Five teams, two Champ League places. Now what? (part 2)

By Tony Attwood There were some very kind comments following my little article on the five clubs chasing the 3rd and 4th spot this season. It was indeed true that I missed the fact that Liverpool are in the Europa courtesy of the league cup but they would still much prefer the Euro Champs League, …

Preview: Arsenal versus Newcastle, Tottenham watch on anxiously.

By Phil Gregory The extremely timely slump of Tottenham continued yesterday, with a defeat for our beloved neighbours versus an Everton side on the up. This offers us the tantalising prospect of cutting the deficit to Spurs to one point with a win against Newcastle. Overtaking Spurs would be particularly sweet “what, apparent the worst …

Barca fixed matches – the evidence from former Barca VP, (but why are the UK press silent?)

By Walter Broeckx Now I must admit that my Spanish/Catalan is not that great so would appreciate it if somebody could translate this interview that was made by the Spanish TV channel La Sexta where Mr. Alfons Godall former vice-president of Barcelona talked about a few things. The video should be available over here: Unless …

Untold Ref Review: AC Milan 4 – 0 Arsenal, Kassai and Uefa a case of clear robbery, once again

  Today’s referee is Victor Kassai – Some Arsenal fans may remember him from his officiating of last season’s away match against Braga where Eboué was allowed to be kicked off the pitch leaving Arsenal with only 10 men as they had already used all of their subs and perhaps more importantly from when Kassai denied …

Heading for third, but there are dangers ahead

—————————– By Tony Attwood I have just uploaded a couple more in our ref review series through which our dedicated team of referees review the effectiveness or otherwise of their fellow men-in-the-middle. One of these is particularly interesting (Tottenham 5 Newcastle 0) in that it relates to two of the five teams trying to secure …

Untold Ref Review: Aston Villa 0 – 1 Manchester City

Today’s referee is Michael Oliver – A narrow win for City in goals but how did the ref score MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Oliver (2012-02-12) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 10 OFFSIDE Aston Villa C assumed correct 1 12 OTHER Zabaleta Albrighton C Trip 1 14 OTHER Heskey Kolarov …

Untold Ref Review: Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 0 Newcastle United, and a strange decision not given

Today’s referee is Andre Marriner – A game that was over after 20 minutes. But we take the whole game in account when we give points to the ref. What was his final score. MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Andre Marriner (2012-02-11) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 4 GOAL Tottenham C …

The Untold Injury Index. Who is cropped? Who not?

 —————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Could you write a regular column in Untold Arsenal? —————————————— By Dale Higginbottom …

Podolski: where will he play, and what does it all mean for Arsenal?

—————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————- Analysis of Podolski’s Impending Transfer -by Mark Ibrahim Various newspapers throughout Europe …

UEFA charged with bringing the game into disrepute

——————————————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal   By Tony Attwood Uefa and others have been charged with bringing the …

Untold Ref Review: Arsenal 3 – 0 AC Milan an ordinary CL night and about game scenarios…

Today’s referee is Damir Skomina – A ref that comes from Slovenia and who speaks English and Italian. So his language knowledge is fine but what is the knowledge of the rules. MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Damir Skomina (2012-03-06) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 2 OTHER ? Gervinho NC Push …

Lukas Podolski: the man, the goals, the fishing, his dog

————————————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————– By Tony Attwood Stories about that we have signed Lukas Podolski – …

Back to business – The EPL 2011/2012 Season Visualised!

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace After last night’s brave show of spirit I thought it was about time to regain some focus and get back to the business at hand, and that is, of course, the Champions League… or more to the point – the qualification thereof via a top four spot in …

Being there… a night to remember and an insight into what the Anti-Arsenal movement is really about

—————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ————– By Tony Attwood As those of us with long journeys ahead trooped …

The first review of the almost miracle night at the Emirates

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  The most definitive book ever on the history of Arsenal’s early days and the move to Highbury.  Information here How the modern Arsenal was born in 1910.  “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx A few weeks ago, after the defeat at AC Milan I …

Arsenal versus Milan – doing the undoable.

By Phil Gregory It’s a breakfast blog from me as, were it not for somebody mentioning the Milan game is today not Wednesday in the Untold comments, I would have got the day of the game wrong. Breakfast blog may be a slightly misleading title, as I’m really hoping to get this done before my …

International games, abusing our players, remembering Lansbury

————————————————————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  The most definitive book ever on the history of Arsenal’s early days and the move to Highbury.  Information here How the modern Arsenal was born in 1910.  “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————— By Walter Broeckx There has been so much to talk about following …

Arsenal v Liverpool: the tactical analysis

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————- By Arvind (sorry I missed the name out earlier – Tony) We won. …

Redknapp describes the “arrogance of Arsenal”

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood On Saturday Liverpool outplayed us in the first half but we …

Untold Ref Review: Liverpool 1 – 2 Arsenal

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Today’s referee is Mark Halsey – From what we have gathered in the comment …

What it feels like to win at Anfield: The “O”nfield victory

————————————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx This was a game that we all have seen a …

RefWatch – Liverpool Vs Arsenal (03/03/2012 – 12:45)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Mark Halsey Assistant 1: Simon Bennett Assistant 2: Ron Ganfield 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… It’s just a quick one today as I noticed an anomaly in my booking index tables and, upon further inspection, I noticed that bookings for cup …

Liverpool and Arsenal preview and tactical analysis plus musings on international football.

By Phil Gregory Arsenal travel up to Anfield early doors for the 12.45pm kick off on Saturday, playing against a side confident of a result after their recent skin-of-their-teeth Carling Cup triumph. While Liverpool fans can correctly point out trophies are trophies, if we put rosy ideals to one side, the grim reality of the …

Arsenal/Tottenham. Before we head for Liverpool here’s the tactical review.

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————————— by Arvind Yay. I finally caught the replay of the Spurs game and …

Referees: Having a bad day at the office. Why? And what to do?

Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.  Have your name in the book as an official sponsor.  Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————– By Walter Broeckx One of our readers asked the following question after one …