Child abuse and dealing in under age children is still rampant in football

    By Tony Attwood Why are the FA not taking action to hold clubs to account for children’s injuries? FIFA are said to be looking at illegal Premier League transfers of children  Barcelona lose their final appeal as dealing in under-aged children confirmed.  I have several times in the past written about the problem …

Comparing this season with previous campaigns: the ups and downs: 6 years of ups and downs

  Suddenly we are told football news is fake. Did anyone not already know? Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all By Tony Attwood In this little exercise we’ve selected the traditional big six clubs and their positions in the league today and then compared this achievement with where …

When is it the right time to sack a manager?

    Suddenly we are told football news is fake. Did anyone not already know? Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all by Tony Attwood Mikel Arteta took over at Arsenal as manager on 20 December 2019.  That season he won the FA Cup with Arsenal, although the club …

Suddenly we are told football news is fake. Did anyone not already know?

    Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all Carragher and Neville should feel ashamed of their behaviour at Arsenal By Tony Attwood There is an extraordinary story in the Athletic today headlined “Fake Man United news: Tracking down the people making thousands out of fictitious stories.” What is …

Carragher and Neville distraught as their anti-Arsenal attitude exposed once and for all

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Carragher and Neville should feel ashamed of their behaviour at Arsenal

  Large football organisations exist to benefit those who run them This time it’s true: a game to remember for all time. AFC 3 Liverpool 1 By Tony Attwood The CNN website summed up the situation yesterday quite well saying, “The Emirates erupted as Trossard’s shot squirmed into the net, with Arteta leading the party …

Large football organisations exist to benefit… those who run them.

    This time it’s true: a game to remember for all time. AFC 3 Liverpool 1 The VAR Score and what difference a manager makes By Tony Attwood Large sporting organisations tend to have time limits set up for their chief executives etc, simply to keep them under control, to stop them holding a …

This time it’s true: a game to remember for all time. AFC 3 Liverpool 1

    Arsenal v Liverpool: Arsenal have the advantage, but need to take more shots. By Tony Attwood On my drive back home to Northamptonshire after the game, traffic on the M1 all pulled into the right two lanes as on one of the refuge points (there being no hard shoulder any more) a car …

Arsenal v Liverpool: the team and the difficult history between the clubs

      On the Arsenal History Society site today: one of the earliest videos of an Arsenal game as Arsenal win 69 years ago on this day. by Sir Hardly Anyone There’s an index to previous articles by subject on the home page Arsenal have the advantage but need to take more shots How …

Arsenal v Liverpool: Arsenal have the advantage, but need to take more shots.

    How Liverpool commit many more fouls than Arsenal, before getting a card A Liverpool foul is 27% less likely to get a yellow card than an Arsenal foul By Bulldog Drummond On the Arsenal History Society site today: one of the earliest videos of an Arsenal game as Arsenal win 69 years ago …

How Liverpool commit many more fouls than Arsenal, before getting a card

    A Liverpool foul is 27% less likely to get a yellow card than an Arsenal foul The window hardly happened. So instead, the VAR score and what difference a manager makes Today in Arsenal’s history: It is proposed that Arsenal should be elected to the First Division By Bulldog Drummond We had a …

A Liverpool foul is 27% less likely to get a yellow card than an Arsenal foul

    By Tony Attwood The window hardly happened. So instead, the VAR score and what difference a manager makes Arsenal transfer news: the four Arsenal players who are definitely leaving A comparison of the key defensive numbers between Mancheseter City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, shows that for three metrics those four clubs are …

The window hardly happened. So instead, the VAR score and what difference a manager makes

    Arsenal transfer news: the four Arsenal players who are definitely leaving The January transfer market has collapsed. So what is going on in Premier League football By Sir Hardly Anyone Never has my name been more appropriate – remove my knighthood and the name rings true for who bought whom. in January.  And …

Arsenal transfer news: the four Arsenal players who are definitely leaving

    The January transfer market has collapsed. So what is going on in Premier League football Barcelona, Everton, Manchester City: financial issues abound, but Barce is out on its own. By Sir Hardly Anyone Well, as you know, even with a fair bit of padding, there is bugger all happening on the transfer front, …

Arsenal in 2024: Trading Excitement for Success?

      The 2022/2023 season marked a return. A footballing giant, suffering from a multi-year slumber, had awoken. The memes faded, the jealousy rose, and enthusiasm among the fanbase came to a crescendo. Arsenal were back. Yes, the club ended up falling short against the Man City machine. Yet finishing second in the Premier …

The January transfer market has collapsed. So what is going on in Premier League football

      Could Arsenal actually be better than the media lead us to believe? Arsenal team against Forest and the prognostications for the match. By Tony Attwood One year ago clubs in England spent between £815m and £843m on transfers (depending on which newspaper you read) which was double the previous January record.   Chelsea …