Football is getting very dark and is pricing itself out of the reach of many fans Arsenal and Tottenham, last season and this season. Is the gap closing? By Tony Attwood Here’s a bit of a sad fact.  The English league season which saw the most goals per game ever was 1889/90.  …

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      By Bulldog Drummond Football is getting very dark and is pricing itself out of the reach of many fans Arsenal and Tottenham, last season and this season. Is the gap closing? You might want to sit down before looking at the table below – unless that is that you have already contemplated …

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    International insanity sees players injured The great problem with football is that now it is all about accounts The football news continues to be bright and bouncy, for the current league table with three teams packed closely together is exactly what the media likes.  Page after page is being written about how this…. …

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    International insanity sees players injured Exactly what are the Kroenkes plans for Arsenal? By Tony Attwood An article in the Athletic dated March 28 (ie today) has caused some interest in that it reads at the start… “Since Daniel Levy took over as Tottenham chairman shortly after ENIC’s buyout in December 2000, he …

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By Tony Attwood Exactly what are the Kroenkes plans for Arsenal? The great problem with football is that now it is all about accounts “Injured on international duty”   It is an old phrase – although one that has been around a long time. It was first used in 1872 when Scotland played England, but its …

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    The great problem with football is that now it is all about accounts Are Arsenal really chasing all the players that the media suggest By Tony Attwood If you take time to read the correspondence this site gets you may well have noted a very well-argued piece from “Nitram” following my article arguing …

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  Are Arsenal really chasing all the players that the media suggest This is the moment when all we can do is pray (or keep fingers crossed) By Tony Attwood In football, we are now seeing issues arise concerning clubs’ financial stability.  And these are quite often difficult to understand..  Indeed if you just take …

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    This is the moment when all we can do is pray (or keep fingers crossed) Is it really true that little players foul more? Or are journalists making it up? By Tony Attwood The Athletic recently posed an interesting point, saying “For the first few months of this Premier League campaign, the question surrounding Arsenal was: …

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    Is it really true that little players foul more? Or are journalists making it up? Allegations of where Manchester City’s money actually came from By Sir Hardly Anyone The result of the next few days could be a deep sigh of relief or a complete trauma following a total catastrophe and the end …

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    Allegations of where Manchester City’s money actually came from Who might Arsenal play next season: 3 – Ipswich Town A very interesting article by Amy Lawrence has appeared in The Athletic  which suggests a key difference between the approach of Arsenal today and the Arsenal of the Arsenal of 2019/20.  And obviously it …

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    Who might Arsenal play next season: 3 – Ipswich Town What difference will the new Football Regulator make? By Tony Attwood At the heart of the battle between the Premier League and Manchester City over the finances of the club, and whether it has repeatedly broken the rules, is one issue: secrecy.   We …

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    What difference will the new Football Regulator make? Saka withdraws, corruption on the up, Leicester suing two Today on the Arsenal History Society site: When 16 Arsenal players were in world cup squads on one day Recently we’ve had a look at two of the clubs that Arsenal might face next season. Who …

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    Saka withdraws, corruption on the up, Leicester suing two leagues at once Who might Arsenal play next season 2: Leeds United by Tony Attwood Recently the Football Governance Bill was introduced in the UK parliament.  If, as seems very likely, is becomes law, it will create an independent regulator for football, separate from …

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    Who might Arsenal play next season 2: Leeds United Insulting chanting: Spain appears unable to face up to its problem By Tony Attwood In the latest corruption tale, Luis Rubiales, the ex head of football in Spain who got into trouble for kissing a female player against her will, is now facing accusations …

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  Insulting chanting: Spain appears unable to face up to its problem Who might Arsenal face next season: 1 – Leicester City There is every chance that Leeds United will play Arsenal next season in the Premier League, as they (Leeds) are currently top of the Championship.  True they are only one point above Ipswich …

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    By Tony Attwood Who might Arsenal face next season: 1 – Leicester City The return of Super League: a solution for Arsenal There has recently been circulated a petition which calls on the government to make “chanting about tragedies and death at a football match a criminal offence”.  It got almost 18,000 signatories. …

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  The return of Super League: a solution for Arsenal Why is there still no football on TV on saturday afternoons? By Tony Attwood Some years back we started studying Leicester City’s statistics because they seemed somewhat out of line with the stats of other clubs, and with the Championship league table looking as it …

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  By Christophe.Jost Why is there still no football on TV on saturday afternoons? How Arsenal made themselves the least carded club in the League Since it was launched, the European Super League has taken a lot of bad rap. Or rather has been brutally attacked by all football authorities and the media acting as …

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    How Arsenal made themselves the least carded club in the League How football journalists are bending the football news to suit their own agenda Today on The History of Arsenal: the start of the run that led to Arsenal’s one and only relegation. By Tony Attwood I think it is only fair to …

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    How football journalists are bending the football news to suit their own agenda English Independent Football Regulator: Supposing the clubs just say “no” by Tony Attwood When Arteta became manager in December 2019 his first major task was to reduce the number of yellow cards that the club was getting.   In 2019/20 (the …

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    English Independent Football Regulator: Supposing the clubs just say “no” The level of influence fans have in determining which players stay and which go By Tony Attwood There is so much going on in world football at the moment (the pitch invasion and fighting by fans of Trabzonspor after the match with Fenerbache …

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  The level of influence fans have in determuining which players stay and which go How one very particular tactic on the pitch determines how well clubs perform According to the information provided thus far, the proposed English Independent Football Regulator would have access to financial information from clubs on a day-by-day basis, and force …

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    How one very particular tactic on the pitch determines how well clubs perform How Arsenal outsmarted all the media in one clever move By Tony Attwood There was a time this season when I thought Karl Havertz would leave Arsenal.  Indeed it was under a month ago that Football.London was running the headline, …

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    How Arsenal outsmarted all the media in one clever move Could Arsenal really be about to sign this attacker? By Tony Attwood Putting pressure on the opponents is very obviously an important part of playing football.  And indeed it has become ever more important since PGMO referees decided that for most clubs over …

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    Could Arsenal really be about to sign this attacker? 5 months ago Tottenham were top. What went wrong? By Tony Attwood I have often noted that neither transfers nor change of management are guaranteed to improve a club’s performance.  Both can help enormously, but more often than not they don’t, despite the media …

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