Arsenal Ladies win treble, and now go for the Champions League; reserves making good progress

With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————————- By Tony Attwood Arsenal Ladies, having won the FA Cup, League Cup and the Super League are now moving on to the Champions League.  They have won the first leg of their round of 32 match 4-0 away to FC Bobruichanka.  The second leg is …

Who will be back at the back? After the international break…

With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx Who could be back after the international break? This is a very important question. Because we really should have a few players back ready to play by then. And this certainly goes for our central defenders. Of course we don’t know yet how …

The Untold Ref review: Tottenham 2 – Arsenal 1

With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx The following review of the Tottenham – Arsenal game has been subject to some internal debate amongst the ref reviewing team. The game was reviewed by Ref Reviewer 02 and then later on changed by me. The changes were made about the first …

Err, is it possible? Could the Swiss Ramble have got it wrong?

By Tony Attwood In case you don’t know the blog, The Swiss Ramble is a King among blogs.  Blogger of the year, praised by the media, written by a British guy who has lived overseas for many years, everyone loves it and admires the erudition and research to be found therein. So, first rule of …

The Times they are a changing

The Times they are a changing Don McMahon In a recent post that I wrote about our less than stellar start to the 2011 season, I received varied feedback and quite a bit of stick from the gutter, minority, cave-dwellers who revel in calling people abusive names without suggesting anything constructive. (Sorry Don, but we …

Arsenal outmanoeuvred by Tottenham PR machine again

By Tony Attwood In 2008 Hampshire police announced the investigating of racial and homophobic abuse directed by Tottenham fans towards Sol Campbell at a Portsmouth v Tottenham game. The police said they would report the matter to the Football Association because it was not possible to make arrests due to the sheer numbers chanting. The …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 7

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 7 By Dale Higginbottom Ok, so a defeat to the Tiny Totts is never an easy thing to deal with. Over Arsene Wenger years we’ve not had to suffer this pain too often but recent seasons have seen the North London divide shrink a little bit. Spurs are now somewhat …

How Liverpool have manipulated referees to their advantage.

——————————- Other recent stories UNTOLD REFEREES: Everton 0 Liverpool 2;  Stoke 1 Man U 1; Chelsea 4 Swansea 1 UNTOLD CORRUPTION: Should Arsenal join other major teams in match fixing, in order to survive ——————————- By Walter Broeckx What is exactly the influence of the chief of the PGMOL on the refs? Is he just …

Let’s swallow the bitter pill

By Walter Broeckx Any defeat hurts. Some defeats hurt more.  Sometimes life sucks and so does football. All that seem to go wrong for the moment goes wrong for Arsenal. I haven’t had the stomach to review the game and I am happy that one of the other ref reviewers is doing the game. But …

At last: the ruling on TV rights in the UK is out – and the EPL has lost

By Tony Attwood The highest court in the European Union has ruled that it is legal for individuals within the EU to buy set-top box decoder cards from other EU broadcasters and watch whatever they have to offer.  The ruling cannot be appealed. That means that in the UK, for example, we don’t suffer the …

Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 4 – Swansea 1

Background: Initially Untold Arsenal started to publish referee reviews of Arsenal matches, and through this we found some evidence of what appeared to be consistent bias by referees against Arsenal.  The point was then made we would get a better overall picture of what is going on if we also analysed errors made by referees …

Untold Ref Review: Stoke 1 – ManU 1

Background: Initially Untold Arsenal started to publish referee reviews of Arsenal matches, and through this we found some evidence of what appeared to be consistent bias by referees against Arsenal.  The point was then made we would get a better overall picture of what is going on if we also analysed errors made by referees …

Untold Ref Review : Everton 0 – Liverpool 2

Background: Initially Untold Arsenal started to publish referee reviews of Arsenal matches, and through this we found some evidence of what appeared to be consistent bias by referees against Arsenal.  The point was then made we would get a better overall picture of what is going on if we also analysed errors made by referees …

Untold Ref Review : Tottenham 4 – Liverpool 0

Important notice: All referee reviews on Untold Arsenal are written on the basis of television coverage.  It should be noted that from time to time some TV channels choose not to show an incident involving the referee (preferring for example to show a replay instead).   This can lead to our reviewer missing something that would …

Should Arsenal join other major teams in fixing matches to ensure survival?

By Tony Attwood Of course the question in the title is loaded,and I know there are some people who don’t actually believe that match fixing goes on in the Premier League.  They see, and presumably accept, the evidence of match fixing from across Europe, but believe that somehow (in ways that I have never seen …

Tottenham ft. Mike Dean vs. the mighty Arsenal. It might be one of “those” days…

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Phil Gregory Well here it is: the big one, a bigger tie than the so-called top of the table clashes with Manchester Untied and Chelsea for most Arsenal fans. Many Tottenham fans felt that this could be the season they overtake Arsenal given our …

UNTOLD MEDIA: The Daily Mirror’s Arsenal Hypocrisy: A preliminary analysis

The Daily Mirror’s Arsenal Hypocrisy: A preliminary analysis By: Anne and Bobby Pliers I’d like to begin this article by taking a look at the overall performances of EPL clubs in the Champions League thus far, taking into account the overall difficulty of the groups into which EPL clubs have been drawn. We’ll start with …