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
Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ————————- By Tony Attwood I’ve rambled on here before about the fact that I have never played semi-pro football, never refereed, never managed a team, and that my highest achievement in the world of active football was at the very amateur level. And even then …
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Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————— By Phil Gregory Arsenal return home after the second string fell to defeat in the Ukraine in midweek. An inconsistent Newcastle side are the guests at the Emirates, coming in off the back of an impressive 5-1 derby win. I was fortunate enough to …
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By Billy the Dog McGraw. This weekend we shall see the new formation – at least that is my prediction. In a second and a half I shall give you the low-down and upside down on the Castle of Neu but first, look at this… Fabianski Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy Song, Wilshere Fabregas, Nasri Walcott, …
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RefWatch – Arsenal v Newcastle United – (Sunday 07/11/2010) By DogFace Referee: Mike Dean Assistant 1: Simon Beck Assistant 2: Simon Long 4th Official: Peter Walton This RefWatch is a tough one for me – how do I, as an Arsenal fan, possibly write up an article on Mike Dean in an …
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By Tony Attwood Of course in the coming days there will be the usual half dozen or so articles on everything to do with Arsenal vs the Kingdom of Kev. Already I am sitting on a bizarre and eccentric review of the Kingdom by Billy the Dog, not to mention Dogface’s remarkable review of the …
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Untold Arsenal is available both on twitter and on facebook – details at the end of the article By Tony Attwood This season Arsenal are running four squads of players, rather than the five that have been used in the past… The first team squad (quaintly known as “the 25”) The loan squad The reserve …
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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 …
UNTOLD ARSENAL IS NOW ON TWITTER @UNTOLDARSENAL and Untold Arsenal on Facebook here ———————- What can Arsenal do to be number 1? By Nachiketa Sharma Sorry guys I know the title of this may hurt some of the hardcore gooners out there who like me think that we still are the no1 team in the …
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By Walter Broeckx I think many people could write a book about us losing yesterday. They could point at the mistake player X made, or at the bad pass player Z made. Or we could blame the ref, which I partly do in fact for the first goal. As he made the mistake of playing …
By Walter Broeckx Today we got a ref from Switzerland and one of the big names in Europe. Did Mr. Busacca live up to his reputation? Well why don’t we just try to find out? GOAL : Walcott gives Arsenal the lead and nothing wrong with that goal when I look at my rule book. …
Match preview by Billy the Dog McGraw, lost at sea. Here’s a thought. We have had months and years (up to 1 September) of Arsenal being sniggered at by silly Spanish people who claimed that Cesc was about to leave, and how we couldn’t keep our players, and well, even if not in the summer …
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Shakhtar vs Arsenal preview by Phil Gregory Off the back of a deserved late winner against West Ham at the weekend, Arsenal are off to Eastern Europe. Not usually the most lucrative of hunting grounds for us, a solid victory in Belgrade earlier in the European campaign hopefully marks a new beginning for Arsenals travails …
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By Sean Welch I’m writing this to give you some facts that you could use for a soon to be a rainy/slow day. Or maybe remember as we near the end of the season, and you think, “didn’t that guy on Untold write something about this, back in early November?” We are, I believe, going …
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By Tony Attwood There is in the football media a hierarchy. It is not a natural hierarchy, but is one that the media itself creates and re-creates for its own benefit – with each element of the media anxious to keep its own position, endlessly looking over the corporate shoulder at who is coming up …
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By Walter Broeckx “Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that Jack Wilshere has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.” This appeared on Arsenal.com this afternoon. And this is really something that makes me very happy. Not because I have said it for a few years now that he was going to be …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 10 By Dale Higginbottom Gameweek 10 saw some interesting results and performances by the so-called title contenders but how do the injury figures stack up? Arsenal Vs West Ham Arsenal (7 injuries) Goalkeeper – Almunia (4) Defence – Vermaelen (7), Gibbs (3) Midfield – Frimpong (9), Ramsey (10), Diaby (3) …
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Walter Broeckx, who is himself a referee in Belgium and who writes the post match referee report on Untold, recently met up with a fellow-referee who recently retired from the game, having been a Fifa ref for 10 years and who handled many Champions League games. How does it work when you get a CL …
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