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 What needs to be done to ensure Arsenal get fourth next season? Amateur footballers from across Europe (or indeed the world if they fancy travelling) can rent the “sacred” Barcelona pitch and now play a one hour game on it. The cost is currently set at 300 euros per player which if …
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By Tony Attwood The 10 really important topics people never talk about in football. It is all about how one looks at the world. We can read the story of the convicted thief who steals food because his children are starving and blame the government and our social system for their poverty, or we can …
Read More “The authorities and the media blame us fans, but they are the ones who are culpable”
The 10 really important topics people never talk about in football. Do Arsenal really need to spend £££ on a new goalscorer when we have Eddie? by Tony Attwood We know of course that to have got fourth place last season Arsenal needed either 71 points and a goal difference of +30 or more or …
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Do Arsenal really need to spend £££ on a new goalscorer when we have Eddie? By Sir Hardly Anyone 1: Why the results of games owe as much to who is refereeing the game as to the qualities of the two teams. In simple terms, the percentage of home wins that each referee in the …
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By Tony Attwood Plan for Wenger statue finally reaches fruition There is an article on the Mirror’s website today which sets up a series of ideas about Arsenal which are, perhaps not surprisingly, unfounded, or at the very best completely unproven. The whole piece is promoted on its website, under the banner “Today’s headline” as …
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by Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of Untold Arsenal, you will know that our one great achievement in relation to Arsenal was to propose to the club that a series of statues should be erected at the Arsenal Stadium in order to enhance the notion of “Arsenalisation” as it was called in …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal on track for third next season by scoring just seven more goals The BBC is currently running an article on its website about Charles Reep: The military accountant who brought data analysis to English game In 1928 Reep was seemingly the first man to analyse what actually happened on the pitch in …
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Which club got the most home bias this past season? By Tony Attwood Although you might well know this off by heart, for ease of reference here is the way the Premier League finished in 2021/22 Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester City 38 29 6 3 99 26 73 …
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By Tony Attwood 85 players tipped to join Arsenal; 30 players leaving this summer according to pundits You will undoubtedly recall that the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985 involved Liverpool fans at a match in Europe, and what happened subsequently was to a degree a result of how the terrible events of that evening played …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone Two interesting headlines stand this week. First, we are told (and note this was published today, 2 June) “Arsenal should look to make a sensational Premier League transfer next season if Mikel Arteta’s side qualify for the Champions League. Mohammed Salah’s surprising desires should have put the Gunners on red alert.” …
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by Tony Attwood I have just received the notice reprinted below, telling me it is time to renew my season ticket. And as a season ticket holder keen to ensure that my season ticket does not lapse I interrupted my daily work of writing advertisements, and followed the link outlined in the message. To save …
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By Tony Attwood As we have shown, the majority (but not all) of referees covering Premier League matches show a home bias. The reason for this, as described in full here and is proven by detailed independent academic research. The cause is quite clearly shown to be the influence of the crowd on the referee …
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