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
The worry for those who attend games is what will happen in the summer 1: We have by far the best song in football, ever. The choreography was perfect – which is not something you often hear in relation to Arsenal. But it was. At the final moment just before kickoff when we thought the …
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By Tony Attwood As a final look at the Arsenal v Everton game today, we take a quick look back at the past through historic videos. On the Arsenal History Society website we have collected together videos of Arsenal games, sorted by the teams played against as well as by date. Below are the details …
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Today we celebrate the short life of one of Arsenal’s greatest ever goalscorers. By Bulldog Drummond So here we are with the last team preview of the season… The referee is Andre Marriner. And that is not good news for Arsenal for while the vast majority of the referees have reverted since the pandemic to …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal have beaten Everton 98 times in the 1st Division and Premier League – a record for one club against the same opponent. Everton have the most seasons in the top level of English football in part because they joined the football league when it was just a northern and west midlands …
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By Bulldog Drummond Without those opening 3 defeats, Arsenal would be fine. AFC v Everton preview Rob Holding has served his suspension and so will be available for the final game of the season. Kieran Tierney has undergone surgery and so is obviously out as is Thomas Partey. Takehiro Tomiyasu suffered from a muscular strain …
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By Tony Attwood The question, as we approach the final game, is this: are Arsenal making progress? And the answer is yes. Not at first, but now, yes. We have obviously done better this season than in the last two seasons under Mike Arteta, and are on a level once again with 2019 – Unai …
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by Andrew Crawshaw First here is a brief summary of the 2020/21 season to give us a baseline against which to measure our 2021/22 season The 2020-21 season finished with Arsenal in third place, one point better than Manchester United who were fourth and nine points behind Chelsea who were champions Club P W …
By Tony Attwood If clubs cannot control their fans, their stadiums should be closed proclaims the Telegraph The rise of disorder at football: why is it happening and what can be done? asks the Guardian commenting on a “shocking rise in disorder” Football arrests ‘highest in years’ & disorder on the rise – police announces …
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The Transfers Arsenal Need To Make In Summer 2022 By Jonathan Strange It’s looking like a bitter end to the season for Arsenal but many fans seem to be forgetting just how promising this emotional rollercoaster of a year has been. Sure, it’s not looking like we’re going to finish in fourth place, but it …
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What Arsenal really need now is a new image maker The two faced approach of football regulators to corruption By Tony Attwood There is an article on the Telegraph website today about pitch invasions, which has the headline, “If clubs cannot control their fans, their stadiums should be closed.” And I suspect anyone who …
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By Tony Attwood The two faced approach of football regulators to corruption It’s the same old problems at Arsenal. But what are the same old problems? PR and advertising have for many a long year been dirty words in England with the notion that both trades aim to turn things into what they are not …
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To cover up its acceptance of Russia, Fifa expands its powerbase still further. by Tony Attwood As we have often noted, it is a prime mantra of Fifa that football authorities should not be subject to the demands of national governments but should in fact be utterly independent except that they are answerable to the …
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By Tony Attwood The benefits of the Europa League, plus Chelsea sale on the edge of collapse There is an article in the Telegraph that has the headline “New-look Arsenal have been undone by the same old problems during late-season stumble” which I have read with some interest, as I was hoping the piece would …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone It is being said that Arsenal’s almost certain failure to make it to the Champions League has scuppered many of their transfer plans, but the Telegraph in an article “Arsenal to significantly invest in squad even if they suffer Champions League disappointment” have suggested that the Europa League was the ambition …
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by Tony Attwood Is the notion there is something wrong with refereeing, a conspiracy theory? Uefa goes its own way, but the route is still the same: more money for the big clubs It is getting harder to win the Premier League. Over the past five seasons the average number of points needed to win …
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Arteta highlights appalling referee decisions, and control of PGMO over the media Arteta shows he is with us, and knows exactly what is going on By Tony Attwood Of course it is not over until the final whistle of the last game, but it would be extraordinary if Tottenham really could do something as dramatic …
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By Bulldog Drummond The Evening Standard predict the line up to be: Ramsdale, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Tavares, Elneny, Xhaka, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli Nketiah The Mirror however has decided to turn the game into a bickering battle by citing Antonio Conte’s comment about Mikel Arteta that “I listen to him complain a lot.” Quite why Conte …
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Newcastle v Arsenal. Injuries and how much does a club have to spend each summer? Newcastle v Arsenal: the influence this referee will have on the game by Tony Attwood (Author’s note: if you don’t want to read my latest ramble, you can skim down to the videos which follow further down the page. I …
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By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle v Arsenal: the influence this referee will have on the game Is the notion there is something wrong with refereeing, a conspiracy theory? The latest report on the injuries at Arsenal is that we have a real problem in central defence. When asked yesterday which central defenders are fit, the manager …
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By Bulldog Drummond Is the notion there is something wrong with refereeing, a conspiracy theory? Uefa goes its own way, but the route is still the same: more money for the big clubs So we approach the last away game of the season at Newcastle, and as ever can compare their home form with our …
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By Tony Attwood Uefa goes its own way, but the route is still the same: more money for the big clubs “Any manager is permitted to say that they believe a decision to be wrong. It is when they stray into the conspiracy theories of stitch-up and bias that ears prick up in the Football …
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By Tony Attwood Is it possible to save English football from the corruption and incompetence of those in control? It seems that Uefa has decided to join Fifa in the battle of expansion, for as Fifa has been pitching for a world cup every two years, and has taken over the running of the Confederation …
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By Tony Attwood Arteta highlights appalling referee decisions and control of PGMO over the media I believe the argument can be made that football needs to be saved from the powers that currently control football. And this quite simply is because Fifa, probably the most corrupt organisation of them all, has a rule that says …
By Tony Attwood Arteta shows he is with us, and knows exactly what is going on The Guardian, looking forward says “Tottenham Hotspur host Burnley in Sunday’s midday kick-off, a match of of (sic) massive importance for both sides. Burnley fans who cannot afford to (sic) an overnight stay in London but wish to travel …
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“A beautiful game was destroyed. I cannot give my opinion. I will be suspended. I think you can read my body language very clearly.” In speaking of the referee’s performance yesterday Mr Arteta showed once again how fully and completely he understands what Arsenal are up against. We first got an insight into how differently …
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