Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ————————————————————– By Anne. Part one of this article is available here. ______________________________ Money laundering through the transfer market is slightly more complicated than the activities described in the first article. According to the FATF, one of …
By Ref Reviewer 04 For the boxing day game at Stamford Bridge we had ref Friend who did the derby between Chelsea and Fulham. Was he anybody’s friend after the game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Murphy Torres C Came in with a high foot, ref tried to play …
Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal —————— Money laundering is not complicated, you just need a cash generating business. Football is a cash generating business. By: Anne The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) describes itself as “an independent inter-governmental body that …
By Walter Broeckx When does a team reaches it’s tipping point? Or what is the importance of that one player that rarely catches the highlights but who is so important for the balance in the team? Are Arsenal really a one man team for the moment? And with a one man team I don’t mean …
By Billy Le Dog McGraw My preview for the Leeds game was such a stunning success that I have been asked to write again on the subject. You will recall then we were playing the Yorkshire Grit (which is, as you will now know, made up of coarse sand grains and small stones). Against such …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Michael Oliver Assistant 1: Peter Kirkup Assistant 2: Mike Mullarkey 4th Official: Lee Probert Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… as always – I am pushed for time but I haven’t been wasting it. You might be interested to know that I am working with Walter …
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By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game between Chelsea and Aston Villla we had ref Mark Halsey at the whistle. Was his game as surprising as the final result? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 3 OTHER Ramirez Dunne NC Push on defender not given 0 0 3 OTHER Dunne Ramirez NC …
Read More “Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 1 – Aston Villa 3. A ref of two halves.”
————————————————————– Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal —————————————————- DOOM MONGERS by Mahdi “Spurs are better than us now and they`ll finish above us, something needs to change in the backroom,sack Wenger,spend some money bla bla bla” Now don’t these words sound familiar? …
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By James Evans As an Arsenal fan, you’ll have likely placed a few friendly wagers between yourself and friends about the outcome of matches. Indeed as we all know football betting is big business worldwide and many players bet on matches for both fun and profit. Today, let’s take a quick look about how to …
Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal —————– After Fulham, what Arsène did not say: an Untold apology By: Anne In my previous Untold Media article, “After Fulham. All the things the press reported but which Arsène did not say,” I made the …
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Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 2 – Gameweeks 19 & 20 By Dale Higginbottom So, here we are with part two of our festive round-up of injuries, you can find part one here. I don’t usually combine these reports but over the festive period it’s difficult to keep up with all the …
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Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Ref Reviewer 03 For the game between Manchester United and Wigan we had ref Phil Dowd. Any controversy to report about this game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 …
Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ————————————————————– By Walter Broeckx As making mistakes is human we should accept mistakes by the ref. And last time I checked I think I was human and I am very willingly to accept that I do …
Read More “Suspicious decisions – part 2: When is making mistakes more than making mistakes”
—————————————— Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————————– By Tony Attwood Next month Fifa starts up a telephone hotline for players and officials who come forward with evidence of match fixing. Everyone who does come forward will be guaranteed immunity. Now before we …
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Click here to become part of the definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC —————————————- By Walter Broeckx This is an attempt to get a bit further in our ref reviews and most of all in finding out what is hidden behind the numbers we gather in the reviews. So in this article I will go …
By Tony Attwood The obvious headline which popped into my head as the final seconds of the game ticked away was “I was there, I was there, I was there”. By the time we got back to the car the radio was full of people saying, “those who were there could say ‘I was there’.” …
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“Making the Arsenal”: In case you didn’t get given it for Christmas it is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Walter Broeckx Well we had an Fa cup game at the Emirates that wouldn’t stay in our collective memory …
By Billy the Dog McGraw I don’t know if it is just me but it seems to be easier these day to understand what Mr Wenger is going to do in terms of his playing staff for each game. It is almost like the 1987/88 season when the same players would come out for match …
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By Ref Reviewer 04 Ref Kevin Friend did the game between Sunderland and Manchester City. Did he have a good game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Sun? MC? C Advantage given, leads to a corner 1 1 7 OFFSIDE MC C Assumed correct 1 1 7 OTHER De Jong …
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By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game between Fulham and Manchester United we had ref Halsey in charge. An easy game to ref ? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Foul Dempsey Evans N/C Dempsey threw his elbow into face of Jones ref gave nothing 0 0 1 Red Dempsey N/C …
The Fulham v Arsenal press conference – what was said and what was reported. (Guess what, they are not the same thing). By: Anne The basic media line on Arsene’s post-Fulham comments regarding referee Lee Probert is best summed up by the Guardian’s David Hytner, when he opened his article on the post-match press conference by …
By Walter Broeckx So what if…. How much of progress did humanity make just by someone, somewhere thinking these 3 words? Many good invention started just by these 3 magical words. So I was thinking: So what if Fifa/Uefa/FA started with a way to cancel out bad mistakes from the refs. So what if those …
By Tony Attwood If you are a member of AISA, you are also a member of the Arsenal History Society, and you will have received an invite a while back to attend our Winter Social at the House of Commons on Thursday this week. We received far too many applications for places, and so have …
By Tony Attwood According to reports Tom Adeyemi who plays for Oldham, on loan from Norwich City, was racially abused by one or more Liverpool fans at the Anfield ground last night. He gave a statement to Merseyside Police in which it is understood he claimed to have been racially abused twice by a supporter. …
“Making the Arsenal”: In case you didn’t get given it for Christmas it is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game between Wolverhampton and Chelsea we had ref Peter Walton. The crowd didn’t like …
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