Nickname: Aston Village
Most notorious person. The Ellis
Best known song: Not known
Most obvious tactics: 11 men behind the ball – introduced in August 2006, it has become a dominant part of the Village approach ever since. Tends to break down when they go one down, but is very effective (if very boring) when they go one up in the first minute.
Greatest claim to fame: Won the FA Cup 23 times in the first ten years of the competition’s existence.
There is an article in the generally appalling Daily Mail on who owns football. They give a list of each EPL club and then look at the money that person has. There are some rather amusing bits and pieces in there – as with what they say when they get to West Iceland United where…
Let’s turn Arsenal into Charlton The “Wenger must go” chant is rising and rising. Fortunately not in the stadium, where most supporters seem to have a longer term perspective, but on the internet it is everywhere. I’ve just been reading the post on Arsenal Action called “Sorry Arsene its time to go”, where the writer…
It’s a bit of a funny old world at the moment (as they say), and my ramblings herein have no overall focus, what with us not having a match this weekend. But I thought I’d just throw in some of the stuff that has caught my attention of late. If it is all too boring,…
Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here ————————– Akhil Nair I am a gooner from India. I really like your posts and thought of sharing my personal views to you and to our readers. In our country it is said that cricket is religion and every single person has his or her…
By Ref Reviewer 03 We went to Old Trafford and well did not get the result we hoped for. Is there any blame we can give ref Howard Webb? Let us find out. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Cleverley Ramsey C Cleverley tugged on Ramsey’s arm, could have played…
————————— By Tony Attwood Why do players leave Arsenal? More money,being fed up with the management team,wanting to go back home,being fed up with the endless criticism of them and their style of play in the press, being fed up with UK tax rates compared with the concessionary rates elsewhere… We’ve had this for years. …