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 Walter Broeckx At the end of last season we had some people who claimed that the stadium would be empty this season. Our regular readers will remember that they claimed that the season ticket holders had been voting Wenger out and would not renew. Later Tony showed that there was no such thing at …
Read More “Despite earlier predictions to the contrary, Arsenal support is growing and growing”
By Tony Attwood Arsenal Independent Supporters Association (AISA) has announced that at its AGM the guest speaker will be Alex Phillips, UEFA’s head of the Executive Office. I’ll give the detail of what the Executive Office is, in a moment, but without even going into that, it is a great coup for AISA to get …
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By Terence McGovern. It seems recently that the internet world involving Arsenal has descended into madness. We are inundated with reactionary pieces spawned by sensationalised and generally unfounded rumour. It is enough to drive even the most staunch supporter insane. The ridiculous part of the problem though is that Arsenal supporters, for the most part, …
By Ronnie Browne Let me start by saying that I think Le Grove is probably the best formatted blog of it’s type there is, there are posts everyday and it’s clear and easy to view and contribute to the comments section. I have been a reader for a long time, mainly because I like reading …
By Walter Broeckx from Arsenal Worldwide The Arsenal Worldwide project off and running. I mentioned last week the Arsenal Worldwide project has started, and now we really are moving. It took us some time to get started, and like all new starting things it takes some time before you really get an audience. If people …
By Walter Broeckx The beautiful (I still haven’t found the right words to praise it) article from Paul Fowler about good supporters had made me think a bit. Forgiving is indeed maybe a big part of what we as good supporters should be able to do. A good supporter can forgive a striker to have …
Read More “Forgive? Yes. But with supporters there is still a limit”
Good Supporters? By Paul Fowler A few months ago I made a conscious decision never ever to post any opinions on football blogs again. Being a fervent gooner, and apparently currently undergoing the phenomenon that is trophy-cold-turkey – which if you believe the press, is a football condition only experienced by Arsenal fans – I …
By Walter Broeckx A few months ago we mentioned on Untold Arsenal that I was working on a project called Arsenal Worldwide and which was a site set up by Arsenal fans from outside the UK. What started as an idea brought to me by Armin Medic of the Arsenal Bosnian supporters club has finally …
Read More “What it’s like following Arsenal from abroad. Arsenal Worldwide, finally online”
By Bogus Cheese My dears! My dears! What a moment, what a day! Welcome welcome! Camembert to you all. One of the many tricks of the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal web sites is to make endless criticisms while making few predictions. However several of the old “Wenger is an alien, turf him out now” sites did, through …
Read More “The Anti-Arsenal Arsenal face their biggest test yet”
By Walter Broeckx If you ask me what is the most depressing on being an Arsenal fan I should have to have a deep thought before answering. The reason is simple: I don’t find many things depressing when it comes to Arsenal. Would it be the fact that we haven’t won anything in 5 years? …
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By Walter Broeckx What a great day this was. When I came home from work and went on the internet and saw the Arsenal website I read some great news. It said over there that from this season on I am going to be a Clockender. Ever since we come over with the Arsenal Benelux …
By Thiru I have been in this country since 2001 and in common with anyone coming from India as I did during that time, I arrived having had limited exposure to football. I was more or less used to names like Man Utd, Madrid so on and so forth but not many outside that group. …
Read More “When you move to a new country, how do you pick a football team?”
By Andre Kirby and Tony Attwood Andre wrote to Untold thus… I first came across Untold Arsenal in January and I have become a regular reader ever since. All the blogs are well written and well reserched, which I like. Because of this I am requesting that you write an Anti-Vuvuzela piece, as I have …
Great Expectations – Why are you an Arsenal Fan? Guo Sheng Lee I’ve been putting off writing this piece for quite a while now, as work has limited the time I have to write for Untold. However, after reading the piece on Le Grove and actually visiting the blog for the first time, I felt …
Read More “It’s time to ask the doubters… Why are you an Arsenal Fan?”
By Terence McGovern BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW When I first thought of writing this article. it occurred to me that dozens of others would be doing the same and I decided to leave them to it. Days and weeks passed and not one scrap appeared on the subject matter. At that point I felt …
Read More “Better the Devil you know, than the owner you don’t.”
The Rise of the Catastrophist – finally explained If you came today to most Arsenal blogs for the first time, you would be excused from believing that doom and gloom is everywhere. In the last couple of days there has been talk of “mass protests” at the Emirates Cup games, defection of half the squad, …
Read More “How four guys with personality disorders created the doom and gloom movement”
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Check out the latest Arsenal V Fulham premiership betting odds for the Gunners’ final game of the season ——————————————– By Phil Gregory I was at the Blackburn game on Saturday, took my girlfriend to her first game on a bit of a whim after hearing on Saturday that tickets were available on the day of …
———————– This week’s special activity: Go to your local public library this week and ask them to order a copy of “Making the Arsenal” by Tony Attwood. You don’t have to read it but I would like to get a few more sales as we are coming out with a new edition shortly. (And if …
Read More “How Man IOU fans are responding to their club’s crisis. A guide for catastophists”
Gooner Gifts is a one-stop shop for all things Arsenal related, from replica kits and retro shirts through to Emirates Stadium tours, memorabilia and novelty items. Visit http://www.goonergifts.com/ ————————- FC United of Manchester was formed in 2005 by supporters of the bankrupt Manchester United who were so opposed to the Glazer takeover, they wouldn’t even …
Read More “Imagine Arsenal supporters walking away and setting up their own new club”
I was chatting with Kevin Perrett of Arsenal Independent Supporters Association before the Man City game at the Toppled Bollard (courtesy of Billy the Dog) discussing this, that, and the rest of infinity, when talk turned to the seemingly growing number of Wenger deniers – the doom mongers, the catatrophists, the gloomy bastards who see …
One of the best statements I have read on this site since the end of the 10 year unbeaten run was that encouraging us all to wear the shirt with pride. The 10 year run in which we were unbeaten in the league by Tottenham Sewage (a club renamed to coincide with the chants of …
Read More “Wear your shirt with pride as the EPL starts going to court”
By Tony Attwood Sometimes I think I have it a bit hard. I live in a part of England called the East Midlands. It is a nice rural community in a county that is made up a mixture of sheep farming and light industry. I quite like it here but there is a problem. My …
. According to the chitter chatter of a million journalists trying to catch up with last year’s stories, up to one in four season ticket holders at EPL clubs are considering not renewing for next season in a bid to cut costs, according to a survey published today. And Manchester IOU are going to put …
Read More “Next season the stadia will be empty, so we’d better enjoy the noise now”
Walter Broeckx comments on Antwerp to the Emirates – and back – in one day Another day at the Emirates for me and some of my family. I must say that I really don’t know how to start this time. It was a day of great emotions once again. We left Brussels right on time …
