How does stress affect sports performance?

It is not something that we read about very often but the issue of stress is one that is at the heart of playing football at a professional level.   Just as actors, musicians, TV presenters and others may or may not feel nerves upon getting up on the stage or in front of the cameras, …

What is unacceptable comment on this blog and in the ground? Come to that, what is racism?

Untold Arsenal is now on twitter at UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood It is being reported in the UK this morning that last night on a TV programme  an MP was speaking about a new 50 year defence treaty signed by France and the UK.  Defending the decision to sign the treaty the MP said that …

Football: law suits, player revolt, useless medics, pathetic Uefa, bankruptcy, and “not that kind of manager”

by Tony Attwood Sometimes it is hard to recognise all this stuff as football.   There’s so much off the pitch, that there hardly seems any room for the old ball kicking thing. Just consider some of the stuff doing the rounds… Arsenal: injuries, injuries, but a few returnees.  A tunnel with light in it for …