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 Tony Attwood Vicki Hodges in the Telegraph yesterday wrote “Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis accused Uefa of “protecting” Barcelona after their Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat at the Nou Camp and even questioned what it would take for a referee “to send one of them off”.” “Barcelona are protected. When you play against …
What is Wenger saying to us? By Tim Charlesworth It is always wise to take the words of football managers with a pinch of salt. When they talk to the press, they know that players and opponents are listening to what they say. Passing on accurate information may not be their top priority. I always …
Read More “What is Wenger saying to us through his team selections?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Continuing the week by week guide to fortune telling which exists in order to give economics forecasting a good name. First off its The Guardian, and this is so good they needed two writers for it: David Hytner and Fabrizio Romano. Welcome guys. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a summer transfer target for Arsenal. …
Read More “Arsenal announce first transfer of the summer window, and it still only just spring!”
INTRO . Nearly every other day either a new and juicy scandal breaks or some allegedly well kept secret is revealed . How does this impact Untold Arsenal ? Well , UA and its inner core of reporters /investigators have been exposing the wrong doings going on in football for years . . As its …
Read More “The Brickfields Gunners Blog – Fantasy Football Series Part 1 .”
EVERTON vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 30 DATE: 19th March 2016 VENUE: Goodison Park (Liverpool, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Simon Beck 2nd LINESMAN: Richard West 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 07:36 ??? (Arsenal) …
Read More “Ref Review: Everton – Arsenal, more of the terrible the same….”
by Tony Attwood It has become fashionable to knock Arsenal in general terms – with occasional reference to the fact that the club is not making progress. We’re not buying the right players. Wenger won’t spend. Every player who goes to Chelsea, Man C, Man U, Tottenham, and God help us even Liverpool! is …
By Walter Broeckx The Prelude As you may have read I went to the match with our supporters club from Belgium. A disastrous trip that resulted is us being late and missing a part of the match. Since then I have been writing angry letters to the bus company and wait for their reaction. But …
Read More “Arsenal – Watford : 4-0 the match report as late as the bus…”
by Andrew Crawshaw An Arsenal U17 team took part in an international club competition in Holland this past week playing against the likes of Anderlecht and Barcelona to win the ABN AMRO Future Cup in dramatic fashion via two penalty shootouts. The squad was a mixture of players from the U18, U16 and U15 teams. …
Read More “ABN AMRO Future Cup Report and FA Cup Semi-Final preview”
Online betting on games like football and other games now a days is very huge and worth of millions or billions in the online industry. When it comes to get the betting odds in your mind it would be so hard to invest in any sport. In past few years fast access to the …
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By Tony Attwood Over the past couple of days I’ve been working on an article about Leicester City and whether there is any link between the club and suspected match fixing. And then bang – out of the blue comes another set of scandalous financial revelations, and wouldn’t you know it, football seems implicated …
Read More “Football and the Panama Papers; you’ll never guess who’s in the mire (actually you will)”
By Tony Attwood President Barack Obama recently stated,“The appetite for information and data flowing through the internet is voracious”, yet “we’ve seen newsrooms closed. The bottom line has shrunk. The news cycle has as well.” He said that this resulted in pressure, “to fill the void and feed the beast with instant commentary and Twitter …
by Andrew Crawshaw One item of Ladies News, England international forward Jodie Taylor has joined the club from American side Portland Thorns. She played a major part in the England World Cup success in 2015 scoring the opening goal against Canada which ensured our first ever semi-final appearance. The Ladies season continues apace this coming …
Read More “Women’s FA Cup Quarter Final Arsenal v Notts County Sunday 3 May 2016 – Preview”
By Walter Broeckx Finally back to football. After our good match at Goodison Park where we rather comfortably won 0-2 we have been deprived of real football for some 14 days. The international break didn’t cause any casualties so far as we know so we can hope that all the players are back and in …
Read More “On our way to London; the 24 hours round trip to see a home match.”
By Tony Attwood Thank goodness – the interlull is just on over. And what a ghastly interlull it has been. Daily attacks on Arsenal by the media, the most appalling news on the terrorist front, and my super whizzo car has gone plonk and will not function at more than 20mph (30mph going downhill). So …
Read More “The rampage against reality and why having a nice stadium matters”
By Tony Attwood According to Wikipedia G Neville is one of the most decorated English and European footballers of all time, having won a total of 20 trophies, including eight Premier League titles and two Champions League titles. After retiring as a player he went into the world of the pundit with Sky Sports and …
Read More “Gary Neville’s experience should teach everyone lessons but of course it won’t.”
By Tony Attwood Some chanting in football grounds is appalling, but with concerted effort it can be stopped. And indeed over the years Arsenal have made that concerted effort to get rid of certain chants at home games. My perception from afar is that Liverpool and Man U have made less effort, Man U notoriously …
Read More “What is illicit chanting? Uefa in its eternal muddle.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone. Here they are, and just to be helpful I’ve numbered them 1 to 10! 1: Granit Xhaka! This is in Soccerlens and quite a few other places. Granit Xhaka set to join Arsenal from Borussia Monchengladbach. You have heard it before, but you can’t blame me for that. Besides there’s only …
Read More “The Ten Biggest Arsenal Transfer Stories of the Day complete with exclamation marks.”
. By Tony Attwood As you will know if you are with us regularly, ex-Arsenal player and Arsenal scout Danny Karbassiyoon has written a series of articles for Untold (there is an index back to them in Danny’s last piece for us in which Danny answered questions posed by Untold readers.) And you’ll also know (if …
By Tony Attwood A little while back I wrote a piece about the contractual details involving the transfer of Bale to Real Mad from Tottenham. The information provided suggested that there were some very very dodgy dealings involved in this transfer, which, if the European Commission does its job, could come back to slap …
By Tony Attwood You might recall that I have pointed out one or two errors in the way football has been reported by the media over time: such as the long-term story that Arsenal had more injuries than anyone else, and it was all Mr Wenger’s fault. Or the earlier “fact” that Arsenal got more …
Read More “How Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City became lazy. Or did they?”
By Usama & Walter TOTTENHAM vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 29 DATE: 5th March 2016 VENUE: White Hart Lane (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Michael Oliver 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 & …
Read More “Ref Review: Tottenham – Arsenal : not the consistency we are asking for”
By Tony Attwood Go back a few years and no newspaper would have published an article on referees other than to say what fine fellows they were and how foolish football fans are to barrack them. Over the years Untold has tried to change that, particularly by focussing on the highly secretive organisation that runs …
Read More “PGMO will fall: all it needs is for one decent journalist to stand up to them”
by Danny Karbassiyoon As a kid, I’d always dreamed of being a pro. Growing up in the States during the 80’s and 90’s meant there was never going to be that much footy on television, but the few games (mostly Manchester United and Real Madrid) and Premiership highlight shows they did broadcast, were always guaranteed …
Read More “What is it like to get a call from Arsenal to ask you to come for a trial?”
By Tony Attwood The point that I have been trying to make in my articles on Untold of late is that we are all being fed a conception of football which is simplified to such a degree that it becomes removed from reality. Football as a game is complex with so many combinations of possible …
By Tony Attwood As you may have read Thierry Henry has been working his way towards completing his Uefa A licence, and having that means he can manage professional clubs below the top league level, and can manage a top flight team at academy level. There is one more licence to be had before he …
