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This is when foortball starts to change 2: the Man C case Arsenal dancing as the media kicks England instead By Sir Hardly Anyone We now have 59 players tipped by the all-knowing media as being close to coming to Arsenal and 22 who are leaving. Most summers the number of players who …
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By Tony Attwood This is when football starts to change, part 1: exit Barcelona Football finances really are in trouble The BBC recently compiled a chart adding together the matchday, commercial and broadcast revenue of clubs as shown in their 2023 financial reports. Manchester City were of course top, followed by Manchester United, …
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This article first appeared earlier today on the Arsenal History Society site, while Untold Arsenal was down following a technical fault. We’re now fully back and operational. This is when football starts to change, part 1: exit Barcelona Football finances really are in trouble Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s …
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Football finances really are in trouble Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s the Premier League’s new game By Tony Attwood The opening of the story is one that you probably won’t read about anywhere in the UK media, but it is a story which is gathering a certain amount of interest …
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Selling the kids to balance the books: it’s the Premier League’s new game England should compensate season ticket holders when a player is injured in the World Cup Premier League football clubs have two ways of making money (three ways if you include the Manchester City approach, but they truly are outliers …
England should compensate season ticket holders when a player is injured in the World Cup Copa América: Martinelli plays. Football’s finances: who knows? By Tony Attwood Quite why Premier League clubs are getting into a frenzy of selling and buying young players has become clear at last. If Arsenal sell a player for £20m …
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Copa América: Martinelli plays. Football’s finances: who knows? Why the media won’t raise the issue of just how different each referee’s performance is. By Tony Attwood Everyone is entitled to an opinion – that is obvious. It is after all the essence of democracy, and despite everything still seems to me to be the …
Why the media won’t raise the issue of just how different each referee’s performance is. Hacker offers documents in Man City case suggesting criminal activity By Tony Attwood “Punchless Brazil held to goalless draw by Costa Rica” is the headline in the Guardian Gabriel Martinelli came on as a sub but did not …
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Hacker offers documents in Man City case suggesting criminal activity Wrexham sign Arsenal goalkeeper as Arsenal do the decent thing Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? By Tony Attwood One of the problems with football reporting in my view is that the various issues afflicting football issues are …
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Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? The Euros: how are the media doing so far? By Tony Attwood Football is of course a world that lives on rumours. In the summer the media is generally full of little other than international tournaments and transfer rumours – the latter being …
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Can the Man C saga be ended any time soon? The Euros: how are the media doing so far? By Tony Attwood We’re told that Arsenal have sold Arthur Okonkwo to Wrexham, after he has had a one season loan at the club for the last campaign. He has taken a contract that …
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The Euros: how are the media doing so far? The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players By Buylldog Drummond “Can 11 Englishmen be on the same pitch without looking confused?” That question was posed by the Guardian A similar question could be posed along the lines …
Recent posts Arsenal players at the Copa America The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players What does Arsenal have to do to improve this season? When it comes to international football the English media have a bit of a problem. For through the normal football season they are …
A list of recent posts can be found on the home page. But here are the latest transfers articles we have published… The problem of signing players It is time Arsenal bought some older players What does Arsenal have to do to improve this season? Who has spent the most in recent years …
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By Tony Attwood As you may well have noticed we have been absent for a while during an upgrade of the inner workings of the site. Obviously not something I wanted to happen, but we are now back, and hopefully will be returning to our regular regime of postings. I can see we …
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What does Arsenal have to do to improve this season? Who has spent the most in recent years Arsenal or Man City? Links to more of our recent articles can be found on the home page By Tony Attwood In our recent article on What Arsenal Need to Improve to win the …
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Who has spent the most in recent years Arsenal or Man City? The old problems are still there Over the past seven seasons, Manchester City have gained between 86 and 100 points each season in winning the league. They have scored between 83 and 106 goals each season in so doing and have conceded …
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How can Saka improve his football within the Euro 2024 England camp? It might sound like a bizarre suggestion that one of the best young players in world football needs to improve his game, but there are a few areas of Saka’s form that he needs to improve. The 22-year-old has had a …
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Untold Returns but Football’s old problems are still there What happens if Man City’s owners win their battle with the Premier League? By Iver Loadofcash If you read the comments from readers on Untold Arsenal or indeed on other sites you might have noticed one or two saying that the attacks on Manchester City …
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Could Arsenal’s defence be even more solid this coming season? By Tony Attwood First off sincere apologies for the problems with the Untold Arsenal site in the last few days. We have moved across to new, better, faster, nicer, happier, sweeter and altogether more friendly servers and … oh what a surprise. It …
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Could Arsenal’s defence be even more solid this coming season? Arsenal’s missing 97 players and the pre-season tour By Tony Attwood It is surely the ultimate irony that the calling of a general election (a key part of our democracy) in Britain has removed the chances of a Football Regulator Bill in relation to …
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Arsenal’s missing 97 players and the pre-season tour Why do owners from non-democratic backgrounds want to change English football? By Bulldog Drummond One reason why there is a general media consensus that Arsenal will buy big this summer is that whether they do or not, it gives the media a story. Forthrough the window …
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Why do owners from non-democratic backgrounds want to change English football? Transfers: 8 more players Arsenal are buying, one more departure By Tony Attwood Let me say from the off that the two concepts in the headline are not connected. It is just that there is not that much to write about in …
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Transfers: 8 more players Arsenal are buying, one more departure Uefa’s move on multi-club ownership and how it affects English football By Tony Attwood I was tipped off by one of my colleagues on the site about this, and I have to admit it wasn’t something that had struck me – but now the …
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