By Sir Hardly Anyone, our transfer correspondent Way, way back before the dawn of time, when woolly mammoths roamed the earth refereeing Premier League matches and “strong and stable” didn’t mean allowing terrorists into the country even though they were on European wide watch lists because those lists were created by foreigners and were therefore …
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by Andrew Crawshaw The 2017 WSL Spring Series was a one-off tournament designed to bridge the time gap between the end of the 2016 WSL Summer League and the start of the 2017-18 WSL Winter League. Why the FA decided to change from operating the WSL as a summer league and move it back to …
Read More “Arsenal Ladies – Spring Series 2017 review”
By Tony Attwood . As we know Etihad Airways, one of the three Middle East carriers which set out to revolutionise global aviation business by buying their way into airports around the world, started laying off staff, last December. Manchester City FC whom Etihad bankroll didn’t blink. It raised a couple of question marks at …
Read More “Ethiad Airlines in trouble, Middle East in turmoil. The benefits on not being reliant on one benefactor emerge”
By Tony Attwood I was in Cambridge last night – a small city on the border of East Anglia and the East Midlands, packed with amazing buildings from the 13th century onwards. Multiple students, ten thousand bikes, endless restaurants – one of which I was in with a business colleague. We had a nice meal …
Read More “It’s a terror alert, but please pay your bill first; four Arsenal lads going overseas; Qatar in chaos”
By Tony Attwood I was pleased to publish Fishpie’s piece Arsenal season ticket holder issues his own press statement – as I have said many times, if I am offered a coherent article which argues against my own views, of course I’ll publish it. The reason that there are few such pieces is because I am …
Read More “What demands can we reasonably make on the club for the coming season?”
By Walter Broeckx I was sitting in front of my computer when someone from our Arsenal Belgium supporters club posted a link to an article on the internet about Per Mertesacker. In this article it said that Per Mertesacker would stop his football career and would join the staff in another function for his last …
Read More “Oh no Per…. don’t go breaking my heart”
ARSENAL SEASON-TICKET HOLDER ISSUES HIS OWN PRESS STATEMENT By Fishpie Following the news that Arsene Wenger has signed for two more seasons and in response to the statements issued by Mr. Keonke, Mr Gazidis and by Mr Wenger, an Arsenal fan has issued his own statement to the press: “I view the Club statements …
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By Dr Billy “the Dog” McGraw, senior psychologist, University Hospital of the North Circular Road. When I have occasionally read a Gabriele Marcotti article or heard him broadcast I’ve generally thought he brings a new perspective to whatever is being discussed perhaps because of his international heritage. He can be funny and is knowledgeable in …
Read More “We live in a world that has more news outlets than ever before, and yet we live in a world of make believe.”
By Tony Attwood Following my little piece about how the Conservative Party manifesto speaks of taking the internet in the UK under government control, and how that part of the manifesto is not mentioned by the mainstream media (except for the Independent, which is no longer published in a print edition but just appears on …
Read More “How the role of the UK’s media is changing, is being rescued by the state but could be overthrown by social media.”
By Tony Attwood If you have been reading Untold just recently you will know we have a technical problem. I am trying to fix it but in the meanwhile if you would like to help please read this short article and post a comment. Here’s a quick summary of what’s going on at the moment. …
Read More “A review of the Arsenal transfer news this morning.”
By Tony Attwood UPDATE AT 1223 BST I have made a number of changes to the way comments are handled on the site and I am hoping with all fingers crossed (which explains the twerping errors) that I might have fixed the problem we have had in the last few days of comments not appearing. …
Read More “Your help is needed with Untold Arsenal – urgently.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone. Bart. One year ago we started this as a bit of a joke – listing every single player that some semi-sober journo in a pub suggested was about to join or leave Arsenal. We ended up with well over 100 joiners – with only 3 of which were correct. The …
Read More “One year on and the media is doing their own Transfer Indexes. I hardly think that’s fair”
By Tony Attwood In my piece earlier today I pointed out that the Conservative Party’s proposal to introduce huge restrictions on what people can post, share and publish online in the UK, and so allow Britain to become “the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet”, is not being …
Read More “It is getting to the stage that what the UK media doesn’t tell us is a lot more interesting than what it does”
By Tony Attwood How we react to events is the key to everything. How we reacted at Wembley in supporting Arsenal in the semi-final and final, certainly made a difference. . Likewise how we react to the threat to bring the internet in the UK under central government control will make a difference – at …
Read More “Why Untold might be reaching the end of its time, and how we can influence the future.”
By Tony Attwood In the days when the Guardian can simultaneously run an article that says, very positively “Arsenal fans must consign factions to past” and a second which announces “Wenger’s contract unlikely to break negative cycle” there is the slight hope that the paranoia that is at the heart of the newspaper industry might …
Read More “Arsenal fans appear to be ready to cull a huge part of the current squad.”
by Tony Attwood Last year there was a lot of celebrating as it was announced that overall Premier League clubs made a profit of £113m in the 2014/15 season. Now in the complete analysis of club finances made by the Guardian and published today for 2015/16, 12 clubs are shown as making a profit totalling …
Read More “Comparison of top club’s figures”
By Sir Hardly Anyone. And so we enter the next, and probably final, Wenger era. And to commence the new coverage I saw this on the jolly old interweb thing Trophies won since Arsène Wenger came to English football: Arsenal – 16 Tottenham – 2 Spurs fans – “We want you to stay…” …
Read More “Arsenal signing complete as players queue to join Arsenal now the contract is announced.”
By Walter Broeckx One of the people who commented for the first time (I think) said: “The question is why did it take Wenger 29 games to change tactics?” Conte changed the system after they had been beaten by us at the Emirates early in the season. Now I have seen these kind of words …
Read More “Why did it take Wenger 29 games to change? Another made up story….”
By Menace What difference does half an inch make? Some say size does not matter but when a ball bounces off the inside of a goal post & does not end up in the net it makes millions of pounds difference. The half an inch in size of goal post (cross bar to ground- not …
Read More “Where do we draw the line?”
By Tony Attwood If the reports are true and Mr Wenger has his two years contract then the issue does arise – what will the anti-Wengerians do, knowing that Mr Wenger will retire after two years and that their protests are unlikely to make him leave sooner. (After all, one of their complaints is always that …
Read More “It appears Mr Wenger has a new two year contract. So what response should the anti-Wengerians make?”
By Tai Emeka Obasi Arsenal fans all are still celebrating the FA Cup triumph over League Champions, Chelsea FC. For three times in four seasons, Arsene Wenger has delivered the world’s oldest trophy to his dear Gunners. Past two deliveries were achieved via beating Hall City and Aston Villa, both supposed underdogs. But the …
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By Walter Broeckx A pilgrimage to Wembley or from history to historic… Usually when I write about my trips to London I get asked the questions about the trip from Belgium and the food. You ask, I deliver, Nicky. Getting out of bed at 4.30 (3.30 London time) followed by a quick shower and then …
Read More “The Arsenal pilgrimage; from Antwerp to Wembley and back via Plumstead High Street”
by Andrew Crawshaw I will start with the current 25 man senior squad Position Date of Birth Home Grown? Contract expiry Kieran Gibbs LB 26 Sep 1989 Y 30 Jun 2018 Aaron Ramsey Midfield 26 Dec 1990 Y 30 Jun 2018 Theo Walcott Forward 16 Mar 1989 Y 30 Jun 2019 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfield 15 …
Read More “Arsenal Squad 2017-18: first thoughts on who’s staying and who we need.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Right, I think we’ve done the old FA Cup malarky, except to note in passing that it is good to see that as always 160 seats are reserved at Wembley for the honourable gentlemen and their ladies of the Shire of Rutland FA. Indeed I was of course able to take …
Read More “The Arsenal Transfer Index: the players we are signing and those we’re letting go”
By Walter Broeckx Well I was there in Wembley as you could have guessed if you have read my article about living the Wembley dream. Yes the trip was smooth and we arrived at our hotel near Wembley well in time and just in time to take the last parking space at the hotel parking. …
Read More “Being in Wembley, part two. The once in a lifetime experience.”
