Booing players: how can journalists and officials so utterly fail to understand why?

    2024/24 WSL Week 3 – Arsenal v Aston Villa Who will be in the top five at the end of this season? By Tony Attwood One of the great problems with football is the complete and absolute disconnect between the people running the game and the people who actually pay for the game: …

2024/24 WSL Week 3 – Arsenal v Aston Villa

    Who will be in the top five at the end of this season? The evidence against PGMO and the referees is mounting: here it is… by Andrew Crawshaw After two indifferent, to say the least, performances, Arsenal are back at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon to play Aston Villa, one of the most …

Who will be in the top five at the end of this season?

    By Tony Attwood The evidence against PGMO and the referees is mounting: here it is… The clearest exposition yet that there is something very wrong with PGMOL After the Manchester City match Thierry Henry commenting on TV, put it at the time, “You can’t be too emotional about it. You can feel the …

The evidence against PGMO and the referees is mounting: here it is…

      The clearest exposition yet that there is something very wrong with PGMOL There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season By Tony Attwood Citing a video blogger we repeated the question that he asked, namely, “In an era when two of the Premier League’s most pre-eminent clubs are …

The clearest exposition yet that there is something very wrong with PGMOL

      Where will each of the top clubs be after another six games? Here’s the answer. Farewell hooligans, farewell facts, hello anger. Why the football debate is now so unhealthy. By Tony Attwood I am not sure that I have ever previously handed over an article on Untold to an outside youtube blogger, …

Where will each of the top clubs be after another six games? Here’s the answer.

  Farewell hooligans, farewell facts, hello anger. Why the football debate is now so unhealthy. Why the media were united over the issue of Man C players not being sent off By Tony Attwood Occasionally we get accused of playing with numbers when it comes to our football coverage.  But in our defence I’d argue …

Farewell hooligans, farewell facts, hello anger. Why the football debate is now so unhealthy.

      Why the media were united over the issue of Man C players not being sent off Arsenal: not the youngest team in the PL but certainly the team with the most potential There is an interview with comedian Andy Hamilton in the Telegraph in which he seeks to explain how he came to …

Why the media were united over the issue of Man C players not being sent off

      Arsenal: not the youngest team in the PL but certainly the team with the most potential There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season There has been a lot of reaction to the issue of yellow cards in the Arsenal v Manchester City game – I am sure …

Arsenal: not the youngest team in the PL but certainly the team with the most potential

    There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season Who would Arsenal drop from the “25” if anyone is to be signed in January? By Tony Attwood Research from Football Observatory has revealed that Arsenal have not, contrary to some reports, put out on average the youngest team in the …

There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season

    Who would Arsenal drop from the “25” if anyone is to be signed in January? Should Manchester City have had fewer than 11 men on the pitch by the end? By Tony Attwood The level of yellow cards this season is more varied than I can ever recall.  In the table below we …

Who would Arsenal drop from the “25” if anyone is to be signed in January?

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Should Manchester City have had fewer than 11 men on the pitch by the end?

    The forgotten issue of the power exerted by club owners on referees Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? By Sir Hardly Anyone It is not that often that there is a whole series of events in which the referee disagrees with most of the …

The forgotten issue of the power exerted by club owners on referees

      Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? Everyone knows that referees have clubs that they support.  That’s not a secret: PGMO referees have to declare who they support to their employer.  They are then not given any games involving that club, or their local …

Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season?

    Arsenal 1 Man City 0. Is it time to stop celebrating yet? Well… Arsenal v Manchester City: the progress, the possibility, the team By Tony Attwood So here we are after eight games played, with Tottenham and Arsenal equal at the top and Tottenham ahead courtesy of having scored two more goals.   Arsenal …

Arsenal 1 Man City 0. Is it time to stop celebrating yet? Well…

  Arsenal v Manchester City: the progress, the possibility, the team Arsenal and Man City injuries, and how injuries are linked to yellow cards By Tony Attwood Whether you were there or not, it was a time to boo and jeer the Arsenal team for the first half, and then celebrate like mad. And it …

Arsenal v Manchester City: the progress, the possibility, the team

    Arsenal and Man City injuries, and how injuries are linked to yellow cards For yellow cards Man City and Arsenal remain calm, Tottenham lead the way. By Bulldog Drummond In the league table after the match on 28 August 2021, there were five clubs (all obviously above Arsenal since Arsenal were bottom of …

Arsenal and Man City injuries, and how injuries are linked to yellow cards

    For yellow cards Man City and Arsenal remain calm, Tottenham lead the way. Arsenal v Manchester City and the issue of yellow cards By Bulldog Drummond As we saw the other day, in spite of the wild ravings of some members of the press, both Arsenal and Manchester City are keeping their injury …

For yellow cards Man City and Arsenal remain calm, Tottenham lead the way.

    Totally malicious and misleading headline reveals newspaper contempt for Arsenal The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses Ensure that your voice is heard within Arsenal If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s comings and goings please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA …

Arsenal v Manchester City and the issue of yellow cards

  Totally malicious and misleading headline reveals newspaper contempt for Arsenal The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses By Tony Attwood There is something very odd going on with yellow cards this season.     I’ve mentioned it before, but on that occasion, I must admit I had hoped that there …

Totally malicious and misleading headline reveals newspaper contempt for Arsenal

      The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses Referee bias and referee errors. Why is no one asking the real questions about why it happens? Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media? By Sir Hardly Anyone Ex-Arsenal star hunted by police after …

The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses

    By Tony Attwood Referee bias and referee errors. Why is no one asking the real questions about why it happens? Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media? In all the fuss about the Tottenham match against Liverpool and the officiating therein, it has rather been forgotten that …

Referee bias and referee errors. Why is no one asking the real questions about why it happens?

    Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media? Arsenal offered a replay after a goal was scored in error: why won’t Tottenham? By Sir Hardly Anyone After the farrago of the recent VAR mess, a Premier League spokesperson said, “Having reviewed all relevant footage of the disallowed Luis …

Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media?

        Ensure that your voice is heard within Arsenal If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s affairs please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association.  It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work not …

Arsenal offered a replay after a goal was scored in error: why won’t Tottenham?

    The home/away difference: despite media protestations, it is not just Arsenal Defeat in the Champions League: not as bad a portent as one might think By Tony Attwood This is all rather embarrassing for the media but slowly they are being forced to admit it.  There was a time when a mistake was …

The home/away difference: despite media protestations, it is not just Arsenal

  Defeat in the Champions League: not as bad a portent as one might think The huge danger that lies ahead following the Liverpool VAR cock-up By Tony Attwood There is a rather curious piece in the Athletic which contains the lines, “Arsenal have been majestic on the road – but sloppiness at Emirates must …