Arsenal has more points after 33 games than any campaign since 2009-10

. So, Hull.  Luring near the foot of the table. Pld W D L F A GD Pts 14 Aston Villa 35 9 8 18 29 50 -21 35 15 Newcastle 35 9 8 18 36 60 -24 35 16 Hull City 34 8 10 16 32 45 -13 34 17 Leicester City 35 9 …

Why Didn’t Souleymane Complain About The Racist Chelsea Fans?

By Bootoomee When Souleymane, a black Frenchman was prevented by Chelsea fans from taking the Metro on his way back home from work in the evening of Tuesday 17th February, he did not complain to anybody. Not to the officials of the Paris Metro. Not to the police. Not to his wife and children. Souleymane …

How, contrary to reports, Arsenal are giving a vast array of youngsters a chance in league football.

By Tony Attwood Newspapermen often like to confuse ideas.  For example if a football manager speaks out of turn (at least “speaks out of turn” in the mind of a journalist) then the manager has engaged on a “rant”.  Call a journalist an ostrich, and immediately it becomes a rant.   But if a journalist …

Why Sterling can leave Liverpool any time he wants

by Tony Attwood Selling players who we would rather like to keep is something that Arsenal became fairly familiar with during the years of paying for the new stadium.  However that Liverpool, who have only just embarked on upgrading Anfield for a cost of around £114m, adding 8000 new seats, and yet are embroiled in …

Jon Toral: one of ten under age players we could see next season.

A little while back I wrote about the problems Arsenal have fitting all the current players and players on loan into the “25” list that is allowed. Of course that will be worked out later, but it is worth considering who is knocking on the door in terms of youth players who might follow Hector …

Exclusive: Tottenham’s stadium plan referred to European Commission over possible state aid issues

By Tony Attwood As was suggested in correspondence following an earlier article, the deal between Tottenham Hotspur and Haringey Council over the funding of the new stadium for Tottenham could be seen as state aid, something that is not allowable under EU law. Now Untold can reveal that the situation has been referred to the European …