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 And so we have now had the first suggestion that we should get rid of Mr Arteta and bring in… Brendon Rodgers. That’s the media’s idea of course, I’ve no idea what other Arsenal fans think of it. Not something I’d like to see. But it goes on and on. We got …
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Today’s story from the Arsenal anniversary files is of Mark Randall, and man who in his early days appeared to be destined for great things (and Mr Wenger appeared to agree with that) but who could never settle at Arsenal, and indeed appears to have had difficulty settling anywhere else. And yet in his role …
by Andrew Crawshaw The quote in the title was from a Chelsea supporter to me in the Gents after the game and he wasn’t wrong. The trophy went to Chelsea following a 2 – 1 win in a game which saw Arsenal batter Chelsea for 80 minutes. The match as you would expect was …
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Untold Videos Our videos explore some of these issues in depth – do take a look By Tony Attwood In the modern blogging world, exploring the issue of cause and effect is sometimes known as moaning – and “moaning” of course is a pejorative word. No one likes a moaner. So what is a …
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Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos – do take a look By Tony Attwood “I hate how they ‘weaponise’ us against each other with lies… Stadiums are now more hateful for it.” Paul Ogden, a Manchester City fan, took a moment to write to Untold yesterday, and he made a point that …
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By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw, chief psychologist to the journalist community, at the University College Hospital of the North Circular Road. 1, Disgruntled fans is still a story “‘Are you serious?’ Some fans cannot believe what Arsenal are reportedly planning” That was HITC reporting the alleged return of Arsene Wenger. Of course what one …
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by Tony Attwood It is interesting to see The Athletic in a current article taking an interest in AFTV, and recognising (perhaps a little late in the day) that not everyone who claims to be an Arsenal supporter actually likes AFTV. But I do find it a little frustrating that articles like this are presented …
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By Tony Attwood So how did it all go so right? Arsenal Fans TV and its camp follower Piers Morgan have been making fun of Arsenal, its players and its loyal Arsenal supporters for years. Outrageously proclaiming on its web site that “AFTV is the No.1 Fan Channel on YouTube” it was set up with …
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By Tony Attwood “How useful is it to boo your own team?” is an article that appeared in the Guardian newspaper a few weeks after I started writing more specifically than in the past about the subject. Of course that doesn’t mean that they have picked up the idea from Untold – it could well …
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by Tony Attwood Prelude: If this article looks to be in a strange format, my apologies. We are trying to get rid of a bug in the system to ensure that Untold looks ok on all devices, and for the moment there appear to be problems throughout the site. I live in a country in …
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By Walter Broeckx As Untold Arsenal is a site that talks about football in general and not only about Arsenal I would like to talk about the cup final in Holland. And there are a few links with Arsenal in this. And with articles written on Untold in the last months. And the Hull – …
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By Tony Attwood According to reports Tom Adeyemi who plays for Oldham, on loan from Norwich City, was racially abused by one or more Liverpool fans at the Anfield ground last night. He gave a statement to Merseyside Police in which it is understood he claimed to have been racially abused twice by a supporter. …
Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————- Turning a Blind Eye Don McMahon FIFA,EUFA, Some officials and some Turkish fans are racists, at least based on what I saw happening to Eboue in a Galatasary match recently. The former Gunner was fouled and rolling on …
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—————————————– And yes, at last, Untold Arsenal has been quoted by Arsenal.com on their Media Watch with a link to the Jenkinson article. Billion congrats to Walter on another first. —————————————– Bored and Annoyed in Times of International Football By Gooneraside Yes, like many of you, I’m bored with this absence of real football. …
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Dear Tony I have been a reader of your blog for a long time now and if you have an elephant’s memory, you may remember having seen a comment or two from a person who calls himself ‘La Shiz’. That person happens to be me. Even though I don’t contribute to the comments of your …
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– MANNA FOR CONSPIRACY THEORISTS By Don McMahon I recently and most regrettably came upon an article in the FootballTalk website entitled; ¨ Arsène Wenger Is Disrespectful To The Fans ¨ basing itself on the ¨testimony¨ …
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal by Billy le chien I do like to keep the occasional eye on French football, particularly our loan player, ex-player and indeed the surrogate Man City that Paris St Germain has become. But of course now there …
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With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————————————– Blame 101 – Don’t let your ignorance interfere with your prejudice by Don McMahon This is a brief course for anyone who would like to join the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal but hasn’t quite got the hang of it yet. It is a quick course in how …
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Why Arsene @ Arsenal Aditya Tummala A Perspective from a relatively new football and Arsenal Supporter Firstly, let me start by stating that this is the first time I have written an article of any sort, so please excuse any mistakes and the amateur nature of this piece. I wanted to start of by stating …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Arsenal History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered …… Arsenal History Society By Tony Attwood On Tuesday 6th September Mike Dye was at Wembley to watch an international game. Following an incident which is now the subject of a police investigation he died. Terrible events like this cause …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Gooners versus goners Don McMahon Every true Arsenal fan or supporter is known as a Gooner. The origin of this nickname is claimed to lie in the adaptation of the term used for AFC’s players, the Gunners-referring to our artillery badge. However there are now a new group of Arsenal …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Phil Gregory With Cesc gone, Nasri uncertain and rumblings of discontent in the stands during the Newcastle game there’s plenty to be talking about in this article. So much in fact, that I planned on writing a whole separate piece on the aftermath of the Toon game until work …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx With the start of the new season we are once again facing a lot of problems. But we are not alone in this. But as we focus on Arsenal we don’t really bother the problems other clubs have. Because Cesc and Nasri are not the only ones …
Read More “To support or not to support, that is the question”
Ian’s piece brought a number of the employees of the Ministry of Disinformation onto our site. and I though I would look for a moment at how they are working, what their current message is, and most challenging who is employing them. In doing this I am returning to a couple of pieces posted by …
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By Walter Broeckx The picture painted by the English media of Arsenal being a club in total disaster and downfall is something that is not really recognisable in Europe. And certainly it isn’t in those parts where they don’t pay any attention to what the English gutter and phone hacking press are saying. Last Saturday …
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