Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
By Tony Attwood From the moment Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules were announced it was always clear that there would be an early test of the rules. It would be a situation so outrageous that even a dead man reading The Sun could spot it a mile off. A test that would define the entire …
By Walter Broeckx As you will know (assuming that you have not just stumbled on this site by pure chance) Untold Arsenal represents the optimistic branch of Arsenal supporters. Of course we have not been the only optimistic group, but we’ve perhaps been among the most unswerving in our support. But of course there have …
Read More “Others see it, so why can’t all Arsenal supporters see it?”
By Tony Attwood Arsenal have a totally useless defence, right? Well, up to a point, as Evelyn Waugh’s character said when all that was said was wrong. In fact Arsenal have let in a whopping 34 goals this season, compared with 26 for Man City, 31 for Man U and 33 for Chelsea. Put another …
Read More “It’s now in our hands. Shame about the attack. And defence.”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have West Ham United which if you don’t mind will from now on call just WHU. Now before any WHU supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count …
Read More “So what is wrong with the Refs: Case study West Ham”
By Tony Attwood Well you wait all season for a Tomas Rosicky goal to come along and then you get two in one game, plus a header off his own line. No Theo, No Jack, but the reborn Gervinho and Rosicky and three exceptionally valuable points and, what is it, six wins in the last …
By Tony Attwood Hands up everyone who remembers the time when every day the press would trumpet the “fact” that Arsenal had “now” had “50” cards under Wenger. (Obviously substituting a different number every week). If you do then you know your Wengerian history, and you probably know that this was one of the greatest …
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have West Bromwich Albion which if you don’t mind will from now on call just WBA. Now before any WBA supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count …
Read More “On the eve of the West Bromwich match – it’s WBA and the Refs…”
By Tony Attwood I don’t think anyone knows which journalist first called our last stadium “the Highbury library”. But it became a name that could be used by away supporters, the disenchanted, and the lazy journalists to banter around. Not because it was true (were you there during the “49”???) but because it, well, rhymed. …
Read More “Manchester Utd bring in acoustic engineer and why the Highbury Library was a myth”
By Billy the Dog McGraw I met with my fellow allotment lover Dennis Bergkamp as the sun rose over the Hackney Swamplands to discuss Arsenal’s injury crisis. As we know Tottenham’s injury to Bale is very minor; he will travel forwards in time for a replacement to whatever parts are considered too fragile, and then …
Read More “Dennis Bergkamp gives the team news and form for West Brom away”
Match Review: Chris Foy – Arsenal Vs Reading (4 – 1) [30/03/2013] 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 Chris Foy MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2013-03-30) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …
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by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Tottenham. Now before any Tottenham supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “What’s wrong with PL Refs: Case study – Tottenham Hotspur”
By Tony Attwood I do love it when Untold manages to latch onto a story while most (not all but most) of our national media are ignoring it. So it has been with my piece on councils and local authorities illegally supporting football clubs around Europe. That story ran on Untold on 27 March. Now …
Read More “Football finance about to explode; Real Madrid investigated, PSG in difficulty.”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Swansea. Now before any Swansea supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “So what is wrong in the PL? Ref Case study: Swansea”
By Tony Attwood Just to clarify, Oswald Mosely was a founder of the British Union of Fascists, and was an MP just at the time that Lt Col Sir Henry Norris*, the man who saved Arsenal from extinction in 1910, (before he was knighted). Amazingly (at least from a 21st century perspective) Sir Oswald was …
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Sunderland. Now before any Sunderland supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “What is wrong with the PL Refs: Case study – Sunderland”
By Tony Attwood Speaking out against your current manager, and saying nice things about your former manager, is not necessarily the best thing to do, even if you are on something over £8m a year salary. There’s bound to be a pesky clause in your contract that says you can’t do that sort of thing. …
Read More “Nasri speaks out, but it still looks like his agent is larking about”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Stoke. Now before any Stoke supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
By Tony Attwood There are many things wrong with international football in general, and English international football in particular – but at least one thing has already been put right. The press don’t expect England to win every Euro, World Cup, and every other tournament that is invented. In fact these days we are hardly …
Read More “Fifa extends its control to the summer even when there is no world cup”
