Untold Arsenal » 2008 » December

Arsenal memberships withdrawn over black market tickets

 mentioned in a post a few days back that AISA have put out some interesting information of late.    The information below also comes from AISA and relates to ticket touting.  

I have to admit I am utterly biased on this – I completely dislike touting, and would be much happier if there were none.  I […]

Denilson: brilliant or a waste of space?

Jonanthan Brown wrote to me directly, rather than via the blog, on the issue of Denilson, and I would like to pass on his thoughts.  

To declare my position: I think Denilson is a sensation, but that he suffers as Gilberto did in the fans’ eyes.  If you remember, Gilberto was often thought to be […]

Arsenal/Everton fan trouble: the police report

At the time of the game I made some comments on the trouble at the Arsenal / Everton match – something I saw from the vantage of the upper tier a little way along from the place over the away fans – towards the half way line.  

My thought at the time was that […]

Arsenal 11 Tony Adams XI 4 (announcer sent off)

There was a moment right at the end of the game against Portsmouth in which Papa Bouba Diop committed what looked like a dreadful foul on (I think) Denilson.  From my position in the upper tier quite some way along from the incident I didn’t have anything remotely like a perfect view, but it looked […]

The past was not as good as some imagine

So, five league games unbeaten.  Not perfect by any means, but certainly better than the two defeats that preceded the change of captaincy.   And certainly not bad when the run includes three of the teams currently above us.
And even more so not bad when you remember that the heart of our team has been ripped […]

Why we should never forget George Leavey

There are three big reasons why most football commentary is negative.
First, it is easier to write negative than positive commentaries.  I remember the classic moment 20 years back when we beat Liverpool Not-yet-insolvents in the last game of the year.  The fanzine “1-0 down 2-1 Up” celebrated that with a series of articles at the […]

The next big team will be…

…. the team that is built around the ability to beat anti-football. It is now 243 years 38 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 23 minuutes 3 seconds since one of the big four won a league match, and time is starting to run out for these top clubs.

By having successfully evolved ways of disrupting all real […]

Bergkamp II

The message cannot be clearer – with the injury to Cesc now, and the clear signs that Liverpool are still be protected by referees in a way that other teams are not, the Lord Wenger will know exactly where we stand for the second half of the season.
Back comes Eduardo, followed somewhat later by Rosicky […]

Football in turmoil, Villa rumbled, Liverpool as Emperors

There was a moment in the Villa game yesterday where one of their players went down holding his head and the ref looked, and then played the game on.  The commentator said “that’s not right” or something like that, and eventually several minutes later the game was stopped.
I thought this a heart-warming moment.   I’ve never […]

Is this a new Bankrupts ploy, or are they out of control?

This week’s game in the press has been to suggest that Arsenal is falling apart because there have been changes at Board level.  My guess (which is of course just a guess) is that the change arounds can only be for the good of the club.  They will have no effect on the short term, […]