Southampton again cited in illegal gambling incident, but who on earth can investigate?

By Tony Attwood Fifa has announced it will investigate the spot-fixing claims of Claus Lundekvam, the former Southampton defender who has claimed that he, his Southampton team-mates and opposing captains were involved in betting fraud on a significant scale Meanwhile FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted that he did know about  bribe payments made to …

Right sided attackers: last season Theo was brilliant – but who will do it this year?

————————— If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. ————————— By Walter Broeckx Continuing the review of the team for the coming season, from left to right we go into  our attack. As your midfield maestro I now collect the ball on the …

draft Boreham Stiff v Arsenal. Three penguins and a mongoose

If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. ————————— For an extra room on your house without any planning permission, try here. Follow Untold and the Arsenal History Society on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ————————– Blackburn and the refs.  It wasn’t really the refs fault. …

REFEREE REVIEW 2012: Blackburn Rovers. The refs done ok (mostly)

———————- If you think you know your Arsenal, it is time to think again.  Never before has one book overturned so many myths and revealed so many secrets about a club.  Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. —————————– By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more …

Arsenal’s big choice for the coming season. Who’s left on the left in attack?

By Walter Broeckx This is part of a continuing series of articles on Arsenal in the new season: position by position.  Today, we move to the left hand side of the attack. Last season the player that played most of the games on that position was our then new signing Gervinho. Joining us after winning …

REF REVIEW 2012: Wolverhampton Wanderers get some bad ref decisions

By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By reviewing those 155 games we …

Custodianship/Self sustainability – where do we go from here?

Custodianship/Self sustainability – where do we go from here? Richard Bedwell If we believe those who understand these things there are two tectonic shifts happening in football at the moment. The first, according to Ivan Gazidis, is that football generally is moving towards the way that Arsenal runs its business. Driven by the demands of …

REF REVIEW 2012: Wigan Athletic – the ref apologises and the season turns

—————– Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ————————— By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video …

It looks like we are about to make summer signing number 5

By Tony Attwood To say that Untold is doing rather well so far this summer with calling the transfers we are going to get isn’t really to claim that much I guess, since many other blogs got there round about the same time – although I think we did edge it over quite a few …

Bread and circuses. How Circus Maximus inspires the Premier League

By Don McMahon Few football supporters have given it much thought, but the truth is, we are being force-fed gladiatorial-like spectacles each week during the Football season and thus we have become addicted to this tribalism. We cheer on our favourite warriors (the language we use reflects this bellicosity) and proudly flaunt our colours, our …

REF REVIEW 2012: Team by Team : Swansea City and near perfect refereeing

By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By reviewing those 155 games we …

Lille right back Mathieu Debuchy – a suitable case for treatment

The Modern Footballer:  Mathieu Debuchy, a Case Study by Mark I. Ibrahim Mathieu Debuchy is an exciting 26 year old French right back who has garnered quite a bit of attention recently and has been the subject of many a transfer rumour.  Naturally, he has decided to talk to L’Equipe all about it.  He has …

Why Ramsey is not Cesc and why Rosicky still has a future with us.

————————————————————– Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ————————— By Walter Broeckx Continuing our review of Arsenal players and positions, we move up further and see what we have on the attacking midfield place. The open gap that the departure of Cesc gave us. …

RVP: never left, signs AFC contract, signs for Juve, is crocked, is old, goes to Manchester

—————————– Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ——————————- By Tony Attwood Would you believe it?  For weeks the papers have been telling us that Arsenal is more or less doomed as RVP is leaving.  He is, in that quaint tabloid phrase, “want away …

REF REVIEW 2012: Stoke City. 60% correct as the refs vanish down a dark dark tunnel.

By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By reviewing those 155 games we …

“Some matches in the Premier League are fixed”. Discuss.

By Tony Attwood Seeing that headline what do you think? Here are some possible answers that one might come up with: 1.  Tell me your evidence, I would like to consider it and make my own judgement. 2.  The writer is an idiot, of course it is not fixed 3.  Typical Arsenal supporter coming up …

Scottish football eats itself

————————————————————– Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ————————— For all your football betting try these Bookmakers with free bets.   —————— By Tony Attwood I keep writing about Rangers and football in Scotland because at each twist and turn it seems to me …

REF REVIEW 2012: Queens Park Rangers – “These numbers are mind blowing”

By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By reviewing those 155 games we …

Who played for Arsenal in the Markus Liebherr Cup games, and what it tells us for their future.

By Tony Attwood Arsenal have now played their opening friendlies of the 2012/13 season.  So what do the line ups tell us of what is to come? Anderlecht 0 Arsenal 1 In one sense we can readily say that the line ups don’t really teach us much at all, since the players who were involved …

Mikel the anchor man in midfield

Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ——————————————–   By Walter Broeckx Let us move on in midfield and take on what I think was the most influential player from last season: Mikel Arteta. His presence or most of all when not present was …

Football is back, finally. And for once the result does matter

Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ——————————————– By Walter Broeckx   14 July…what again is so special about that day? The French national holiday? Okay we do have a lot of French players at Arsenal but no, that can’t be the reason I …

REFEREE REVIEW 2012: Team by Team: West Bromwich Albion

Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ——————————————– By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage …

What gives any Arsenal player the right to dictate club policy?

—————————— Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. —————————     By Tony Attwood Why do players leave Arsenal? More money,being fed up with the management team,wanting to go back home,being fed up with the endless criticism of them and their style of play …

REF REVIEWS 2012 Team by Team: – Aston Villa

————————————————————– Publication on July 20th: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. The book that re-writes the Arsenal story. ————————— Looking for a low cost spare bedroom, home office, music room, summer house… without planning permission?  We’ve got it! —————————— By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have …

Arsenal change its pricing policy at the Emirates following AISA campaign

By Tony Attwood Arsenal Football Club has announced the outcome of a major review of its ticketing approach ahead of  the 2012/2013 season. The move follows extensive discussions with supporters and supporter groups including AISA has led to changes designed to provide thousands of tickets at lower prices, reward season ticket loyalty and improve the …