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 It’s been not so much of a funny old game as a funny old season. Arsenal Ladies played their first league match yesterday (April 13) in the new super league and beat Chelsea. Except that it wasn’t quite their first match of the season. With the Women’s League moving to the summer …
By Walter Broeckx With all the commotion surrounding Kroenke I had an article prepared about the way we are doing for the moment compared to our past. And this is from before the Blackpool game. In this table you can see how Arsenal have done in the last 30 seasons after 30 games. Pos P …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 32 By Dale Higginbottom Blackpool away was always going to be a tricky game. Played at a point in the season when their players had played considerably fewer games when taking into account Carling and FA cups, Champions League and International fixtures. With United winning the day before it was …
By Tony Attwood I didn’t see it coming – in fact I have written a number of times on this blog to say that Mr Kronke would not be buying Arsenal. And then lo and behold he does. (Exit editor stage left covered in egg). Good or bad it is certainly the end of a …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the ref who tells it how he sees it So we had ref Mason this week at Blackpool. Did he have a good game? Let us try to find out. Min Type Decision correct points weight On 4 OFFSIDE Offside against Blackpool C …
RefWatch – Blackpool v Arsenal (10/04/2011 13:30) By DogFace Referee: Lee Mason Assistant 1: Andy Halliday Assistant 2: Mick McDonough 4th Official: Mark Halsey Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch lite. This week I’m not going to give you all the usual blah… probably because its 22:30 and I’m pooped – I’ve spent a …
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By Phil Gregory With the draw at Blackburn putting a real dent in our title hopes, it’s up to us to keep them alive and after recent disappointing results three points is all anyone is after. Manchester United opened up a ten point gap with a win over Fulham, though we do have two games …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood The idea of an under 18s Champions League built along the same lines as the mainstream competition was first reported (as far as I know) on the Datasport web site in Italy in 2009. Ever since there have been discussions going on, and …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Billy the Dog McGraw runs his finger over Uefa’s financial fair play rules, gets it snagged on a sharp bit and scuttles off to the local A and E for a quick repair. There is a report on the BBC web site this morning that “Two …
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By Walter Broeckx Won’t you please, please help me. This was the honest reaction of Bernie “Kevin” Blom after the game Twente – PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. What happened in this game between the number 2 and 1 at the start of the game and where the number 2 Twente could overtake PSV …
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By Walter Broeckx Some fans are obviously unhappy with the team performance last Saturday. And yes we were not as good as we can be. Now you can jump off the cliffs after every setback and call for heads of players, managers, boardroom, stewards, policeman, ball boys, and the person who serves you a pint …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Groundhog Season By Sammy The Snake Writing something positive about Arsenal is a real challenge these days. As some of you may have noticed, and most of you haven’t, I’ve been quiet for some time. As the saying goes, if you can’t say something nice, don’t …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 31 By Dale Higginbottom Gameweek 31 and results have been tough to come by of late and three draws in succession is not the ideal form for a title-chasing team. There are many factors that can explain some of the results including poor referees, fatigue and international breaks. Let’s look …
By Tony Attwood Even Sir Alex F Word wasn’t impressed by what the referees have been saying as they have tried to deflect attention away from the growing mountain of evidence that the Premier League is fixed. At least I think he wasn’t impressed. As with many of the commentaries of Sir F Word it …
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By Walter Broeckx Buy Hazard. How many times a day do you hear this being said by a Gooner? And how many times do you see it written down by a Gooner? Is it 10 times a day or is it 100 times a day? It will be somewhere in between I say. So let …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the one and only unbiased ref at Untold So Dowd we got and what did he get? Let us see how he did his game from my point of view. Min Type Decision C/NC points weight on 1 OTHER Foul on Walcott C …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here How the 25-man rule can be improved (And it is just my opinion) By Nitesh Padhi First of all, let’s just clear out the quite confusing 25-man rule. According to the rule, A home grown player is defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or …
By Walter Broeckx Pos Team P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Manchester United 31 19 9 3 68 32 36 66 2 Arsenal 30 17 8 5 59 29 30 59 This is the way the table stands for the moment. And this is what many gooners call total failure. They start …
RefWatch – Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers (02/04/2011 17:30) By DogFace Referee: Phil Dowd Assistant 1: Dean Mohareb Assistant 2: Ceri Richards 4th Official: Anthony Taylor Good morning stat-fans and welcome to another RefWatch! I would like to say first that I try to approach these articles with an open mind, I research, I investigate and …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here ——————————————————- Arsenal take on Dowd. Blackburn will also be there Arsenal v Some Northern Team or Other – the preview _______________________________________ By Phil Gregory International week is so much more dull than the Premier League, so I won’t be dwelling on it in this article. General …
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By Walter Broeckx As someone asked me to give a more complete picture of the refs so far this season I will be happy to provide this. If we only take the league games we get the following refs and results. Because for some strange reason the refs do a better job in the cup …
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