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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – The
Festive Review (Gameweeks 19, 20 & 21) By Dale Higginbottom Rather than bombarding you with an
injury update every two or three days I've waited until the New Year's Day games were out of the
way before having a round-up The [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Walter
Broeckx As I was working on the articles about the football grounds in Europe I had to do a lot of
research. And the more numbers I got the more interesting it became. I found it particularly
interesting to see who [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory My article on how
the Emirates as financed, was put together as a result of researching for my report for the Commons
Inquiry into football. What I was looking to do was compare the debt burdens of Manchester United
and Arsenal to illustrate [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here A preview by Billy The Dog McGraw
Birmingham is a diminutive village famed for being the lowest settlement in the United Kingdom at
170 feet below sea level. The location, home to elves, dwarves and other such creatures, was
discovered by chance in 1874 when the [.
by Tony Attwood That scoreline is of course shots on target. You might consider goal attempts a
better measure. In which case, The Blues 6 Arsenal 18. Either way it was rather jolly except
for two things the dreadful awful tackle, and what Ferguson has been up to in the background. The
F-Word [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Snooping Around League Table As
We Start Second Half of Season By Sammy The Snake What a wonderful holiday season! Beating Chelsea
with such style was a simple joy. The sun was shining bright on Tuesday & Wednesday, but then
Thursday morning was a bit cloudy [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx Is losing games
the worst thing that can happen to you when you want to win the title? At first sight you might
answer this question with : yes. But let us try to analyse this a bit deeper and take a look [...]
I twit therefore I am @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Snooping Around Stoke's Losers
By Sammy The Snake So Stoke travelled to "Theatre of A Sex Show" to roll over and play dead! I
watched the first 45 of the game, and did something I've rarely done in my football life: I
switched off [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Walter
Broeckx, the hammering ref So down to West Ham we went (unless one lives in Ealing Walter, as I did
for a few years, in which case you hop on the Central Line and go across Ed), I always thought [...
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Walter
Broeckx, the OH MY GOD referee When I saw that Mike Dean was the ref I felt something bad in my
stomach. I do admit that I don't like him. He has a style of refereeing which I absolutely don't
like. [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil
Gregory Following on from my last article, looking at the debts of United and Arsenal, we go
onwards with this piece where I'm going to have a look at whether football should be treated as a
totally unique business.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil
Gregory our man with a computer It wasn't long ago that we last played Wigan, dropping two points
in disappointing fashion. That day was even more disappointing if thanks to a delay on your Virgin
trains you arrived sufficiently late [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Walter
Broeckx Scoring goals the most important thing in football. Without scoring goals you just cannot
win games. We could rely on other teams to score own goals as United did last season when the own
goals was their second best striker.
Victory Through Harmony By Walter Broeckx, the celebrating ref The Ref in this second leg of the
Carling Cup semi final was Mike Halsey. Second time we had him this season and let us take a look
at his game. PENALTY/CARD: Cesc goes down in the penalty area. There was an arm from the Ipswich
[...]
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony The
return of Diaby just like a new signing? By Ian Trevett The shutters of transfer window are
preparing to slam shut, and in all probability there will be no marquee signing at Arsenal. Now we
have three fit centre backs, I [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the new year's
ref Peter Walton was the ref at Birmingham today. And he was in charge when Stoke finally managed
to break Ramsey's leg last season after letting go too many tackles. Was he up to it today...?
OTHER: .
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx The draw at
Wigan is still upsetting some Arsenal fans. Wenger is blamed for the changes he made. And in a way
of course it is Wenger who is to blame as he made the decision. And some Arsenal fans point at
other [...]
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood If you have been
paying attention you will have seen a couple of extremely insightful pieces on this site over the
Christmas period from Walter Broeckx. I've put a link to them at the end of this note. As
mentioned before, suggesting that [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory Birmingham away
was a great win against a side who've caused us trouble over the last few years, and most of the
Premier League various difficulties in taking three points since their latest promotion. The
stats were certainly interesting reading, our three nil [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By DogFace Referee:
Mike Jones Assistant 1: Darren Cann Assistant 2:
Stephen Child 4th Official: Stuart Attwell Good day stat-fans and welcome again to
another article in the famous RefWatch series (as read in the Alpha Centauri system where they [the
Gooolagh a tri-sexed silicone based [.
Twitter on Arsenal @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Walter Broeckx, the untold ref
For the coming of Manchester Cattanacio we had ref Mike Jones at the Emirates. So let us try to see
how he did the game from a ref point of view. OTHER: A few early decisions, to keep the players
[...]
I twit therefore I am @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx Looking back
I can remember two big stories swirling around during last summer. One of course was Cesc, and
his going. The other was that renewals of season tickets had collapsed and that the stadium
would be fairly empty this year, [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the surgeon
ref One of our critical readers, and thank God we have many critical readers, didn't accept right
away my view on the penalty incident in our game against City. Fair enough I think it is everyone
is right to contest what [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek
22 By Dale Higginbottom For the second time this week we take a look at the battered, bruised,
knackered and broken. Our last league game for a week and a half and the last game in a busy period
of league [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory After a
disappointing result against City despite an excellent performance, all you can really do is shrug
your shoulders and go "one of those days". Some will point to the dropped points as evidence of
Arsenal's frailty and inability to break opponents down, [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx The first FA
cup game and leading the teams out was ref Phil Dowd. How was his game ? OTHER: A Leeds
defender comes in with a frontal tackle and blocks the ball with one foot but goes in with the
other foot [...]
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx As we have been
talking about corruption I would like to mention the new scandal that has arisen in the Bundesliga.
A former striker of Bundesliga club St. Pauli has admitted that he had accepted 100.000 euro to fix
5 games in 2008.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory As the blog that
has always written on the big issues such as finance and corruption before they become popular, it
makes sense that Untold Arsenal would be interested in a Commons inquiry into football governance.
In particular I often harp on about [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx After giving
the more boring numbers in an earlier article relating to the percentage of the ground that is full
in each match I now will try to give a somewhat more colourful view on attendances in the EPL
during the last 3 [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood It was while we
were standing outside the Auld Triangle mingling with the Leeds fans before the match on saturday
that Ian reminded me of the last time we watched Arsenal / Leeds. We were challenging to win the
league with three games [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx I can imagine
the AAA brigade going wild, and enthusiastic and enjoying the occasion. After having to keep
their mouth shut for a while they can let themselves go after our 1-1 against Leeds. Now we all can
have some things to say [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Snooping Around Fallen Angles &
Obsolete Demons By Sammy The Snake Enter the land of doom and gloom. Step in to a world of great
expectations. Open your eyes to living in the past. Touch the faded grass, and smell the corpses on
the ground.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Half-Term Report By
Dale Higginbottom What is the point of it all? Why are we here? Well back in August I posed the
question, Do Arsenal really get more injuries than anyone else? and out of that asked, "Do we
have good reason to [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Ipswich vs Arsenal A preview by
our man with a spot: Billy the Dog "The Gunners are firm favourites to progress to the Wembley
showpiece after an impressive run through the competition so far." I copied that from the Sky
Sports web site.
By Tony Attwood I imagine that this will be another one of those moments (rather like last saturday
afternoon) when the AAA to rise up in fury and demand the sacking of the manager. It was of course
a disappointing result 65% of possession or something like that and then to lose to [...]
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory This article
about the way the Emirates stadium was financed arose from the work being done in relation to the
Parliamentary Enquiry into Football to which Untold Arsenal is presenting evidence. I have popped
all the key information gathered in a table [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the not amused
ref Most of the times it is great fun to do these ref reviews. And every now and then it is hard
work and I have to force me to start doing it. There are some games you really would [...]
Who was the first Arsenal player to star in a movie? Which was the second novel about Arsenal to be
published? Which website openly boasts that it always follows the Arsenal motto 100%? Football
attendances: Arsenal in Europe part 1 By Walter Broeckx After I gave you some numbers on how
Arsenal manage to [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here This is part two of a series on
football attendances and football grounds in Europe. To read part one on the biggest stadia in
Europe please click here. By Walter Broeckx In part 2 of our article on football grounds in Europe
I will be trying [.
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx So finally we
are in part 3 of our series on football crowds in Europe. Part one was about the capacity of the
biggest grounds in Europe . And in part two we have seen which team gets the most supporters in
their [...
