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 …
—————————– Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: historical fiction on acid —————————– The Thomas Vermaelen interview: part one Earlier this year Walter Broeckx approached Arsenal FC with a request for an interview with Thomas Vermaelen, who is not only a compatriot of Walter’s but also from the same part of the country. Arsenal were incredibly helpful …
Headline News: Exclusive Vermaelen interview on this site Friday 30th April ———————- By Walter Broeckx Sometimes you hear fans say that we haven’t won anything since 2005 and that it is all down to Wenger not wanting to buy players. Wenger is according to those fans also to blame because he didn’t keep the invincibles …
—————————– Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: historical fiction on acid —————————– Exclusive Vermaelen Interview on Untold Arsenal The interview will appear on Friday 30th April If you are a regular reader of Untold you’ll know that we have been constantly assisted in the past year by Walter Broeckx, a referee from Belgium, and a leading …
—————————– Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: historical fiction on acid —————————– You may recall that a few days ago we started to debate the 25 player rule that is imposed on the EPL next season. I messed things up by getting it all wrong, and after that a number of correspondents wrote in correcting my …
Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: historical fiction on acid —————————– There is a story doing the rounds that says that the EPL is about to propose that transfer fees must be paid within a year of a player signing. At the moment the fee is paid over a period up to five years, which is …
———————— Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: historical fiction on acid ——————————— THE ZEN OF ARSENAL Paul Collins I want to talk about delusion. Delusion is a word with a variety of connotations. Some people would visualize a crazy looking person walking down the street with a funny walk and mumbling to themselves as delusional. Can …
Walter Broeckx Yes the defeats against Wigan and ***** have hurt our feelings. The reaction from some fans was to sell the whole squad and buy a whole new team. Certainly after those 10 minutes disaster those fans had nothing but bad words for the team. And yes the performance could be criticised and this …
Today’s Sponsor: 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/ —————– And first an apology for the author… I am here today to admit I screwed up big time. Yesterday two correspondents wrote to ask …
Looking forward to next season already. Walter Broeckx This year the league is almost over and I think it still is a bit early to look back at the current season. We can leave this after the last game has been played to draw our final conclusions. But what we can do is see how …
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 big problems with Britain is that we don’t really know how to do scandals. But we are really good at covering them up. We can have scandals, of course, from ministers having affairs with prostitutes, to a whole bunch of KGB officers working in the middle of our military intelligence services with …
A blue moon arises when a full moon appears twice in one month. It is rather dull really. There are just about 13 full moons in a year and only 12 months, so logically one month is going to get a second one in one month if one sees what one is saying. Calling it …
——————– Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal: you know it makes sense ——————– For Arsenal’s sake – Leave Adebayor alone By Ian Trevett I can clearly remember the first time I really gave it to an ex-player. The League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester United – back in February 1983. Frank Stapleton had turned his …
Today’s Sponsor: “Making the Arsenal” – the story of Arsenal in 1910, a time when women’s football was almost as popular as men’s. ————– At the last AGM of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association the proposal was made that Arsenal Ladies should have a chance to play occasionally at the Emirates, just as Arsenal Youth …
Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News And as today marks the 100th anniversary of the last day of Arsenal’s turbulent season when Norris first mentioned taking us over, today’s Sponsor is: Making the Arsenal ————————- At Arsenal there is an issue for some supporters (the black propaganda revisionists and catatrophists). They want us to follow the Charlton Athletic …
Today’s Sponsor: Making the Arsenal – the greatest novel about Arsenal with over 300 pages of text. So there. Read extracts and reviews here. ——————- How missing your central back pairing handicaps the attack. By Walter Broeckx This may cause a few people raise their eyebrows. So let me explain. This season Arsenal had for …
This past week I have got a trifle cheesed off with correspondents on this site who have ignored the article written, and instead developed their own pieces declaring that Arsene Wenger should leave the club. If you’re a regular reader here you’ll know I only cut comments where- plagiarism, racism, antisemitism and anything …
Today’s Sponsor: Goonernews Betting Guide Back to the End of the Universe Peter Hawkins Like most of you supporters of real football, I was feeling really pissed off by last Sunday tea-time. “Bugger this!” I thought to myself (nobody else was listening), “I’m going out to see if I can tell those who support the …
Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan By Walter Broeckx . After our defeat against the team whose name may not be mentioned but whose supporters think it is a good idea to adopt the Paedophile Chant just when after years of complaint, Man United have taken the first tiny steps …
By Walter Broeckx When I write an article I usually give my own thoughts on the things that I see. This time I am going to take the liberty to do otherwise. When I was watching the Wigan game at home on my sports channel we had a match commentator and it wasn’t the normal …
I think, before I run the risk of getting lynched when the truth comes out, I ought to explain. Arsenal FC will put out a DVD for members at the start of next season. I am not sure who it goes to, but I know Gold Members get it – maybe silver and red too, …
Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan This team will have its day by Ian Trevett Today is a depressing day as the team effort at Wigan was as poor as we have seen for a long time. I didn’t think we paid them enough respect and it cost us big …
Today’s Sponsor: Gooner Gifts – everything for the real Arsenal fan —————– One thing that is very often said by fans from other teams or by our own fans is: if you take the decisions over the whole season the good and the bad one will even themselves out. Now do they really? It is …
