Arsenal set to sign. Quick find some more exclamation marks!!

by Tony Attwood Sometimes it is difficult to know whether to laugh or cry so probably it is best to do both.  At once.  Arsenal are planning a “summer swoop” for Swansea captain Ashley Williams, and Saint Germain striker Kevin Gameiro (the latter having “set pulses racing”). (Is your pulse racing?  If not, don’t worry …

Overseas leagues way ahead of England when it comes to dealing with career ending tackles

By Walter Broeckx We all remember what happened after the criminal assaults on Arsenal players. Taylor on Eduardo, that Sunderland man on Diaby, not that kind of boy Shawcross on Ramsey. And there were others like the ones who broke other Arsenal players their legs didn’t even get a red card. Because those great refs …

Match Review: Anthony Taylor – Sunderland v Arsenal (0 – 1) [09/02/2013]

Match Review: Anthony Taylor – Sunderland Vs Arsenal (0 – 1) [09/02/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Anthony Taylor MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Anthony Taylor (2013-02-09) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …

Police lose appeal over financing coppers near the stadium

By Tony Attwood Today is the anniversary of the largest ever crowd at Arsenal, and of course we celebrate that fact on the Arsenal History Society, through the day by day anniversary pages. In such days there were some police on duty, because we had had problems at football matches since the earliest days.  (Arsenal’s …

Ref Cakir: is he a cheat? Or are others cheating the public?

By Walter Broeckx It is fair to say that this was a very educative week on the referee front. And yet I will not go in to any analyses (unless I wander off during this article) on the decisions themselves. No I rather want to talk about how the media has been going on about …

Another even bigger take over bid?

By Made I. Tup A real war has started it seems. The war to take over Arsenal FC.  Our Untold Undercover Team also known as the MI13 has discovered that the £1.5 billion takeover offer is only the start of all events that will bring Arsenal back to the top and beyond. By going where …

Nextgenseries round of 16 : Inter Milan – Arsenal 0-1

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal have battled their way to the quarter finals of the Nextgenseries, the competition that is in reality the youth version of the champions league. The round of 16 was played in one game and Arsenal had to travel to the defending champions of last year Inter Milan. Contrary to what we …

Glory, Glory Hallelujah

On the anniversary of Tottenham’s biggest home defeat to Arsenal we look at how the balance of football in North London has changed. ————————– Glory, Glory Hallelujah…… by Paul Fowler After an incredible Sunday afternoon at ‘The Lane’, and two previous close 5-2 derby game defeats, Tottenham supporters are reported in the media to be …

Permanent Revolution or Eternal Continuity?

Permanent Revolution or Eternal Continuity? By Tony Attwood Some fans, it appears, like change.  Lots of change.  Lots and lots and lots of change. As long as it is the right sort of change, bringing forth trophies and the like.  Some like continuity, perhaps seeing the longer term picture.  So it goes. Some change of …

Arsenal Day, and the vultures are circling.

Arsenal Day, and the vultures are circling By Tony Attwood It is extraordinary how things come around all at once.  Today there are a lot of people asking for Mr Wenger to go, claiming that although he did well at the start, he is not doing well enough now. And yet no matter how you …

Respect; rather forgotten but still needed

  By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood We don’t mind free speech. In fact we are great admirers and defenders of free speech. We’re all in favour of anyone who can come up with an argument about some things. What we are against is people who think that arguments by their very nature contain abusive …

Dennis Bergkamp reflects on his statue and his fork

By Billy the Dog McGraw It was a week of high pleasure and much rejoicing as the news finally broke about me ol’ mucker Dennis B.   We had of course both been malarkying around the cement factory watching his statue reach God-like proportions and having the drunken warlords who scribble for our nation’s national newspapers, …

Where did we concede our goals? – part 2

By Walter Broeckx In the last article I tried to give you a view on how the goals we conceded were made. As was shown a lot of those goals were made from our own mistakes. In today’s article I want to take about where we conceded those goals. As you know we let in …

How did we concede the goals this season?

By Walter Broeckx Lots has been said about the goals we conceded so far this season. Many posters say where we should work on to improve the defence and making claims that half of the goals we score are from corners or from free kicks or from… I thought why not try to analyse the …

Tottenham v Arsenal: what can we expect from the ref?

By Walter Broeckx The ref for this important NLD is Mark Clattenburg. Mark Clattenburg is 37 years young, was born in Consett and I had to look it up on the internet and that is some way up North in the North East to be precise. [In case you are new to this site, Walter …