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
By Sir Hardly Anyone The rumour factories (I hate to call them rumour mills that is so 19th century) have suddenly sprung into life. Now as you may know I don’t normally do Sundays vis a vis the writing lark, but there being no other stories around except Germany won on penalties (and that is …
By Tony Attwood When I published several articles on Untold which related to politics and football, I got a few comments back complaining that this was a football blog, not a political blog. That point is true, but for me football is a topic that is integrated with economics, politics, psychology and sociology. It is …
By Tony Attwood Yesterday, Untold published an article about forgiveness for a person when he/she does something wrong, and about living in peace and harmony. Yesterday also, Barney Ronay wrote an article in the Guardian with the headline, “Sterling and England’s players reflect us all, so why so much hate?” Yesterday we also had a …
AY UBUNTU BE WITH YOU , ALWAYS . From The Brickfields Gunners Blog. Make sure you do not start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who do not value it. Know your worth even if they do not . – Thema Davies. In certain regions of South Africa, when someone does something wrong , …
By Walter Broeckx Yes we and certainly I hate international football. Not just for FIFA or Uefa but for the fact that over the last 12 years or so it has cost Arsenal a few trophies. Time and time again we see our players being taken away to play for their country and more than …
Read More “Sanchez, why we hate international football (complete with horrific pictures)”
By Tony Attwood It seems like it has taken forever for it to happen but ultimately we are there. The window is open. Not that it seems to matter to the clubs, not come to that the inventors who create mythical transfers on an industrial scale. And the numbers continue to rise for we now …
By Tony Attwood One of the many reasons why I was not part of the campaign to oust Arsene Wenger last season, was that what Arsenal went through last year was something that had happened before – to Herbert Chapman. Arsenal had won the FA Cup in 1930, and the League in 1931, and were …
By Walter Broeckx As you will know Untold never has been a big fan of the tournaments organised by the crooks of Uefa and Fifa. As I completely dislike these organisations I don’t want to be involved in anything they organise. I will also not attend a party organised by the Napolitan Mafia, so why …
Read More “The Euro’s: final stage for some Gunners? And how the Iceland team was selected.”
By Tony Attwood The Anti-Arsenal Arsenal grouping is in many regards a rather silly collection of people, some of whom are easily led astray, and some of whom hold some extremely repulsive views and only a tiny minority of whom see to be able to put forward coherent arguments with evidence for regime change at …
By Tony Attwood Here I was, all ready to discuss ten more things that I would like to see changed in football, when up on my screen comes the statement that Wenger discusses rumoured Arsenal move for £45m Lacazette Wow, I thought, being a little naive in such matters. Mr Wenger “discusses”. Well that should …
Read More “Wenger discusses move for £45m Lacazette by refusing to comment!?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone If you have been following this column week by week you’ll know that linked to it is the Arsenal Transfer Index. The last edition published on 24 June showed 68 players tipped to transfer to Arsenal this summer. Only one has made it. That kind of nonsense is to be expected, …
Read More “Amazing. The Transfer Window wakes up with six brand new transfers involving Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood I am not sure what the aaa would make of it; I get the impression that some of them support England so they might not want their nemesis to become the nation’s manager. But that is what Telegraph readers think in a poll conducted in the paper. Mr Wenger is the man …
. By Tim Charlesworth It is often said, particularly when the England team do badly, that that football was invented by the English. In the wake of our latest disaster, I decided to do a bit of research on the subject for the benefit of Untold readers. It turns out that the idea that …
. Untold’s 2010 analysis of what makes countries successful at football gets another airing in the national press – but sadly it is far too late. . By Billy “the dog” McGraw Untold doesn’t cover England matches normally – indeed I can’t think when the last time was that we did. But when an England …
Read More “What do you get when you ignore Untold and pack a squad with Tottenham players?”
By Tony Attwood One of the most fascinating aspects of being involved in the running of Untold Arsenal is seeing the way that some readers of the site like to tell the editorial team what to publish and what not to publish. I can understand the need to control what we publish both in terms of …
Read More “Why having an opinion should absolutely not be the life blood of football.”
By Walter Broeckx Today we might have two Gunners in action at the European championship. One of them is Jack. That is if Jack Wilshere is selected to play and if not if he will come on later in the match. So not certain he will play and get injured. The other is young Hector …
Read More “Alexis once again the best! A review of Arsenal players and injuries in the summer games”
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw There is a fairly well known story in literary and political circles that states that soon after the publication of the George Orwell novel “1984” a British journalist was granted a visa to visit North Korea in order to write about it for his newspaper. The journalist had …
Read More “Untold Arsenal offers a total, absolute and unreserved apology”
by Andrew Crawshaw My prediction for the starting line-up of the team wasn’t right. The actual line-up was GK – Sari Van Veenendaal Right Back and Captain Alex Scott Centre Backs – Emma Mitchell and Farah Williams Left Back Casey Stoney Midfield – Vicky Losada, Natalia Pablos Sanchon and Marta Corredera Attack – Gemma Rose, …
By Tony Attwood The FA’s view on how leaving the EU will affect football says that “there is widespread consensus that no current players will be deported as the Home Office very rarely imposes legislation retrospectively.” Sadly they give no evidence – perhaps because there is none. But these are unique times and FA chairman Greg …
By Tony Attwood “If we are victorious in one more battle … we shall be utterly ruined.” Plutarch I know that I won’t change anyone’s mind over the EU – the debate that we had before the referendum was (for me, and this is a personal point of view) just about the lowest level of …
Read More “Leaving the EU will harm Arsenal and the Premier League so let’s do something”
By Tony Attwood Newspapers are in competition with each other. And yet they collude over their general approach to football reporting. It would be awfully nice if they didn’t and if as well as competing over headlines, they also competed in other ways. Here are a few suggestions… 1: Just one newspaper put an …
Read More “Ten approaches to newspaper football reporting that would change football for the good”
By Tony Attwood Each week we record the players who are tipped by the all knowing all seeing superbeings who write in our national newspapers, and their lesser relatives who run the bloggettas, to join Arsenal between 1 July and 30 August this year. Seven new players have been found this week – although …
Read More “Six players tipped to join Arsenal this week, and one tipped not to.”
I have been asked to publish a note from a reader of Untold who has available a range of official AFC videos in good condition – they are available free of charge, but need to be collected from Barkingside (the IG6 postcode). They are all in good condition. Included in the list are Arsenal – Europe …
By Walter Broeckx This really is the most frustrating part of the season. No I’m not talking about the Brexit. Not even the transfer rumours that I don’t follow in fact so I haven’t got any clue about who we are after (supposedly) and who has snubbed us (supposedly) and who will snub us (supposedly) …
By Tony Attwood Overnight the value of the pound fell. And then fell some more. And then more. And then… As most Untold readers recognised a long time ago I am not a clairvoyant so I don’t know what happens next, although I can look back to 11 September 2001 and 15 September 2008 when …
