World class midfielder joins Arsenal first team very soon…

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx Last day of January? Take a deep breath and relax. The sun is shining, the snow is going away. Why worry, why be so nervous? When the rest of the World is …

Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 1 – 0 Sunderland. Another giant step forward for mankind

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here Today’s referee is Phil Dowd and on this side  of the fence we had  ref reviewer 04. And in our continuing quest for the Holy Grail (= a higher standard in refereeing) we adapted our model …

Untold Ref Review: Norwich City 0 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur

 Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game at Norwich between the local side and Tottenham Hotspur we had the youngest ref in the EPL in charge. How did Michael Oliver score in this game? MATCH …

The Untold match report: The harder you have to work for it, the sweeter the win feels

 Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx The first real goal mouth incident was when Van Persie took a free kick short to Vermaelen and  the Verminator launched a rocket. Given was equal to it with a great save.  …

The Preview – FA Cup version. Arsenal-Villa.

A run of three straight defeats in the league suggest the FA Cup could well be a welcome diversion for Arsenal this weekend. With Manchester United crashing out to a last minute winner from Dirk Kuyt, one highly credible winner of the Cup has been eliminated. Considering City are also watching on from the sidelines, …

Untold ref review: Liverpool 0 – Stoke 0

 Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By ref Reviewer 04 Howard Webb was the ref for the game between Liverpool and Stoke. Was it a memorable game? Well a game that will not last in my memory for ever. The only …

Untold Ref Review : Liverpool 3 – Newcastle 1

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 02 The game between Liverpool and Newcastle was under the supervision of ref Lee Probert. How was his score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Offside Bellamy C …

Bring on the Gooner-Gunners

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx With Nico Yennaris making his debut against Leeds in the FA cup this month and making another appearance as a substitute against Manchester United we have seen another youngster making it in …

Ten points from Tottenham – will we overtake our rivals?

By Phil Gregory From early on this season, it became clear that 2011-12 for Arsenal would be a matter of damage limitation: bed in the numerous new recruits, regroup and push on to secure that vital top four berth, with the title realistically not attainable this year. The great run we went on after our …

Untold Ref Review : Manchester United 2 – 3 Blackburn

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 04 Mike Dean was in charge of the game between Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers. Did he had an as shocking final score as the game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC …

Untold Media: Transfers and the real question to be asked

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here   By Anne The Football Media and Transfers: Is it time to ask “Cui Bono?” “Cui bono?” is an Italian phrase that literally means “as a benefit to whom?” Cui bono? Who benefits? In common …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 22 – Still top of the league

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 22   By Dale Higginbottom     We return to the scene of the accident with the return game against United. We all know what happened in August so I …

Untold Ref Review: Arsenal 1 – MU 2

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 03 Game Arsenal –ManchesterUnited. Ref in charge was Mike Dean. What was his score on the day?   Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Vermaelen Valencia C …

Who is to blame but also who should be given credit?

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx When Arsenal lose a game it is sometimes hard to keep the perspective. We are angry and focus on something that went wrong and we just cannot see the bigger picture. I …

Untold Ref Review: Tottenham 1 – 0 Sunderland

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here   By Ref Reviewer 03 Tottenham hosted Sunderland and the ref was Mike Dean.  As DogFace has pointed out, Harry Redknapp’s sides have done very well under Mike Dean.  Let’s see how they fared. Min …

The worst part of this defeat and a happy birthday wish to Opa Wim

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx Damned Robin look what you have done now. Opa Wim celebrated his 91th birthday and you ruined his day.  We will be back on the substitution later on but for me we …

RefWatch – Arsenal Vs Manchester United (22/01/2012 – 16:00)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Mike Dean Assistant 1: Stuart Burt Assistant 2: Adam Watts 4th Official: Phil Dowd Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… What can I say – it’s Mike Dean and Phil Dowd and we all know what that means don’t we? Well – maybe we do and …

The preview is back – and I’ve certainly picked a good game for it. Arsenal versus United.

And with the arrival of Manchester United to the Emirates, so to there is the slightly less heralded return of myself to the exalted company of the Untold bloggers. Fortunately Tony hadn’t put me on probation for crimes against sportswriting, in actual fact I had to put my blogging commitments on pause with university workload …

Untold Ref Review : Newcastle 3 – MU 0

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game Newcastle – Manchester United we had ref Webb. A normal day at the office? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Foul Berbatov Colocini N/C …

Football, the ups and downs just like our every day live

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here By Walter Broeckx Supporting a football team is not always fun. I think most of us will agree with that. Certainly  after two defeats in the league.  But in a way supporting a football team …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 21 & Half-Season Review

———————————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here ————————————————————–   Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 21 & Half-Season Review By Dale Higginbottom Gameweek 21 and we’re back into our weekly round-ups of injuries of the big six teams. This week saw the …

Fourth man arrested in Tottenham bid affair, & a Swiss club thrown out of league in strange circumstances

————————————————————– Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ————————————————————– By Tony Attwood I was planning to put up a story today (a couple of days late) saying that a third person has  been arrested by the police detectives who are investigating allegations that …

Calciopoli in the EPL? Who really controls the refs?

By L. M. On this site there has been often referred to the Calciopoli scandal in Italy. In short this was the system where a few top clubs like Juventus had a system where they conspired with the people who decided which ref would get which game. The reasoning was that they knew/hoped which ref …

Untold Ref Review: Swansea 3 – Arsenal 2

By Ref Reviewer 02   For the game Swansea – Arsenal we had ref Michael Oliver leading the teams out. What was the verdict of the ref reviewer?   Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 4 Goal Arsenal C Good goal 1 3 5 Other Augustein Ramsey C 1 1 6 Offside …