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Yesterday I wrote that I didn’t really feel too fussed about the game, that it didn’t really mean anything in the grand scheme of things and in terms of the physical result, I certainly feel the same in the cold light of day today after that abysmal home capitulation against ... read more

Arsenal (0) 0 Liverpool (0) 3 Premier League Emirates Stadium, Drayton Park, London N5 1BU Saturday, 3rd April 2021. Kick-off time: 8.00pm (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhães, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey, Dani Ceballos; Nicolas Pépé, Martin Ødegaard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang; Alexandre Lacazette. Substitutes: Hector Bellerin, Willian Borges da Silva, ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-PrJGboC4?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] 200+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. ... read more

Match report – Player ratings – Video If Mikel Arteta was hoping a decent performance and result would give his team a boost ahead of Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final, he is left instead picking up the pieces of a demoralising, disappointing, disastrous night at the Emirates. I’m someone who believes ... read more

By Tony Attwood After the match Mr Arteta said, “We need to apologise to our fans – the standard was nowhere near what we want.  ... The post “Arsenal need more of the same,” according to some pundits. Really? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

I apologize if you came here looking for an answer, some insight, or a way forward after that performance. Arsenal lost, 3-0, to a Liverpool side who did what they did best because we used a system and set of ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReAS3Lopt8&w=560&h=315] With Josh & John There are 3 ways to watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘YouTube’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Twitch’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to ... read more

Goals. 64'Jota, 68'Salah, 82'Jota, Arsenal. Leno; Chambers, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney (Cedric 45+1); Thomas, Ceballos (Elneny 58); Pepe, Odegaard, Aubameyang (Martinelli 77); Lacazette.Subs. Bellerin, Mari, Nelson, Nketiah, Ryan, Willian,Manager. Mikel ArtetaLiverpool. Alisson; Robertson (Jota 61), Kabak (Williams 84), Phillips, Alexander-Arnold; Milner, Fabinho, Thiago; Mane, Firmino (Wijnaldum 78), Salah.Subs. Adrian, Jones, Keita, ... read more

Let me take you back to the 8th November last year. Aston Villa not only beat us, they took us apart. 5 months on, tonight it has happened again. Have we improved then? In many areas, yes. But if tonight doesn’t demonstrate just how far we are away from ... read more

Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Liverpool at the Emirates, kick-off 20.00 We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live account. To do that, ... read more

Due to several injury updates, I have revised my Arsenal starting XI for today’s Liverpool match. [4-2-3-1] Lacazette Aubameyang, Odegaard, Pepe Elneny, Partey Tierney, Gabriel, Mari, Bellerin Leno ... read more

By Tony Attwood Every day the AISA Arsenal History Society publishes a review of all the major events that have happened on that day in Arsenal’s history. And on most days we find a video to go with one of our games from that day. Since we have now got ... read more

Arsenal hosts Liverpool at the Emirates tonight as the Premier League resumes after the two-week international break. This isn’t the all-powerful, all-conquering, and vastly superior Liverpool side of last season. Jurgen Klopp’s men have had their problems this year and are certainly guilty of underachieving this campaign. However, let’s be ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal had 11 players picked to be part of squads playing in world cup matches during the the run up to today’s match, although thankfully a modicum of sense was shown and the South American games were called off because of travel restrictions. Not everyone ... read more

Morning folks and here we are, finally back to a match day, thank gawd. Only it’s a match day in which if we’re honest probably doesn’t have that much riding on it. Liverpool come to town and despite their poor form, they are still a side to be feared and ... read more

Debate goes on It’s evident the Arteta in or out debate will continue to rage amongst our fan base after every Arsenal result. Win, lose or draw, it’s “I ... read more

Ok, here we go again. It’s football, football, football between now and the end of May (hopefully right up until the 26th), and it kicks off again with the visit of Liverpool to the Emirates this evening. It’s fair to say the Mugsmashers this season are not quite who they ... read more

Rejoice, the real football drought is almost over Real football is back at ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL07z3A4PeY?feature=oembed&w=640&h=480] 200+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. ... read more

The interlull is over and Arsenal are eager to get back to action and see if they can pick up where they left off. It won’t be easy for the Gunners as title holders Liverpool visit the Emirates to restart the run to close the 2020-2021 campaign. Liverpool come to ... read more

Passend zu den Ostertagen schenkt uns die Premier League eine schöne Partie. Zumindest die Ansetzung lässt vieles erhoffen auch wenn …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Saturday night’s game is against the defending champions, or nondefending champions you could say. We have had a miserable and disappointing season, but imagine how Liverpool fans feel? They were touting themselves ... read more

As the newswires continue to shake with Arsenal football news and gossip, we are now seeing increased activity in topics covering players potentially leaving new contract offers, and players that the Gunners might bring into the Emirates for up-and-coming season. Evan N’Dicka signs New Club Contract – Bad News or ... read more

Arsenal vs Liverpool Date: 03/04/2021 K/O: 20:00 Venue: Emirates Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell TV: Sky Sports  The Gunners host Liverpool as Mikel Arteta’s side are unbeaten in their last four games and a win would take them one point behind The Reds. Embed from Getty Images Last ... read more

Here are some statistical odds and ends to ponder on a Friday. Remember, the Gunners are back in action tomorrow at 3 pm EDT on NBCSN! Arsenal has 9 Premier League games left to play this season. Combined, those 9 teams have totaled 288 league points. Break that down, and ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal this season have committed fewer fouls than any other team in the Premier League. You won’t read about that in the media because the media doesn’t do positive stories about Arsenal, but it is a fact. And it is interesting, given that it is 85 fouls ... read more

I remember being in the concourse of a bustling Liberty Stadium in October 2015, eagerly awaiting team news for Arsenal’s match against Swansea City, hoping for a Joel Campbell start, of all things. As I was waiting in hopeful expectation of the Costa Rican continuing his run in the team, ... read more

Alex Keble assesses the tactical battles in the weekend's Premier League games, predicting Newcastle will earn a draw or more when they play Tottenham ... read more

Pandora Hughes has lined up another weekend multiple and she's banking on a draw between two old rivals in north London. ... read more

La priorità dell’Arsenal per il prossimo mercato sarà l’acquisto, a titolo definitivo, di Martin Odegaard, per il quale il Real Madrid non accetterà offerte inferiori ai 60 milioni di euro.Secondo il Sun, i Gunners hanno intenzione di vendere un buon numero di giocatori, cercando di guadagnare un gruzzoletto di circa ... read more

180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris ... read more

Traditionally one of the Premier League's most watchable affairs, Mark O'Haire shares his thoughts on Saturday night's showdown between Arsenal and Liverpool ... read more

Morning all. Here we are at ‘Anything but Good’ Friday. We may get a day off, but The Management’s family tradition is such that we don’t have a drink on this day, even though it’s just the two of us and the cat who will be enjoying each other’s company ... read more

Not many Arsenal fans across the globe would have envisaged their beloved club to be sitting in 9th place with 9 games remaining, especially after the joys of ... read more

By Bullldog Drummond Having remained resolutely outside of any discussion about the fixtures different clubs have for the rest of the season Football London has suddenly jumped into the topic with an interesting if somewhat confusing chart. In this they take the average league position clubs’ opponents. I think this ... read more

Morning, it’s Friday, we’re playing tomorrow and all the focus can now shift away from internationals to the football that really matters. With players only arriving back in dribs and drabs yesterday, it’s hard to know if there are any injury/fatigue issues for us to worry about for the visit ... read more

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined first by Tim Stillman to talk about the big news on the Arsenal Women front – the impending departure of head coach Joe Montemurro. We chat about his time at the club, the reasons ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygburgHyfA4&w=560&h=315] With Karl & Danny There are 3 ways to watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘YouTube’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Facebook’ page and watch the show there. There are 3 main ways ... read more

No Premier League fixture has provided more goals than Arsenal v Liverpool and Dan Fitch is backing that trend to continue, as he uses Opta stats to preview the weekend fixture ... read more

Arteta gave a press conference today in which he spoke briefly about injuries, Aguero, “pulling a Liverpool”, our loanees, and whether we are going to offer Lacazette £100m a week this summer. Here’s my report on the report. I took ... read more

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“It’s up for grabs now!” From Arsenal.com If it’s difficult for me to pick up the threads after an interlull that seems to have lasted longer than usual because the ‘International Powers That Be’ have squeezed an extra uninspiring fixture into the fortnight, it must be tough for the ... read more

Yankee Gooner is back from a brief vacation and ready to discuss all things Arsenal! So, let’s begin with Saturday’s key Premier League showdown with the defending champions, Liverpool. Arsenal could possibly will face the Reds without two key players on the Gunners side. Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe ... read more

Sporting Life's Jake Osgathorpe uses Infogol's expected goals (xG) model to predict the likely winners and scorelines of each match as the Premier League returns ... read more

  We’re living in difficult times, yet there is hope.Hope that the next generation will make the right calls; hope that high-profile social media companies will better ... read more

One of the many consequences of poor squad building is that bad decisions are the midwife to further bad, rushed decisions. After a hectic January of cleaning out some clutter from the Arsenal closet, the summer is going to be even more hectic for Mikel Arteta, Arsenal and Edu. Just ... read more

While we potter about during the enforced useless international break and just before players are sent back with multi-variants of the COVID virus to infect their teammates, I thought now might be a good time to review some proposals emanating from FIFA. Regular readers – or irregular readers – ... read more

Good morning to you. I haven’t mentioned international football that much during this break, mostly because I can’t sit here and pretend I am hugely affected by it. However, Ireland losing to Luxembourg was a bit embarrassing. So, thank you to Germany for taking the spotlight off us with a ... read more

Frank Lampard is set for a quick return to football as Arsenal look to make the former Chelsea man their next manager. Lampard will take over from Arsenal Women’s manager Joe Montemurro, after the Australian announced he will leave the WSL club in the summer. The 42-year-old Englishman was sacked ... read more

April 1, 2006: A 5-0 win over Aston Villa at Highbury… And the first of 19 @Arsenal goals for @AbouVDIABY pic.twitter.com/Tn7vgFKXC2 — Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 1, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js 180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  ... read more

If ever you wanted an example as to why I do not watch international football during the season, it’s upon hearing the goalscorers for England’s game last night were Harry’s Maguire and Kane. No thank you. I’m not bringing myself to cheer for one jailbird and b*llock kicker, or one ... read more

By Tony Attwood Joe Montemurro, manager of Arsenal Women’s team, has announced that he will leave Arsenal at the end of this season. He called it the “hardest professional decision” of his life, adding, “I absolutely love this job and this club, the club I have supported all my life. ... read more

Lacazette has stepped up this season when we have needed his goals. How do you view his Arsenal career? ... read more

Liverpool go to Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday and Stephen Tudor says there are reasons to back the visitors as he discusses both teams' form and the odds ... read more

This strange year of football is slowly heading to its conclusion, as the Premier League returns after the international break for its final nine-game weeks of action – the final quarter of the season. There is so much still to play for, especially when it comes to the top four, ... read more

I don’t care how they do it and neither do you, but the Arsenal board has to invest properly this summer if they have any chance of challenging for top honours. Forget this self-sustaining model that they verbally peddle out regularly to justify their miserly ways, the fans are tired of ... read more

At the request of the family I was asked to contribute a fans perspective for Amy Lawrence’s simply fabulous tribute today. Now most will have read the superb Athletic piece, with a few of my words to blended in with those of Wrighty, Super Kev, Dicko, Lewin et al, here ... read more

Football fans can be fickle at times but when they truly embrace a player, the attachment becomes more than a collection of standout moments or goals, it’s emotional and lasting. In fact, some players reach deep into the fan base psyche to symbolise what supporters themselves feel about their club, ... read more

Every year, on this day, I have the same feeling of regret. On the day that marks the premature loss of David Rocastle, I feel I missed ... read more

By Tony Attwood   Now when someone announces that “Fifa will not exist in 10 years’ time,” that person gets my attention.  For if ... The post “Fifa will not exist in ten years time.” Or maybe even less! first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

David, twenty years, bro. In a way, I’ve been dreading the build up to it. You’re always on my mind but I try to not think of that specific day. You know what I mean? Everyone knows how close we were. Both Brockley boys, you were up in Turnham, I ... read more

Yesterday I spoke up again about abuse on social media and how social media companies need to do more to combat it. Shortly after, Arsenal launched their campaign to Stop Online Abuse Arsenal have 4 main points: 1. Racist/discriminatory messages/posts should be filtered/blocked before they are received 2. Operate robust/transparent/swift ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWayJZygp1o?feature=oembed&w=640&h=480] 180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. ... read more

Klopp will be hoping to add some bite to Liverpool coming out of the Interlull When the good ship Arsenal sails clear of the doldrums that comprise the current international break, we have the reigning ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone It might be a good idea to avoid reading the blogs and online newspapers this morning if you haven’t already started, as there isn’t too much good stuff around, as far as Arsenal is concerned. The Evening Standard captures the mood of the day by telling ... read more

Morning. The last round of international fixtures take place this evening, so keep everything crossed that Arsenal players involved come through ok. So far, I think everyone is ok, but there are some concerns over Emile Smith Rowe who is apparently a doubt for England U21s. That our two main ... read more

I was having a read of the always excellent 7amkickoff’s blog yesterday. I don’t read lots of blogs (not even my own! But you could probably tell that given the typos sometimes ) but occasionally check in on some and this one intrigued me because it was about the ... read more

Reports today suggest that a deal is about 99% certain and that starting in 2024 the Champions League will increase the number of teams from 32 to 36 and introduce a new “Swiss Style” playing system. This is being done ... read more

For years, clubs have had the freedom to spend money however they want. Football clubs owned by wealthy owners have enjoyed the most since they are willing to fork out lots of money to acquire the best and most expensive players. Such clubs include Chelsea, PSG, Barcelona, Man City, Real ... read more

By Tony Attwood As we’ve been investigating during the interlull, the chances of us getting into the top six to get a place in Europe next year don’t look too good. However we have noted that because of the curious European rules lurking around it is possible that cup winners’ ... read more

Not for the fainthearted Right now supporters are not quite sure what to make of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal. Have we turned a corner? Are we progressing? Will any improvements inevitably be offset by our habit ... read more

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday. Which is actually more like Wednesday, if you don’t count Good Friday as a working day. So it’s practically halfway through the week aka Wednesday. Except it’s Tuesday. What it also is – sadly – is still international football time and that means for ... read more

When is football going to get loss complicated? The pandemic has had a huge impact, and we all know the various issues it has caused on and off the pitch. Travel is complicated; the lack of fans means revenues have been destroyed and that in turn has massively impacted the ... read more

For years I have said the racism seen on social media towards footballers is not English footballs problem, but the problem of social media companies. Last week I blogged that it is time for footballers to stop taking the knee. That I stood with Wilfreid Zaha that it had become ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7X5wWx7wQ?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] 180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. ... read more

  “Arsenal FC Warm Up” (CC BY 2.0) by Kieran Clarke A number of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, were linked with a move for Bruno Fernandes while the midfielder was still in Portugal. While the Gunners, and others, dithered, Manchester United finally made their move and we know ... read more

Over this international weekend, a number of nations players have worn T-Shirts to make an apparent statement about human rights abuses Qatar. The Guardian recently revealed that more than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it won the right to ... read more

By Tony Attwood Ask any of the journalists and fake news peddlers who write about Arsenal while urging Arsenal to change everything, simultaneously ignoring the enormous progress that the club has been making since Boxing Day) and the chances are they will start writing about the players we MUST MUST ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this Interlull episode there’s not a lot going on from an Arsenal perspective, so we take a load of listener questions. Up for discussion, Martin Odegaard; Lucas Torreira as a potential partner for Thomas Partey; ... read more

Leicester 2016. It really should have been us I can’t say I watched either of the two England games that have been played so far during this Interlull and I’m unlikely to watch the third. ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHKaFi_YMck?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] 180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. ... read more

By Tony Attwood Yesterday we published a piece Arsenal’s results are on track for top four finishes – from next season.   In case you ... The post How one journalist decided to turn the truth about Arsenal upside down. first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

The date was the 25th of June 2007, Arsenal’s record goal scorer, long time talisman and skipper had just been unveiled as Barcelona’s new multi-million pound signing. The talk had been building for all of the previous season, Arsenal’s disappointing exit to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League round ... read more

Hey, it’s an Interlull, and there’s little or no Arsenal news. So, let’s do an ‘On this day’ from blog posts from the past. Starting with: March 29th 2002 I remember transfer deadline day in 1994, opening up a newspaper and seeing Anders Limpar holding up and Everton shirt. Well, ... read more

I messaged my brother yesterday whilst the England game was on. I asked him if he was watching it and he replied “sort of”. He was preparing dinner and it was on in the background and I suspected that might have been the case, as I was doing the same. ... read more

By Tony Attwood One of the things I enjoy about going to Arsenal is the chat with the guys who sit either side of me in the stadium. And I’ve really missed that, which is why this weekend I reached out to Steve who sits on my left and had ... read more

Sir Alex Ferguson commands Lazarus to rise and get stuck in to the opposition’s nippy winger One piece of news really lifted my spirits a couple of days ago. “Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka Out ... read more

You peeps. Hope everyone is fine and dandy? I am nursing a stinking hangover this morning. You know it’s been a big night when you see McDonald’s packaging when you wake up in the morning. It’s all good though; you can celebrate when your team has just won the ... read more

Morning. Feeling tired? Like you’ve lost an hour’s sleep? Well, that’s because you have. Big Timepiece and their going backwards and forwards all the time. They control the amount of sleep you get and it’s not right. Some people get confused by which direction the clocks go in in March ... read more

https://dailymotion.com/video/xxw3do 180 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 180 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s ... read more

By Tony Attwood I must say I am shocked and delighted at the way the media has picked up on the issue of human ... The post Fifa could actually be overthrown in the revolt against Qatar continues first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

By Tony Attwood Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Arsenal this afternoon 0-3 in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The game, which was shown on the FA Player on the internet, meant that although Arsenal stayed in fourth position. They now need to win their game in hand in order to ... read more

By Tony Attwood The aim in this little piece is to compare how Arsenal are doing after 29 games this season compared with recent seasons. And as you can see from the headline, it turned out to be a rather negative analysis. When it started it seemed like a ... read more

If Borussia Dortmund feel that this summer is the time to cash in on their prize asset, Erling Braut Haaland, then the entire football world will sit up and take notice. Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and even Bayern will no doubt test the water but, with English heritage and family ... read more

Während der Länderspielpause möchten wir mit Euch einen Blick auf das kommende Transferfenster und die Kaderplanung für die kommenden Spielzeiten …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Morning all. A quick Interlull Saturday round-up for you. Is it quick because I want to have breakfast, take the dogs out, and then play some Playstation 5? If I speak, etc etc. But I am also Spiderman. There’s good and bad news about Bukayo Saka to start. The good ... read more

170 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 150 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris ... read more

Joy for Arsenal, heartbreak for one young Man Utd fan I was sitting in the Holiday Inn, London, one Saturday in May. It was once upon a time and so far away but the memory ... read more

By Tony Attwood A while back the Telegraph carried an article by Julie Burchill, in which she called the political commentator Ash Sarkar – ... The post If the media lie, bully and falsely accuse in the news, how do you think they report football? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: ... read more