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Liverpool vs Manchester City highlights goals 2009

Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes 20 November @ 10:36 PM EST
Video goal highlights from the Liverpool vs Manchester City Premier League game on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Game kicks off at 12.45 UK time at Anfield, Liverpool. The Reds will have Steven Gerrard in their starting lineup, but will be without Fernando Torres. Manchester City go into this game having drawn their last five games [. Click to continue reading...

Other sites review the players: we review the refs

Untold Arsenal 17 November @ 08:20 AM EST
By Walter Broeckx Want a player ranking after a game? Don't worry there are 84 trillion sites that do it, and that is just for Arsenal. But how many sites do reviews of referee performances match by match, and then use the "Hey-let's-injure-your-players" break to summarise? There is of course only one place in the Galaxy for such [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal v A to Z: the teams, the tactics and Billy “The Dog”.

Untold Arsenal 03 November @ 03:13 PM EST
With our regular pre-match pundit being asked (bizarrely) to write an essay by his university (something that never happened when I was a student) we turn this week to Billy "The Dog" McGraw, landlord of the Toppled Bollard, St Thomas' Rd, for a run down on the match against the London Street Atlas, or A [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal/Totts: the pub bore speaks

Untold Arsenal 30 October @ 02:56 PM EST
Billy "The Dog" McGraw speaks exclusively to Untold Arsenal ahead of the vital match against the Tiny Totts. I tell you something, we ain't got a fucking chance, darling. The defence is so over the place we could let in six. Just make it a pint Vice-Chancellor. Call themselves defenders, they spend half their time in the [. Click to continue reading...

The sheer terror of Tottenham

Untold Arsenal 30 October @ 04:05 AM EST
By Gf60 There are no games in the season that fill me with more terror than the Spuds. It's 90 minutes of having a pulse rate way too high for an old fart, bitten fingernails, and nervous twitches...and that's when we're a few goals up. Yes it has been 10 years almost to the week since the scrawny [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal/Liverpool: the pub bore report

Untold Arsenal 28 October @ 05:08 PM EST
By Billy "the Dog" McGraw watching the TV in the Auld Triangle God this was awful. Arsenal didn't have a clue.   Mine's a pint of Carlsberg. When Liverpool attacked Arsenal had no idea how to clear the ball, and I'll smash the face in of anyone who says anything else. It can't get any worse. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal/Liverpool: team sheet and complete analysis

Untold Arsenal 27 October @ 04:50 PM EST
By Phil Gregory Arsenal welcome Liverpool to the Emirates stadium for Wednesday's Carling Cup tie. The Reds, already six points off the pace in the Premier League despite a solid home win over champions Manchester United are expected to put out a below strength side for the tie with an eye on their match at Craven Cottage [. Click to continue reading...

WHU v Arsenal: teams and the complete preview

Untold Arsenal 24 October @ 04:08 PM EST
By Phil Gregory Arsenal travel to Upton Park looking to heap more pressure on a beleaguered Gianfranco Zola. The West Ham boss has not seen his team win since August, and sitting three points adrift of safety, Hammers fans will be hoping for, but not expecting an upset. Recent form: West Ham are growing desperate for points, [. Click to continue reading...

Lansbury gets 2+1, WHAM supporters sanguine

Untold Arsenal 24 October @ 03:33 AM EST
Henri Lansbury - what a player in the making. If for no reason other than to see the midfielder play for Watford you tuned into Sky last night you would have seen him score a terrific goal. A pass, the perfect positioning for a return, heads for goal, a player on either side of him [...] Click to continue reading...

That foul on Theo: the referee’s view

Untold Arsenal 22 October @ 02:56 AM EST
Untold Fouls, by Walter Broeckx Since the tackle on Theo Walcott by Ridgewell in the Birmingham game there is some debate going on about what is allowed when a player tackles and what is not allowed. I'm going to try to give an overview on how a ref should handle the different cases that [...] Click to continue reading...

Alkmaar v Arsenal: the complete preview

Untold Arsenal 20 October @ 02:02 AM EST
Alkmaar vs Arsenal preview by Phil Gregory Arsenal travel away to Alkmaar on Tuesday, searching for a third consecutive win in group H. Alkmaar, managed by Dutchman Ronald Koeman, lie bottom of group H with a single point after the first two fixtures. As a manager, the former Dutch international is a bit of an enigma. Click to continue reading...

Jumping, stamping, screaming, pushing, kicking, abusing, protesting. Yep: its the Birmingham City management team

Untold Arsenal 18 October @ 05:26 AM EST
Last time Birmingham "Evil Empire" were at the Ems we watched their manager direct players to go down, lie down, roll around... anything and everything to break up play. It is a testimony to the magnitude of the Wengerian revolution that we can now saunter past the "Team coach in the goal" clubs like Blackburn and [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal vs Birmingham: the complete preview

Untold Arsenal 17 October @ 03:12 AM EST
By Phil Gregory Today, Arsenal welcome Birmingham to the Emirates Stadium for a match that this Gunner had circled on the fixture list from the moment it came out. For many, this match is far, far more than just another chance for three points: it's the memory of Eduardo's leg break, Gallas' meltdown and the moment [. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland vs Liverpool goals highlights- October 17

Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes 16 October @ 10:12 PM EST
All goals highlights from the Sunderland vs Liverpool Premier League game on October 17, 2009, Saturday ( 15.00 Kickoff). Liverpool are travelling to Wearside without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres. Liverpool lost their last game 2-0 to Chelsea, while Sunderland conceded an unfortunate late own goal to draw 2-2 against defending champions Manchester United. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal 24 Black Blackburn 7. Ecstasy.

Untold Arsenal 05 October @ 02:34 AM EST
It says something when Black Black Blackburn have more than twice as many shots on target (7) as Liverpool (3) on a sunday afternoon. Arsenal were of course miles ahead on total number of shots 24 the other top clubs playing on sunday afternoon had under half that number and also committed more fouls [. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn: the team that ate football

Untold Arsenal 03 October @ 07:19 AM EST
Black, blackest blackness, Blackburn Rovers, your worst nightmare, the antithesis of football. Black Blackburn, the embodiment of all darkness and evil, the beelzebub of football, the yawning heights of the oblivion into which we fall at the end of time, when time itself winds down, to leave an eternity of rotational fouling and an infinity of [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal Blackburn: what will happen

Untold Arsenal 02 October @ 12:29 PM EST
by Phil Gregory Blackburn come to the Emirates this weekend, with manager Sam Allardyce arguably the antithesis of everything our own boss stands for. Ever unpopular amongst Arsenal fans for his teams' "anti-football" physical approach to the game, credit must be given to Allardyce for making small clubs punch above their weight for years on end. Click to continue reading...

How Arsenal are doing compared with last season

Untold Arsenal 30 September @ 03:20 AM EST
By Walter Broeckx We are late in September; the season has been going for some 6 weeks. Time for a first overview. Are we doing better than last year or not? The best way to make a comparison is to see at the games from last year and same games this season. Our opening game this season brought [...] Click to continue reading...

Arsenal make billions and Olmpy score minus 1

Untold Arsenal 29 September @ 04:38 AM EST
It is interesting that few if any of our so-called journalists are doing a compare and contrast job on Arsenal's wealth and the abject poverty of football clubs like Liverpool and Manchester U. It is as if saving money, planning, and making money legitimately (rather than through usury) is now bad news in the UK. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal v Olympiacos: the preview

Untold Arsenal 28 September @ 10:19 AM EST
Arsenal play host to Olympiacos, the Greek champions, on Tuesday evening. The Greek outfit, who played out a 1-0 victory over the final member of Group H AZ Alkmaar, are managed by Brazilian legend Zico, who has been in the post since mid-September after spells managing in Turkey and Russia. The previous manager was removed from the [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool 6-1 Hull City goals

Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes 26 September @ 10:59 AM EST
A hat trick from Fernando "El Nino" Torres gave Liverpool their sixth straight win in all competitions as they crushed Phil Brown's Hull City 6-1 at Anfield. The Reds now face Fiorentina in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Liverpool 1-0 Hull City ( Fernando Torres 12′ goal ) He opened the scoring against West Ham, and [. Click to continue reading...

Fulham v Arsenal: a somewhat more serious analysis

Untold Arsenal 26 September @ 06:36 AM EST
By Phil Gregory Fulham, Arsenal's opponents in the late kick off today are managed by the likeable Roy Hodgson and the well-travelled Fulham manager is highly regarded by Wenger, who hailed him as being "the best English manager" in a recent press conference (Mark Hughes take note). Indeed, the ex-Malmo boss has overseen an enormous change in [. Click to continue reading...

Fulham Arsenal: full report and score, hours before it happens

Untold Arsenal 25 September @ 10:18 AM EST
And so it is Fulham who come under the spotlight of "All Tomorrow's Parties" the historic (not to say hysterical) analysis of future events named after a Velvet Underground hit. (Exciting isn't it?) Fulham: who last season caused all the posts of, "This is exactly what I feared would happen" from the people who [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal v WBA: the style, approach, players, prediction

Untold Arsenal 21 September @ 11:45 AM EST
West Brom, managed by Roberto Di Matteo (formerly of MK Dons) are Arsenal's opponents in the Carling Cup on Tuesday. They will undoubtedly be coming into this match on a wave of confidence, having beaten Middlesborough 5-0 at the Riverside, and holding a one point lead over Newcastle at the top of the Championship. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal / Wigan: team news, tactics, prognosis

Untold Arsenal 18 September @ 07:27 AM EST
Arsenal vs Wigan: team news, injuries, tactics, prognosis By Phil Gregory Wigan Athletic, Arsenal's opponents on Saturday, arrive at the Emirates Stadium on the back of their first home win of the season against West Ham. Roberto Martinez, Wigan's manager since the departure of Steve Bruce to Sunderland, has undertaken wholesale changes at the club. Click to continue reading...

Being in Liège: the pitch side view

Untold Arsenal 17 September @ 06:55 AM EST
Being in Liège yesterday it was a great result for us. By Walter Broeckx The trip from the Benelux gooners took us the "hot city". The stadium is situated next to the river Meuse and looks nice from the outside but the seats reserved for the visitors have never been cleaned since the Euro 2000 championship. Click to continue reading...

Disgusting, disgraceful, appalling, shameful

Untold Arsenal 17 September @ 01:56 AM EST
Disgusting, disgraceful, appalling, shameful: I speak of course of the coverage on Sky Sports last night. There was a moment of amusement before the game when Redknapp-the-Younger started to talk about why UEFA was so biased (in this case against English clubs) and the chairbeing nearly fell off his chair, chuffling like a steam train, grinning [. Click to continue reading...

Standard Liege v Arsenal: form, injuries, key players, line-ups

Untold Arsenal 16 September @ 01:41 AM EST
Editor's note: this article was forwarded by Phil to Untold Arsenal yesterday, before the extent of the injury list was fully known. Since the article was written we've heard that Van Persie is out injured. Standard Liege v Arsenal: form, injuries, key players, line-ups By Phil Gregory. Standard Liege, Belgian champions for the last two seasons, are Arsenal's [. Click to continue reading...

SPOILER ALERT: Man A vs Arsenal, teams, report, result before it happens

Untold Arsenal 12 September @ 05:07 AM EST
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES: Arsenal results before the game starts. So, where were we? Everyone's been off being kicked for their country during Cripplegate Week, and everyone is injured, so we are putting out the under 11s for this fixture. Arshavin's out, Cesc is probably out, my cat's out (but that's a cat-flap issue) and Theo is hiding under [. Click to continue reading...

United v Arsenal Review

Manutd Blog 01 September @ 01:37 PM EST

It doesn't get much better than Manchester United vs Arsenal, arguably one of the biggest rivalries in the entire world and by far the most prestigious match to the new campaign. Arsenal has gotten off to an exceptional start this year, dominating Celtic, Everton, and Portsmouth with goals galore and from unusual sources, such as William Gallas, their leading goal scorer.

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Mike Dean: the referee, the man, the history, the scandals

Untold Arsenal 01 September @ 12:40 PM EST
Below we print an open letter to Mike Dean, referee, from Walter Broeckx, referee. But just before that, here's a quick summary of Mr Dean's career... In 2005 he was suspended from being a ref because he was involved with a betting company. His official crime was "breaching the terms of his contract". Click to continue reading...

Mike Dean: the referee, the man, the history, the scandals

Untold Arsenal 01 September @ 12:40 PM EST
Below we print an open letter to Mike Dean, referee, from Walter Broeckx, referee. But just before that, here's a quick summary of Mr Dean's career... In 2005 he was suspended from being a ref because he was involved with a betting company. His official crime was "breaching the terms of his contract". Click to continue reading...

10-boy Arsenal sneak through on technicality

Untold Arsenal 27 August @ 02:10 AM EST
Arsenal's youth team managed to squirm their way through to the Groupie Stage of the Euro Cup last night on the "Most Goals Scored" rule. "It really is ludicrous," said Letmedrivethe Koach talking on ITV, "no other competition in the world uses this method of deciding the winner. What has the issue of who scored the [. Click to continue reading...

Late Lennon strike sinks West Ham

Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes 23 August @ 11:15 AM EST
West Ham 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur ( Carlton Cole 49′/ Jermain Defoe 54′, Aaron Lennon 79′) A late goal from winger Aaron Lennon allowed Tottenham Hotspur to emerge triumphant in their London derby against West Ham United at Upton Park today afternoon. The result means Spurs have now won their first three games of their season- a [. Click to continue reading...

Celtic 1 Arsenal 5: senational team, sensational prediction, sensational history

Untold Arsenal 19 August @ 01:53 AM EST
Welcome to the new world the world in which Arsenal have recreated a team, devised a new free-flowing 4-3-3 system, and produced players of the highest quality who just a year ago were derided. Welcome also to the new world in which Untold Arsenal is able to influence complete matches and give you the score [. Click to continue reading...