The January transfer window moved few players around: but did any club benefit? Are Newcastle United really in financial difficulty? And what about Arsenal? By Frankly Boring The central problem with most football journalism is that it is transfer-focused, and most rumoured transfers don’t happen. And unless Arteta makes a speech in which …
Are Newcastle United really in financial difficulty? And what about Arsenal? Did Arsenal want Mudryk and Caicedo, and was it just luck that they didn’t sign them? Today on the Arsenal History Society website: Arsenal have never been beaten on 29 Feb, but untrue tales continue By Tony Attwood As we have often …
Did Arsenal want Mudryk and Caicedo, and was it just luck that they didn’t sign them? Is the Premier League getting more exciting or simply ever more predictable? By Tony Attwood Last month figures were released that showed that Newcastle United had loaned its director Amanda Staveley £659,000 for legal fees in August …
Is the Premier League getting more exciting or simply ever more predictable? How far down might these points deducations take clubs? Today’s Anniversary: 28 February: Arsenal make it 32 goals in 7 games By Sir Hardly Anyone “In the January transfer window of 2023, Mykhailo Mudryk and Moises Caicedo were both wanted by Arsenal.” …
How far down might these points deducations take clubs? Big clubs that foul less lose fewer players of their own to injury Today from the Arsenal History Society: When the army recruited volunteers at half time in an Arsenal match By Tony Attwood According to the Athletic in 2022/23 the goals per game …
Big clubs that foul less lose fewer players of their own to injury What takes clubs up and down the league: attack or defence? An index to recent articles arranged by subject is on the home page By Tony Attwood The Premier League table may, at first sight, look like a normal league …
There is an index to our recent articles arranged by themes on the home page By Tony Attwood What takes clubs up and down the league: attack or defence? Referee Extremism: the situation in Spain and in England There are numerous factors that affect how well a club does in a season, and …
Referee Extremism: the situation in Spain and in England Didn’t appreciate KO time, M1 is a disaster, but watching Arsenal is a joy Today on the Arsenal History Society site: Arsenal man became the first to play 1000 first class games This season, as we know, two teams have suddenly leaped up the …
Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee There is an index to some of our recent enquiries into refereeing on the home page. By Tony Attwood I have often noted that the UK media will not criticise referees nor will they comment on the vast differences in the …
Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Tony Attwood What can one say in a season in which the top three are flying away from the rest and Arsenal are part of that top three? Of course I’d like them to be even topper (if you see …
Injuries, yellow cards and recent form Arsenal v Newcastle: the referee who just doesn’t oversee home wins Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee …
Arsenal v Newcastle: the referee who just doesn’t oversee home wins Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Bulldog Drummond Looking at where …
Newcastle United’s weakness revealed and what they could do. Arsenal v Newcastle United. Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee By Tony Attwood The PGMO appointments for the match today are Paul Tierney as the referee, with Neill …
Arsenal v Newcastle: the tackles, fouls and yellow cards compared Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee In the last article we took our usual look at tackles, fouls and cards, and so here we look at how the figures interact. We know that Newcastle United are the …
Suddenly the media blames the referee – although not an English referee Abuse of children: it seems that clubs have found an absolute loophole By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle United have a worse away record this season than Bournemouth, which given the relative income of each club is quite something. Aalthough of late they …
Abuse of children: it seems that clubs have found an absolute loophole Today on the Arsenal history site: 23 Feb 2008: when the wrong Arsenal player was sent off and his ban doubled on appeal By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal are playing Newcastle tomorrow (Saturday) at the ludicrous time of 8pm – ludicrous that is …
Why last night’s Arsenal defeat may not be the disaster that it looks Maybe at last the media is waking up to the notion of child abuse in football By Tony Attwood I have written a number of times about the way in which a parent’s complaint about his son’s treatment at a …
Today on the Arsenal History site: Seven games without a win and Arsenal still won’t sack their manager. The battle within football that will shape the Premier League’s future On Arsenal’s urgent need for a striker and other bits of hokum In the 2010s Arsenal played in the Champions League eight times …
Porto v Arsenal: there are reasons to expect a goal. Or maybe two. Porto v Arsenal: the recent form and what it tells us about the game Porto v Arsenal: could Arsenal possibly continue the goalscoring form of the last 3 games? Arsenal in the Champions League. How are our rivals doing at …
By Sir Hardly Anyone Porto v Arsenal: the recent form and what it tells us about the game Porto v Arsenal: could Arsenal possibly continue the goalscoring form of the last 3 games? Arsenal in the Champions League. How are our rivals doing at the moment? ————— Join AISA for Free. If …
Porto v Arsenal: could Arsenal possibly continue the goalscoring form of the last 3 games? Arsenal in the Champions League. How are our rivals doing at the moment? According to those in the media who bother with such things, tomorrow’s match is not the key thing on Arsenal supporters’ minds. Rather it is …
by Sir Hardly Anyone Arsenal in the Champions League. How are our rivals doing at the moment? Maybe at last the media is waking up to the notion of child abuse in football FC Porto are the most successful club in Portugal in terms of points accrued over time. # Club Matches …
Today’s Anniversary: Arsenal score their fastest ever goal in the Champions League Maybe at last the media is waking up to the notion of child abuse in football The battle within football that will shape the Premier League’s future By Bulldog Drummond The last time Arsenal got beyond the round of 16 …
The battle within football that will shape the Premier League’s future On Arsenal’s urgent need for a striker and other bits of hokum By Tony Attwood When you think about it, it is utterly outrageous that the national media utterly refuses to take up the story of possible child abuse in football. (The …
On Arsenal’s urgent need for a striker and other bits of hokum The statistics that make journalists look silly and Arsenal’s position even more exciting Today’s Arsenal anniversary headline: 19 February, when a spectator is persuaded to play for Arsenal with awful consequences By Tony Attwood There are all sorts of rules within …
