Arteta is a gem, but spare a thought for poor sad Everton

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth Twitter us on follow (or the other way round) @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood If there is a man in football who seems to love his club and be doing all he can for it, it must be Bill Kenwright, who appears to have been pouring …

What the Mirror and Sun might have said about Harry if he’d worked for Arsenal

We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood . The Sun newspaper is in a bit of a pickle at the moment.  You see, Harry Redknapp is their columnist and (presumably) paid lots of money to write stuff, which means that when the big news in football is that Harry Redknapp is going to appear in …

Keep them crossed, your fingers that is (only one more set of internationals to go)

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth; and see us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————————- By Walter Broeckx So far the first round of international games has left us with no real casualties. But still one game to play for most internationals so let us not sell the skin of the bear yet. …

Untold Ref Review: Norwich 3 – Blackburn 3

For the game between Norwich and Blackburn we had ref Taylor in charge. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Foul Yakubu Norwich C 1 1 4 Foul Blackburn Norwich N/C Ref misses a pull on shirt 0 0 17 Other C ref stops game as Samba falls heavily 1 1 19 …

Bored and Annoyed in Times of International Football (and a song))

—————————————– And yes, at last, Untold Arsenal has been quoted by Arsenal.com on their Media Watch with a link to the Jenkinson article.  Billion congrats to Walter on another first. —————————————– Bored and Annoyed in Times of International Football   By Gooneraside Yes, like many of you, I’m bored with this absence of real football. …

Untold Ref Review : QPR 2 – Man C 3 – and a novelty

By Ref Reviewer 04 and Walter Broeckx For the clash between QPR and Manchester City we had ref Atkinson in charge at Loftus Road. Read the report from our ref reviewer but also pay attention because in this review we have tried to add something new. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight …

New stadium anyone? Let the tax payer pay.

By Tony Attwood We’ve talked a lot off and on about the Olympic stadium – a stadium which by the EPL’s own rules can only go to The Orient, since they are the local team (and before you ask, no, such rules did not exist when Woolwich Arsenal moved from Plumstead to Highbury). But Tottenham, …

Arsenal Ladies: a year of total triumph; FA Youth Cup news

  “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Sign the petition to make sure YOU are not helping fund Tottenham’s new stadium —————————————– By Tony Attwood My coverage of the Arsenal Ladies team is erratic I know, but I do try to cover their games – even …

Nineteen: what a difference two months can make.

 “The difference between the Jenkinson in those first games and the Jenkinson of the WBA game is amazing.“ By Walter Broeckx Nineteen. And I don’t really mean the song of Paul Hardcastle about the Vietnam war. No, I’m referring to the age of Carl Jenkinson. Nineteen. What a lovely age (or so it seems as …

Untold ref review : MU 1 – Sunderland 0

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Sign the petition to make sure YOU are not helping fund Tottenham’s new stadium —————————————– By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game between Manchester United and Sunderland we had ref Mason in charge. Min Type Foul from …

Has Tottenham Hotspur been naughty again? And “worst toilet” competition is suspended.

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Sign the petition to make sure YOU are not helping fund Tottenham’s new stadium By Tony Attwood If you don’t live in the UK you might not know that this country is awash with stories about spying.  …

Untold Media: Call to Arsenal Fans to Reject Unwarranted Media Pressure on RVP

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of how Arsenal was reborn  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————–   Untold Media: Call to Arsenal Fans to Reject Unwarranted Media Pressure on RVP By: Anne  (a story in five parts) *Much thanks to Shard and bjtgooner for their contributions to this report.   I. Introduction and RVP …

Untold Ref Review: QPR 1 – Chelsea 0

“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Sign the petition to make sure YOU are not helping fund Tottenham’s new stadium —————————————– By Ref Reviewer 03 Chelsea’s new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, felt hard done by Chris Foy’s performance in this match, complaining out about the …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 11: injury decline confirmed

“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 11   By Dale Higginbottom Onto Gameweek 11 and we’re now (as Walter has confirmed) doing better game-by-game than last season. Looking at results slightly differently, at this point last season we had …

The referees’ comparison table: which refs call it right, which refs call it wrong, where and when

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– —————————————– Sign the petition to make sure YOU are not helping fund Tottenham’s new stadium —————————————– By Walter Broeckx As promised I will try to give you some insight on how the EPL referees are doing in …

Untold Ref Review : Arsenal 3 – WBA 0

“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Ref Reviewer 04 Just as last year we had ref Oliver for the game Arsenal – WBA at the Emirates. Last year a top score despite Arsenal losing. How did he do this season? Min Type Foul from …

On being an Arsenal fan from India

Dear Tony I have been a reader of your blog for a long time now and if you have an elephant’s memory, you may remember having seen a comment or two from a person who calls himself ‘La Shiz’. That person happens to be me. Even though I don’t contribute to the comments of your …

Ryo forced off injured in reserve game

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————–   By Tony Attwood That headline tells you the bad news.  The good news is that the reserves beat  Fulham 2-0 in a behind closed doors game. Oghuzan Ozyakup scored after 3 minutes, Sanchez Watt got the …

Thank You David Moyes, And Welcome The Wise Old Head

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Thank You David Moyes, And Welcome The Wise Old Head Mike Urbanski Yes, thank you, David Moyes.  And welcome the “Wise Old Head”. A year ago Denilson, in perhaps the most astute observation he’s ever had, mentioned …

When you are proven wrong you can apologise, shut up or talk about something else

By Tony Attwood There is, I think, a feeling about games, and I got the same feeling no less than four times before saturday’s match even started. …Talking in the car on the way down with Drew, a lecturer in history at my local university whose period of interest almost overlaps with my knockabout approach …

Things can change and they did (game by game we’re actually doing better than last season)

“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Walter Broeckx This weekend we have been playing our 11th game in the EPL of the current season. We now have another international break and so again we face some 14 days in fear of losing some …

Arsenal – WBA, what an enjoyable game

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal “Making the Arsenal” – the only book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth —————————————- By Walter Broeckx Now did you enjoy this game today against WBA or not?  Well if this game couldn’t be enjoyed from an Arsenal point of view then you might as well give up and stop watching …

RefWatch – Arsenal Vs West Bromwich Albion (05/11/2011 – 15:00)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Michael Oliver Assistant 1: Charles Breakspear Assistant 2: Mike Cairns 4th Official: Peter Walton Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… It’s one of those threadbare RefWatches today as we’ve got one of the new boys and there is very little data – Arsenal have had two …

Arsenal entertain West Brom: the preview

By Phil Gregory West Brom. One of those games where, last season, you remember exactly where you were when you heard that we were three nil down (if of course, you weren’t fortunate enough to be at the ground or somehow watching it live). I was fresh into my year abroad and only allowed myself …

Numbering the refs performances: Dowd is the best ref in the league!!!

—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth  Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Walter Broeckx   In the last weeks I have tried to shed a first light on the scores of the refs and I have done this by focussing on the Total average score the refs have …