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 Danny Karbassiyoon Danny Karbassiyoon is a former Arsenal player who was forced to retire at 22 due to recurring knee injuries. Soon after hanging up his boots, he was hired as a scout for Arsenal and spent 7 years scouting the Americas full time before recently moving back to London. I’ve both written and …
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By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. MANCHESTER CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 17 DATE: 21st December 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: John Brooks 2nd LINESMAN: Mick McDonough 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Sir Hardly Anyone It’s called “Ramping up the lingo”, or “Finding a new twist”. Anyway to keep the excitement on the rise everything and anything is on the table. Or at least underneath it. And I have to admit the notion of Arsenal signing two £29m players in the January transfers did persuade …
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN BE A REFEREE……..Don McMahon Recent events have convinced many football supporters that too many officials in the EPL are at the least, incompetent and at worse corrupt and manipulated by a cabal of PGMOL managers intent on preventing their Club from winning. In this post I want to invite UA …
by Brickfields Gunners As Walter goes through his 12 part ‘ Looking back at 2015 ‘ series over the next few days (he’s at present on – part 3. Özil, Alexis, Bellerin, Coquelin,) [actually Brickfields – it was just a three part piece – do try and pay attention – the editor], I on the other hand …
By Tony Attwood Christmas – all done and dusted for another year. So what happened? The teams that did best over Christmas were both in north London – and indeed if Tottenham win or even draw their game in hand this afternoon they will be the most successful club this Christmas / New Year. Tottenham …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made 3 changes compared to the team that started the last match. Flamini came back in the team in the place of Chambers and Koscielny took back the place of Gabriel. At left back Monreal came in the team again in the place of Gibbs. The team that started: Cech, Bellerin, …
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By Bulldog Drummond May I begin by saying how much I like our “Insult of the Day” today. In case you missed it, we’re delivering a series of insults back to the aaa, after having to take all their rambling nonsense for seven years. But being Untold we do it with class, so every insult …
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Arsenal v Newcastle Saturday 2 January 2016 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw Following Usama and Walter’s latest two Referee reviews here is the Table of Shame updated to matchweek 16 Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 0 19 Red Cards 1 9 Penalties 1 14 Goals 0 5 Total …
By Josif with additional bits culled from the nation’s newspapers Did you know: 1: That Arsene Wenger has won all three titles in even-numbered years (1998, 2002, 2004) 2. That Arsenal have beaten Manchester clubs four times in five attempts in 2015, with a draw that was essentially a victory in the 3rd place battle. …
By Blacksheep When I was a teenager I used to go to watch the Arsenal with a few mates from school (Christ’s College in Finchley). We’d meet up at the underground and take the northern line south, changing onto the Piccadilly to arrive at Arsenal about 30 minutes before the game. From about 1977-81 Adrian, …
Read More “Why “We support our local team” is such a silly song and why I’m coming home to football”
In the first part of Football Winners and Losers for 2015 I nominated Man U – Loser Jose Mourinho – Loser The Anti-Arsenal-Arsenal – Loser Arsene Wenger – Winner The Premier League – Winner So here’s some more. 6. Mesut Özil – WINNER He was a winner at Real Mad, but now he is up …
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By Walter Broeckx Apart from winning half of the major trophies available in England, apart from having the best record over the calendar year in 2015 of all the teams in the PL, apart from being top when we move in to 2016 there was another big joy for me when following The Arsenal in …
Read More “Looking back at 2015 – part 3. Özil, Alexis, Bellerin, Coquelin.”
This article continues from the first part of our review of 2015 which you can read here. By Walter Broeckx Looking back at 2015 we can’t get around the fact that Arsenal was the best club in England in the calendar year. I know you don’t get a trophy for that. But it should be …
By Walter Broeckx Another year over, a new one to begin… In these days many people look back at the year that has just gone by. So why not me. When I look back at 2015 from the Arsenal perspective I feel it has been a great year. Not a super year. But still a …
It’s the end of the year, and a good time for looking back at who has down well, and who not. Here’s the first part of the Untold List of Winners and Losers in 2015. 1: Man U – LOSER Man U have had two approaches of late – changing managers (three managers in three …
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By Fishpie So, 19 games gone. The half-way mark has arrived. And…we’re top of the league!! And what more can you ask for? And you know what it means too, don’t you? Well, it means we are now in the coveted position that eight of the last ten Premier League title-winning teams were in at …
By Tony Attwood Before I answer that question (and if you are impatient, the answer is here, but at the end) let me prove our current success. Let’s start with the final table for the 2015 calendar year reads thus… Club P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Arsenal 38 25 6 7 …
By Tony Attwood In 2014, the Deloitte Football Money League had eight Premier League clubs in the top 30 richest clubs in the universe. Well, ok, in the world. But when the new TV deal comes along, things will change again. The total amount being paid to Premier League clubs for both UK rights and international …
By Tony Attwood Here’s the easiest question of the year. How many players did we sign in the last transfer window and how much did we spend? Answer 1 and £10m But can you count the number of players we bought in 2014/15 and how much was spent? And what about the year before, and …
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By Usama and Walter ASTON VILLA vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 16 DATE: 13th December 2015 VENUE: Villa Park (Birmingham, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Kevin Friend 1st LINESMAN: David Bryan 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Tony Attwood It is not something I dwell on much on this site, because I know that just because you share my interest in Arsenal, it doesn’t mean you share my interest in music – but there is a second Untold site – Untold Dylan. While this site focuses on “Football news from an Arsenal …
Read More “Agricultural Bournemouth, agricultural refereeing, psychosis at Old Trafford, we’re top.”
By Walter Broeckx As could be expected a handful of changes for this match. Not even 48 hours after our last match sending out the same team is not really smart. At the back we had Gabriel in the place of Koscielny who sat on the bench. Gibss replace Monreal. In midfield we had Chambers …
Read More “Arsenal – Bournemouth 2-0: An historic evening at the Emirates”
By Tony Attwood To the best of my knowledge Arsenal have only played Bournemouth twice before. The first was on 26 October 1965 and we won 6-2 at Dean Court. The Arsenal team was Burns, Howe, Storey, McLintock, Neill, Simpson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Baker, Sammels, Eastham. Howe, Baker and Eastham scored, and then John Radford came …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth 28 December 2015 – The Match Officials. by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Roger East Assistants – L Betts and D Cann Fourth Official – D Deadman Roger East, is from Wiltshire. He was appointed to the Elite group for the start of the 2013-14 season, having refereed first on 1 …
