——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth ————————— By Phil Gregory Excellent work from Tony, Walter and other valued contributors have kept Untold ticking over during the barren wasteland that is the international break. Well them, and Sepp Blatter who said some very foolish things and rightly got taken to task by …
Read More “The Untold Preview (Or, How Many Times Can You Mention Arsenal.com Citing Untold?)”
By Tony Attwood There is, I think, a feeling about games, and I got the same feeling no less than four times before saturday’s match even started. …Talking in the car on the way down with Drew, a lecturer in history at my local university whose period of interest almost overlaps with my knockabout approach …
Read More “When you are proven wrong you can apologise, shut up or talk about something else”
“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Walter Broeckx This weekend we have been playing our 11th game in the EPL of the current season. We now have another international break and so again we face some 14 days in fear of losing some …
Read More “Things can change and they did (game by game we’re actually doing better than last season)”
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Tony Attwood Thus we are progressing nicely through our 14th consecutive year in the Champions League. 14 years of ending in the top 4 in English football in order to qualify – something that has …
Read More “What’s it like to feel so negative all the time?”
Arsenal versus Marseilles has come around, and with it the opportunity to pretty much tie up our Champions League qualification with a victory. Coming top is key in order to increase the likelihood of an easier game in the next round, but many have suggested Wenger may rotate somewhat. The obvious candidate for a breather …
Read More “Arsenal versus Marseilles preview: Qualification beckons”
—————————————– With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything —————————————– By Walter Broeckx How many times in the past 6 years (an obviously random generated number) have we played a great game in a top game only to end up with empty hands at the …
Read More “I like my fighting Gunners; Chel$ea 3 the amazing Arsenal 5”
By Tony Attwood If you have been following us this past week you will know that the various sites we run have been going up and down like the proverbial. So, I won’t take too long writing this, in case we lose service again, but here’s the quickie from last night. If you want to …
Read More “Arsenal/Bolton; a quick review while the site is up!”
By Tony Attwood Of course one doesn’t like to boast, and I am well aware that quoting oneself is a sign of a thoroughly deluded mind. But nevertheless, if I may quote from yesterday’s preview. “I thought Koscielny played well on Sunday, and when Vermaelen returns we will have three centre backs in good form …
Read More “Marseille 2 Arsenal 5; match report”
—————————————– The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything —————————————– With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————————————– By Tony Attwood Ah, Marseille, the darkest of dark forces. One of the clubs that helped give rise to the legend that match fixing happens in funny foreign places but not in dear old …
Read More “The Dark Forces v Arsenal: a preview of Marseille”
———————– The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything ———————– By Phil Gregory After what seems like an age, our beloved Arsenal are back after the international break. Sunderland are of course the side facing us at the Emirates and are a side who have started the season poorly after throwing a lot of …
Read More “Arsenal vs. Sunderland : a look at the gallery of rogues Steve Bruce has thrown together this year”
By Tony Attwood Three wins and a draw in Europe to kick off the season – is that our best start? Actually it isn’t, but I just wanted to make the point about how silly all the knocking stuff is. Before Wenger there was no regular European service at Highbury – under Rioch we made …
Read More “Is this Arsenal’s best start of the season ever?”
By Tony Attwood Theo is injured, Gervinho is injured, Koscielny is injured, plus all the others you know about, like Sébastien Squillaci, Jack Wilshere, Abou Diaby, Yossi Benayoun, Thomas Vermaelen, and Johan Djourou. So who have we got left? Goal – no problems Central defence: Alex Song plus Per Mertesacker with Ignasi Miquel in reserve. …
Read More “Arsenal v Olympiaks; everyone’s injured, and the Greek players are on strike like everyone else”
This weekend brings Bolton down to the Emirates stadium, and with the second string returning to winning ways, it’d be great if the first team could follow suit. Bolton are a strange side, with a lot of positivity surrounding Owen Coyle’s management that isn’t really borne out by the results. They came in at 14th …
Read More “Arsenal versus Bolton – Untold preview time”
By Phil Gregory So, how do you write an article following up on that then? Clearly those were a three points that we should’ve been taking home, especially after a generally excellent first half performance. I’m not going to dissect the game as frankly, you can read that on any Arsenal blog and having been …
Read More “Post match reaction from the stands, and even a word about the food”
By Phil Gregory I’ve always liked Blackburn away, mainly because I can get tickets. That aside, being a Northern-based Gooner I’ve a few of friends who are Blackburn fans, so I suppose there’s more riding on this game for me than just the three points being contested. A few years ago, when some members of …
Read More “I’m off to Blackburn, so here’s the preview before I go”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Arsenal History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered …… Arsenal History Society By Billy The Dog McGraw Some articles write themselves. You know how it is, you take a swing of the 1947 vintage you have been keeping for the weekend, and the next thing you know the whole …
Read More “Blackburn vs Arsenal: The sad tale of Fat Sam and a chicken”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Arsenal History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered —————————————– By Walter Broeckx Now I have been talking about the catering and how we got treated in Dortmund by the fans and how it felt to be there. So maybe I should also talk on how the game felt from …
Read More “A view on the game from the stands – Dortmund/Arsenal”
By Billy the Dog McGraw. Borussia as you will know, being educated fellows and not like those hearty roughs from down the Seven Sisters Road, is Latin. It means Prussia, which is the ancient state which came out of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. These things are important, and not what you get on your ordinary …
Read More “Tonight’s team, cocaine, the most unpopular man in Borussia, and a priest down the pub”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Billy the Dog McGraw The last time I saw Swansea play Arsenal I seem to remember that the ground was overlooked by a prison, and that those spending time at the pleasure of Her Majesty would lean out between the bars and shout abuse at us alien visitors from …
Read More “Arsenal v Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe: history, who plays, drink prices…”
By Phil Gregory You know the negativity surrounding Arsenal is getting a little silly when your Everton-supporting boss bets you £10 that they will finish above Arsenal this season. Now, I know we’ve lost a few players this summer, but for a club who’s only summer signing is a contract extension for Phil Neville, well… …
Read More “Arsenal at Old Trafford – the Untold Preview”
By Tony Attwood There is a saying, “If you think you are beaten, you are”. And certainly for many Arsenal bloggers that is true. Fortunately it is never true for Mr Wenger, a man who never knows when he is beaten, and who is therefore our most successful manager in 125 years of history. For …
Read More “The problem with many Arsenal bloggers is they don’t have a winning mentality”
By Phil Gregory After Nasri’s recent departure, Arsenal travel away to Udinese for a hugely crucial tie. The Italian side took some –myself included – by surprise in the first leg, but there’ll be no risk of them being underestimated this evening. The Liverpool result wasn’t the best preparation for this tie, but positives can …
Read More “Arsenal travel to Udinese: the Untold preview”
by Arvind I somehow missed the time of the game and tuned into it 15 minutes late only to see Koscielny hobble off with a terrible looking injury. Hope its good news. We lost the game though with a desperately unlucky goal, I thought. Not counting the second goal as that was always coming 1-0 …
Read More “Arsenal Liverpool. The story for the defence”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Phil Gregory After a controversial opening-day draw with Newcastle, Liverpool travel to the Emirates with a squad laden with fairly pricey recent signings. That stands them apart from Arsenal FC, with our biggest outlay being Gervinho at around £10m. As Wenger argues however, the question is not money of …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool: the Untold Preview”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx Lucky the Arsenal – Udinese game was shown live on our sports channel. Because otherwise I would have thought that we would have been out of it already. Of course it would have been better if we would have won with a comfortable 5-0 or so. Yeah …
Read More “Fighting against the odds, the Arsenal way.”
