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Sometimes the things these footie journalists say are just so funny… For Arsenal we might say that so far this is looking rather good By Tony Attwood The headline from the BBC runs “Transfer deadline day 2025 – What can you learn from the Premier League’s biggest mistakes?” Although I think that’s a …
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Why are Arsenal’s London fixtures all bunched together this season? Sometimes the things these footie journalists say are just so funny… By Tony Attwood It can be said there are three stories in football. One of course is the clubs and their performance on the pitch, how they are doing in the …
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By Tony Attwood For Arsenal, we might say that so far this is looking rather good Eze defaced before arrival; the Arsenal team against Leedss One thing I have never seen analysed – and I certainly haven’t worked it out myself – is whether London clubs pick up more injuries than other …
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For Arsenal, we might say that so far this is looking rather good The issue of the referee who is against a specific club By Tony Attwood Try this comment below… “Arteta has the toughest defence in the Premier League, but his team have to become more assertive if they are to win …
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b y Tony Attwood The issue of the referee who is against a specific club Where has all the money gone? Now we know. It is being reported that Eze telephoned the Arsenal manager last week to ask about a potential move after he found himself getting a bit fed up with the way …
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Arsenal v Leeds. This referee does not like home wins. Arsenal v Leeds: how the two teams have been faring By Tony Attwood Even though he has not been announced as an Arsenal player, the Eberechi Eze mural painted this week in the tunnel just before the ramp up to the north bank …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Leeds: how the two teams have been faring The issue of the referee who is against a specific club In a statement after his latest disaster, Thomas Frank said he doesn’t want players at his little club who are not committed to the Tottenham “fantastic badge.” So he …
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Where has all the money gone? Now we know. Optimism to succeed: the way forward for Arsenal and its supporters By Tony Attwood Daniel Farke has promised his side will not “sell our DNA” to get the win, which I suppose is metaphorical, given that as far as I know, there …
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Sorry for the delay in posting today – profound technical problems with the internet this end. Where has all the money gone? Now we know. Optimism to succeed: the way forward for Arsenal and its supporters By Tony Attwood I would not normally dream of posting on here a blog or video …
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Optimism to succeed: the way forward for Arsenal and its supporters What can we tell from the first round of matches? By Tony Attwood We already knew that the transfer spending this summer was going to be an all-time record. This window is already showing a spend of two and a half billion …
The 61 players Arsenal are tipped to sign and the 18 men leaving So what did we learn from the opening game? By Anthony Hamaker I have mentioned in a previous article I have penned for Untold Arsenal (some years ago I might add), that I have been watching and following Arsenal …
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The 61 players Arsenal are tipped to sign and the 18 men leaving So what did we learn from the opening game? By Tony Attwood Following an earlier post, a little group of us were having a debate about what the very first match of the season could actually tell anyone about how whole …
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By Tony Attwood There is an article on FFC that has the headline, “Arsenal can help Gyokeres hit Haaland levels by signing £78m “superstar”. I meantion this as this is a story the webiste has previously covered as a transfer rumour, and it marks an interesting development – sites not just “reporting” a rumour, …
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Manchester United had better players than Arsenal, according to the newspaper 115 charges still outstanding as Arsenal prepare for Man United By Tony Attwood We learned for one thing that Max Dowman is not yet ready for the first team squad, but nonetheless is being told in no uncertain terms that he is vital …
Bias in the refereeing approach to cards, and the problem of shooing on sight By Tony Attwood Ignoring friendlies and charity community shield – yesterday was the latest start to an Arsenal league season since 2012 (that was a goalless draw with Sunderland on 18 August). And despite the impression you might have …
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The media headline that comes dangerously close to being praise for Arsenal Bias in the refereeing approach to cards, and the problem of shooing on sight 115 charges still outstanding as Arsenal prepare for Man United Man U v Arsenal. I hope the Arsenal players have all been warned By Tony Attwood Since being …
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Bias in the refereeing approach to cards, and the problem of shooing on sight 115 charges still outstanding as Arsenal prepare for Man United Man U v Arsenal. I hope the Arsenal players have all been warned By Tony Attwood Here’s an interesting media statement ahead of the season’s start for Arsenal If Man Utd …
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115 charges still outstanding as Arsenal prepare for Man United Man U v Arsenal. I hope the Arsenal players have all been warned Is there a regional bias over the way referees hand out cards? By Tony Attwood We have discovered over the years that there is a regional bias in the way referees …
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Man U v Arsenal. I hope the Arsenal players have all been warned Is there a regional bias over the way referees hand out cards? On the Arsenal History Society website: 100 Seasons in the top division part 5: slippling down the league 1921/2 By Tony Attwood And so the impossible has happened. …
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Pulibhed today by the Arsenal History Society 100 Seasons in the top division part 5: slipping down the league 1921/2 And on Untold Is there a regional bias over the way referees hand out cards? Six seasons of fouls and cards…. and possible referee bias These last two articles on Untold, noted above, gave …
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Details of the current and recent series are on the home page Six seasons of fouls and cards…. and possible referee bias By Mike Fowler So, in the previous article, we saw an apparent bias against Arsenal, where even in the season where they committed the fewest fouls they still picked up the second-highest …
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By Mike Fowler We all know that Arsenal get a lot of red cards. After all, the media do like to remind us on a regular basis and the taunts from other fans seem to reinforce this theory. Last season was a tad contentious with regards to some of those reds and started quite …
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Why do Arsenal get so many yellow cards for unspecified reasons? How Arsenal have solved the problem of coming second Tony Attwood It’s understandable that 10 per cent of Arsenal fans are more pessimistic heading into this season than last. Three successive second-place finishes can be draining, That was a comment made in …
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How Arsenal have solved the problem of coming second Voting on who will win the league: we can already guess the top three By Tony Attwood Last summer the Daily Telegraph did a set of projections for the forthcoming season, asking their football reporters (these days they call them their “football experts”) to predict …
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Voting on who will win the league: we can already guess the top three Arsenal start season at ManU where things look a bit strange By Tony Attwood “Creativity was a problem for Arsenal last season when their hopes of keeping up with Liverpool foundered on a chronic lack of ruthlessness, causing them to …
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