palace. Per Mertesacker came back in the team in the place of Gabriel. In midfield we had Ramsey and Coquelin dropping to the bench and upfront we had Giroud and Welbeck also found a place on the bench. Starting team: Cech, …
By Bulldog Drummond. Arsène Wenger stands firm but Arsenal are standing still and close to meltdown shouts the Guardian and of course alongside it is another very tatty banner held up by a very tatty supporter, or at least he would be if we could see him. So since the press won’t ever acknowledge that some of …
Read More “The media don’t recognise there is an Arsenal game tonight. Fortunately we do.”
By Zuruvi The season is coming to an end and it is time for some introspection and reflection. Why didn’t Arsenal win this league title or any trophy this year? Wasn’t this league title there for the taking? Will the present squad provide us the fans with confidence that we will do better next season …
by Andrew Crawshaw Following the review of the West Ham Game here is the updated Table of Shame and yes the wrong Important Decisions against Arsenal have now reached 100 and the cost in points is 27 Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 44 Red Cards 2 …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone It is extraordinary to think that no one has ever put together a cumulative list of players who, according to the bloggettas and their chums in the rapidly declining newspapers, have signed for Arsenal this summer – or at least are very close to doing so. [Incidentally, before going on, vis …
Read More “The 29 players signed by and linked to Arsenal 10 weeks before the transfer window!”
WEST HAM UNITED vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 32 DATE: 9th April 2016 VENUE: Boleyn Ground (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Craig Pawson 1st LINESMAN: Lee Betts 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 03:08 …
Read More “REF REVIEW WEST HAM – ARSENAL: A new entry in the table of shame”
This is the third in our occasional series about the next manager at Arsenal. The first two articles were… The task facing the next manager, what he has to achieve, and how can he do it? The task facing the next manager: tactics, referees and candidates review Now we move on to Group 2 of our …
By Walter Broeckx As I had a board meeting with my fellow members from the Arsenal Belgium supporters club I wasn’t close to a computer during and after the match. So not the usual match report this time. More a combination of the match and some after thoughts. Arsenal started with the same outfield players …
Read More “Arsenal – Crystal Palace: 1-1 : A come back from catenaccio”
By Blacksheep If you live and work in Britain (and much of the English speaking world in fact) then you will probably know recognise Thursday as the 4th day of the week. It comes after Wednesday and before Friday. I associate several things with Thursday: it is my heaviest teaching day during term time, it is …
Read More “The importance of Thursdays (and not playing football on them)”
by Andrew Crawshaw WEMBERLEE, WEMBERLEE – WE’RE THE FAMOUS ARSENAL AND WE’RE GOING TO WEMBERLEE was the cry ringing out at Borehamwood just a few minutes before the men kicked off at the Emirates. It hadn’t looked that way an hour and a quarter earlier when Arsenal had Emma Byrne sent off for a second …
Read More “FA Ladies Cup Semi-final report Arsenal v Sunderland”
