Is a new Arsenal club being born? Actually, probably not.

By Tony Attwood If you create a magazine which boasts that it is the “New Home of Football Writing” then all it needs to be is a little bit better than the football journalism that exists elsewhere.  Which you might well think is not that difficult, given the lunatic inaccuracies that we see and hear …

Destroying the game: how the stand off between Sky and fans over fixture changes can be resolved

By Tony Attwood I am as appalled as anyone over the way Sky has had the power to change the timing of the Leicester game, not least because I know how much difficulty this has meant for Walter and the members of Arsenal Belgium.  And not just because I count these guys as my friends, …

Something rather strange on the far side of football

How a billionaire involved in third party ownership, is working with ex Man U players to build up another Manchester team By Tony Attwood Even though I do have a feeling for several teams in the lower leagues (Torquay United, Guernsey and Poole Town to be precise) quite what happens in league football below Conference …

The Vanarama Conference rule changes but the flare problem grows

By Tony Attwood If you’ve been reading Untold for a while you might have noted that part of our philosophy is that although we are Arsenal fans, we should all support grassroots football in our area. Thus although Drew and I are season ticket holders at the Ems, we also pop off and see other …

The grassroots of football needs supporting. Is the minister waking up?

By Tony Attwood In the past week we have learned that the FA, when running England’s bid for the world cup, laid on a banquet.  The cost of the dinner was around £35,000.   This was part of the £25m that the FA spent on the bid, which ultimately got two votes – one of …

Lower league football: Untold goes worldwide

By Walter Broeckx Regular readers know that whenever there is no Arsenal match Tony and Drew try to visit a lower league ground and have a look at football over there. This time Untold is treating you with a novelty again. A look at lower league football …on the continent. So here we have it …

Purple Army triumphant in the Trophy!

Untold Non-League: Daventry Town FC 3-2 Ramsgate FC Attendance 215 (including Untold’s intrepid reporter!) Communication Park, home of DTFC Once again no ‘proper’ football only pointless internationals (and them not at weekends) meant that I decided to look around to see what was on offer at my local football grounds. I hit upon Daventry Town …