Arsène’s transfer war chest; does it exist? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Phil Gregory Right, in order to head off some of the usual confusion around what we have to spend I thought I’d put together this article. The big question surrounds this mythical, unspent war chest that stubborn old Arsène likes to sit on and shout “NON!” when anyone asks about it. Do we actually…

What to buy this weekend at the Emirates; and how clubs don’t pay their taxes « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Tony Attwood Here’s two things: the world of football finance  could be turned upside down later this year; and I want you to buy two things at the Emirates this Saturday if you are there. An odd combination you will think but there is a link.   One reason to go shopping is to buy…

The Vapour Transfer: how the mechanisms of football have been corrupted « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Tony Attwood I wrote an article yesterday on The transfer market at the edge of collapse.  I want to continue the theme with an example from a completely different world – the IT industry.  But please stay with me even if IT bores you stupid – there’s a footballing point to this. So, just…

What exactly is wrong with football accounting? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

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. The deadline…

Barca beat Man U in the bankrupt final, but who will sink first in the financial mire? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Billy The Dog McGraw Tony and Walter are off playing in the Supporters Club tournament on the Emirates pitch today, and thus have asked me, their trusted colleague and devoted lacky, to take over for the day.  In fact I am just off down the pub, but here’s a few thoughts to be going…

The new ruling on police costs could result in football grounds being shut down « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

Please note: if you have a comment on the Arsenal v Man City game, please go to the page on the match ———————— By Tony Attwood It seems a long long time ago, but time was when there were police inside the ground at Arsenal games.  Sometimes lots of them.  Now I never see any,…

Are Spanish clubs fighting back at last against Barca and Real Mad? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood Following Tony’s articles  about the problems in the EPL for Everton and in the SPL for Rangers I think maybe we should also take a look at other clubs who we are competing with in Europe. It has been said on this website Barcelona and Real Madrid are what…

Liverpool – it is all over bar the pain (and there will be quite a lot of that!) « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Tony Attwood Before the round of games on September 11th I wrote in a semi-joking manner that both Tottenham Middlesex and Liverpool RBS would see the weekend as an opportunity to claw their way into the top half of the Premier League.  I have to say I am rather surprised to find my prediction…

Roman Abramovich and Michel Platini. Who is kidding whom? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Tony Attwood For Arsenal to win the league this coming season we need four things to happen. Quite obviously the team needs to play well.  I know it is patently obvious, but sometimes I like the obvious.  Equally obvious is that the under 10s say there’s no chance of that, and they are doing…

Why bother with international matches when countries can now own clubs? « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager

By Tony Attwood Looking at a league table after one match is rather like looking at a chest of drawers where only the knobs that help you open each drawer has delivered.  Not much clue to what the overall picture is going to be. In France however, unhampered by the Olympiks, the Ligue 1 football…

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