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 Walter Broeckx Apart from winning half of the major trophies available in England, apart from having the best record over the calendar year in 2015 of all the teams in the PL, apart from being top when we move in to 2016 there was another big joy for me when following The Arsenal in …
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This article continues from the first part of our review of 2015 which you can read here. By Walter Broeckx Looking back at 2015 we can’t get around the fact that Arsenal was the best club in England in the calendar year. I know you don’t get a trophy for that. But it should be …
By Walter Broeckx Another year over, a new one to begin… In these days many people look back at the year that has just gone by. So why not me. When I look back at 2015 from the Arsenal perspective I feel it has been a great year. Not a super year. But still a …
It’s the end of the year, and a good time for looking back at who has down well, and who not. Here’s the first part of the Untold List of Winners and Losers in 2015. 1: Man U – LOSER Man U have had two approaches of late – changing managers (three managers in three …
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By Fishpie So, 19 games gone. The half-way mark has arrived. And…we’re top of the league!! And what more can you ask for? And you know what it means too, don’t you? Well, it means we are now in the coveted position that eight of the last ten Premier League title-winning teams were in at …
By Tony Attwood Before I answer that question (and if you are impatient, the answer is here, but at the end) let me prove our current success. Let’s start with the final table for the 2015 calendar year reads thus… Club P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Arsenal 38 25 6 7 …
By Tony Attwood In 2014, the Deloitte Football Money League had eight Premier League clubs in the top 30 richest clubs in the universe. Well, ok, in the world. But when the new TV deal comes along, things will change again. The total amount being paid to Premier League clubs for both UK rights and international …
By Tony Attwood Here’s the easiest question of the year. How many players did we sign in the last transfer window and how much did we spend? Answer 1 and £10m But can you count the number of players we bought in 2014/15 and how much was spent? And what about the year before, and …
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By Usama and Walter ASTON VILLA vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 16 DATE: 13th December 2015 VENUE: Villa Park (Birmingham, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Kevin Friend 1st LINESMAN: David Bryan 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Tony Attwood It is not something I dwell on much on this site, because I know that just because you share my interest in Arsenal, it doesn’t mean you share my interest in music – but there is a second Untold site – Untold Dylan. While this site focuses on “Football news from an Arsenal …
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By Walter Broeckx As could be expected a handful of changes for this match. Not even 48 hours after our last match sending out the same team is not really smart. At the back we had Gabriel in the place of Koscielny who sat on the bench. Gibss replace Monreal. In midfield we had Chambers …
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By Tony Attwood To the best of my knowledge Arsenal have only played Bournemouth twice before. The first was on 26 October 1965 and we won 6-2 at Dean Court. The Arsenal team was Burns, Howe, Storey, McLintock, Neill, Simpson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Baker, Sammels, Eastham. Howe, Baker and Eastham scored, and then John Radford came …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth 28 December 2015 – The Match Officials. by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Roger East Assistants – L Betts and D Cann Fourth Official – D Deadman Roger East, is from Wiltshire. He was appointed to the Elite group for the start of the 2013-14 season, having refereed first on 1 …
By Walter Broeckx ARSENAL vs. SUNDERLAND COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 15 DATE: 5th December 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Marc Perry 2nd LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 4th OFFICIAL: Jeremy Simpson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points …
By Tim Charlesworth Amidst the joy of the Man City game, (and forgetting the one that followed it) one interesting aspect got slightly overlooked, and that was the influence of the left footers. Left sidedness is an advantage in lots of sports. John McEnroe and Raphael Nadal are the most obvious examples in tennis. Both players …
By Tony Attwood If you are going to have a rough ride in football it can often be better to get it over with in one game. That was the lesson learned in the first double season of 1970/1 in which Arsenal, complete from Wilson in goal and a team of stars up to …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made again no changes in the starting line up for this match. So Flamini and Ramsey stay in the centre of the midfield with the Welsh player celebrating his 25th birthday. The starting line up : Cech, Monreal, Mertesacker Koscielny, Bellerin, Ramsey, Flamini, Campbell, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, …
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By Bulldog Drummond The review of recent events, and the league table for 2015 to date appears in the first part of the Southampton Arsenal review. The referee preview also is here. . Now moving on… . The team is most likely to be Giroud Campbell Ozil Walcott Ramsey Flamini Monreal Koscielny Mertersacker Bellerin …
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By Bulldog Drummond Could it be that football is not only taking note of our desire to video refereeing, but also for evidence based commentary? After so many years of attempts to tell us what we will think in the future (as per “Arsenal fans will be angry if…” it seems hard to believe, and …
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Southampton v Arsenal 26 December 2015 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw The Table of Shame – valid to matchweek 14 Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 0 19 Red Cards 1 9 Penalties 1 14 Goals 0 4 Total 2 46 Possible Cost in Points 0 11 Before …
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By Walter Broeckx In the article about the possible introduction of video refereeing in the PL you can read the reaction of Graham Poll and that was rather typical for how referees are. I will quote from his reaction: “Hallelujah! That was my first reaction to the news that professional clubs are being asked their opinions on …
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By Tony Attwood After the Premier League’s own version of Financial Fair Play was left in its box, never to have the wrapping paper undone, Uefa crumbled from its ideals of bringing football finance under control, and the Football League let QPR off the hook with a fine that didn’t even make the owner blink, …
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By Walter Broeckx Is the Untold Arsenal campaign really going to lead to a change in refereeing? It seems that for the first time the answer could be yes! Sticking your neck out isn’t always easy. You get ridiculed. You are called all sorts of names. But I have never backed away from explaining and …
In the last article Tim Charlesworth discussed the Birmingham v Arsenal game of 23 February 2008 – surely most fans’ nomination for the “worst Arsenal game ever”. In this piece Tim continues by looking at the aftermath. The devastation was total. Arsenal’s title challenge unravelled over the next few weeks, and we finished third. As the 2015/16 …
By Tim Charlesworth I was sorry to hear that Cesc Fabregas was booed by Chelsea fans last weekend. He may well have deserved it, but the incident reminded me of something sad. Cesc has not, and never will, realise his full potential. I suspect that, like many players who started young, his career may tail …
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