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 As everyone who reads the mast head knows, this is a pro-Wenger site – a site set up to balance the very anti-Wenger approach of some other blogs. The site has had a little difficulty over the past 18 months as readers who are against Wenger have used the site to express …
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By Tony Attwood It was surprising (to me at least, but perhaps not to anyone else) to hear the chant of “Six percent you’re having a laugh” ring round the Ems in the second half of the Villa game. It was of course not the first time there have been negative comments and chants at …
RefWatch – Arsenal v Aston Villa (15/05/2011 16:00) By DogFace Referee: Michael Oliver Assistant 1: Ron Ganfield Assistant 2: Bob Pollock 4th Official: Andy D’Urso Good morning stat-fans and welcome to the penultimate RefWatch [of the 2010/2011 season]! But before we get started on Michael Oliver (of which we don’t have a lot of data …
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By Billy Le Dog Today is World Vampire Day, and in celebration, we note that the Emirates is the only stadium in the western spiral arm of the galaxy in which a goal scored with a shot from outside the penalty area this season. And thus, therefore and so we come to Our Jack’s 50th …
Read More “Dennis Bergkamp talks to Billy the Dog about Aston Villa and other cabbages”
A co-production by Johnny and Walter Broeckx This time we went to Old Trafford to have a look at how Howard Webb did the Utd-Chelsea game. I must say that I intended to do the review myself. Johnny did it and as I just couldn’t find the time this week and could only make it …
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By Tony Attwood In the past the EU has had quite an impact on football – sometimes positively sometimes not (in my opinion of course). Its rules gave us the Bosman ruling, which I rather like, and gave us the free movement of players, as with all workers in the EU, which I totally applaud. …
By Walter Broeckx The “you won nothing for X years” mantra sung by the media and repeated by a part of the fanbase is something that one never hears of other teams. More sensible readers on Untold know that periods when you win nothing are part of the game. In fact they are part of …
by Tony Attwood A little while ago the Scottish Football Association threatened to sue a QC who accused it of being “dishonest”, “dysfunctional” and “biased”. As far as I know, they didn’t, but the mere fact that they said they might, shows that something is amiss in football in the north of the UK. If …
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By Walter Broeckx We all love to sing the popular Arsenal song: We won the league at White Hart Lane…. I bet you are all signing it right now. So am I. But when looking back at the season I wonder if this season we should sing: We lost the league at White Hart Lane. …
By Tony Attwood . Before England put in their bid for the World Cup they knew that organisation they were dealing with, and the people within it, were corrupt. They must have known because on this site, and of course on many others, there are loads of articles about corruption in Fifa. We even have …
Read More “FA clearly guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. So what’s their punishment”
By Walter Broeckx One of the big issues in recent seasons was our form in the top games. Pundits and a lot of fans blamed Arsenal and Wenger for not winning the top games. And this was in their eyes the reason for Arsenal not winning things. So after all the top 4 games being …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 36 By Dale Higginbottom After the elation of the well-deserved win over United at the Emirates, Arsenal were brought back down to earth with a visit to our least favoured ground in the league. Least favoured for a number of reasons, not least the bad results there in recent years, …
By Walter Broeckx After the Stoke game someone asked us to be critical for Wenger. Saying things like: It won’t be the end of the world if you also highlight the mistakes he has made over the last decade. So after my evening training of some 6 km (because I have to be in good …
By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref So today we had Mike Halsey. Let us check his numbers. Min Type Decision correct points weight on 1 OTHER Push on Ramsey no foul given NC 0 0 1 1 OTHER Foul on Van Persie not given NC 0 0 1 2 OFFSIDE Offside against Stoke not given …
RefWatch – Stoke City v Arsenal (08/05/2011 14:05) By DogFace Referee: Mark Halsey Assistant 1: Ceri Richards Assistant 2: Glenn Turner 4th Official: Michael Oliver Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch. Let’s have a look at Referee: Full name: Mark R Halsey Date of birth: 8 July 1961 (1961-07-08) (age 49) Place of birth: …
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By Phil Gregory Arsenal travel up to Stoke on Sunday, ready for a game that has been one of our more controversial matches in recent years. Their “robust” approach to the game irritated many Arsenal fans prior to Shawcross snapping Ramsey’s leg, so the atmosphere promises to be testy. Indeed, the temperature will be ratcheted …
By Tony Attwood The main thrust of Untold in terms of corruption relates to the issue of the way in which it seems that the Italian style low-level buying of referees in general as crept into the Premier League. But while this is our main level of focus in terms of the way football has …
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By Walter Broeckx So Jack Wilshere has been included in the -21 squad that will represent England on the European Championship this summer. I wish England and Jack all the best. As we all know Wenger is against Jack being called up for this tournament. Because it would mean that Wilshere will have no real …
Read More “Why it’s not the same for Jack despite the claims”
By Richard Bedwell Ticket price increases – a different perspective. I have an above average priced season ticket at Arsenal. The 6.5% increase means that I’ll be paying about £80 more than I did last season. However I also pay £48 per year for my ATVO subscription which will now be included in my membership …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal, as you will know, has said they plan to increase ticket prices by a total of 6.5% from the start of the 2011-12 season. They also said a number of changes are being introduced to ticketing and particularly thanked Arsenal Independent Supporters Association for their positive input over the past couple …
By Walter Broeckx One of our readers gave me a link to http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mls-suspends-mullan-additional-nine-games and ask me to give my comment. And it couldn’t come on a better time than this week. Because on Sunday we have seen what good a player Aaron Ramsey was and still looks to be. Last season in the cold winter …
Read More “Dealing with dangerous tackles, this is how it should be done”
Untold Exclusive: Arsenal Crowned Champions of EPL! By Sammy The Snake You read it here first, live and exclusive to Untold Arsenal. Gunner’s win over ManU has sealed Arsenal’s strong hold on the EPL, and they have been declared the winners of 2010/2011 season after a gruelling campaign. Think Sammy’s gone crazy? Think again. It’s …
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By Walter Broeckx As being a fan you can be biased about some things. So when people say to me that I cannot be neutral in doing my ref reviews this is something that I cannot deny completely. How hard I try to be neutral when doing it, it can still influence me. The same …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 35 By Dale Higginbottom It was the reverse fixtures of gameweek 17 this weekend and a big confidence-building game against the league leaders. After a run of frustrating draws and defeats (excluding the Blackpool game) a win at the Emirates was needed and well-overdue and to come against the title …
By Tony Attwood Sometimes with the angst and argument, the debate and disappointment, it is easy (for me at least) to forget what I am doing spending my time and hard-earned dosh with Arsenal. But when I think, I know I spend time and money with the club to enjoy myself and to hope for …
Read More “Arsenal and the Cappuccino Affair. What made 1 May such a totally happy day”
