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Taking a quick break from the season review because a) I have to go in to work early today and b) news broke this morning that Xhaka has agreed to a five-year deal with Roma and that Arsenal have agreed ... read more

As we all know by now, Arsenal have quite a lot of work to do this summer. The more reasonable among us accept that there isn’t the time, the bandwidth or the cash money to do everything that needs to be done in one transfer window. Arsenal’s squad will not ... read more

By Tony Attwood Allowing Arsenal fans to have shares in the club, or perhaps giving a supporters’ group a golden share, is one of ... The post Should Arsenal’s owners give out shares to the club’s fans? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team. ... read more

Today’s anniversaries are below… The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent ... read more

Morning folks, hope you’re all feeling fine and dandy. How is it Thursday already? Madness. Not as mad as I was feeling yesterday, or more accurately, incredibly hungover after an all-day offsite meeting with some people in my business and then an all night drinking session afterwards. Oh how I ... read more

Each summer journalists and bloggers report over 100 players that Arsenal are planning to buy – and that number excludes players who the bloggers ... The post The 58 players tipped to join Arsenal so far this summer first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

This, I think, is going to be the most mental transfer window of all time. Yesterday, there was a social media sighting of Edu in Portugal, on holidays with his family (why is he having holidays when there’s so much work to do etc etc, it’s a disgrace and so ... read more

Two of the best… Following on from Fred’s howl of pain about the transfer window in a Post on Monday, I thought it would be good to think about the best transfer signing Arsenal has ... read more

Arsenal need a big summer to get back to where we once were. Here's 3 key areas we need to focus on. ... read more

With Kris, Ross, Lana & Tom. There are 4 other ways to easily listen or watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘Soundcloud’ page and listen. Click here to go to our ‘Apple Podcasts’ page and listen. Click here to go to our ... read more

It’s always fun to make predictions, and picking the winners and losers of the 2020 European Championships is no different. So, with that said, let’s give it a try. Group winners: Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Spain, France Group runners-up: Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal Group top 3rd place ... read more

It appears that there is another possible shift behind the scenes as Arsenal begin talks with Luis Campos as a possible Director of football. Quite where that leaves Edu Gasper as the club’s Technical Director is unclear, but should the North London outfit announce the appointment, Edu can consider himself surplus ... read more

Today’s anniversaries are below… The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent ... read more

By Tony Attwood Still puzzling over the anomalies of last season I’ve had a quick peek at  the figures of Leicester, comparing them with ... The post How different clubs use the rules in different ways, with different results first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

“If it works out it works out, if it doesn’t then kiss Arsenal goodbye.” So said Ainsley Maitland-Niles yesterday in an interview with the Telegraph. The 23 year old is keen to sort out his future, so much so that barely two weeks after the dust has barely settled on ... read more

Derek Ng De Renis, who was pleaded guilty to sending death threats to Brighton’s striker Neal Maupay, after he scored the winning goal against Arsenal last June and was given a penalty of ‘two years in prison or pay a fine of £10,000.’ What actually happened? Derek Ng De Renis ... read more

I am not sure many of you follow other sports than football but if you do, welcome to the club! Besides my AFC and PSG passion, I am an avid tennis fan and am ... read more

Part 1 is over here: https://7amkickoff.com/index.php/2021/06/07/2020-21-arsenal-season-diary-pt-1-matches-1-11/ Arsenal 4-1 Molde “Ceballos bass – Pepe v. Willock” (not sure what that note means!) Is Ceballos a guitar or a fish? I do know that in the first 11 matches I mention him ... read more

The transfer window opens on Wednesday and clubs across Europe will begin making their summer transfer deals. However, if history holds true, all we will hear from Arsenal for days and days will be crickets. Even though the window has not officially opened,  some clubs are already messing with Arsenal’s ... read more

By Tony Attwood Over the last ten years Arsenal have won the FA Cup three times, and had a runners up places in the league, the league cup and the Europa. And that’s it: three trophies and three second places. F A Pts Pos FAC LgC Europe Eur 2011–12 ... read more

Any lingering thoughts that Martin Odegaard may continue his development in the red and white shirt of Arsenal were dashed by the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager, who decided to cut and run in favour of a better deal in Spain. The Italian upped sticks from Merseyside to ... read more

Rumours swirling around that Granit Xhaka could be off to Roma in a deal worth £20million + add ons. If the deal goes through, it is a good one all around. Roma get a very good player who would be well suited to the slower, Italian football. Xhaka gets the ... read more

Our latest edition of the video collection is now online: 18 videos over Tottenham – see below. As we have few games in June that we can commemorate on video we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.   Here is the updated ... read more

By Tony Attwood Seven teams have played in the Premier League in every season since it was founded: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. Five of those clubs have won the Premier League at least once – the odd men out of course being Tottenham ... read more

We are all very aware of the Arsenal being in the market for a first choice right-back, given the rumored appetite of Héctor Bellerín for a new ... read more

Morning folks. I don’t normally make a habit of signposting  people in a different direction to another part of the internet at the beginning of my usual daily ramblings, but I was particularly impressed with this week’s Arsecast, in which Andrew and James had a chat about transfers, what’s on ... read more

A real transfer! Oh, how I hate the transfer window.  I know most supporters love this time of year, where they get some shiny new toys to enjoy. But it’s been proven in recent years ... read more

Morning. Still very quiet from an Arsenal perspective but a few bits doing the rounds this morning. First up, reports of a bid from Roma for Granit Xhaka, believed to be around €15m, which sounds a bit low. Then there’s talk of €20m plus bonuses which sounds close enough to ... read more

This year I decided to do something that most football fans have done for decades, I kept a match diary. What inspired me is my own failing memory. Ten years ago I could remember details and data from watching a ... read more

Arsenal are looking at a major clear-out this summer, but Mikel Arteta will also have to find answers to existing problems as well as splashing the cash. Which is his first-choice centre-back pairing? Can Arteta keep Pepe’s momentum going for the new campaign and how can he get the maximum ... read more

By Tony Attwood In the days of Mr Wenger, Arsenal was regularly mauled in the press because of the number of players the club ... The post How Arsenal’s injuries were reduced to one third of the level of Liverpool injuries first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the ... read more

Do we truly believe in ESR? I do find this time of year, as the transfer speculation mounts, and the angst heightens amusing and bemusing in equal ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we chat about the reaction to Arsenal ‘missing out’ on Emi Buendia, as the Norwich man is set to join Aston Villa. We examine why it felt to many like a big blow, ... read more

Time to cut Stan some slack? I may have missed something: I have not been in Antarctica, or testing Musk’s Mars Tesla in Outer Space; I keep at least a cuticle on the pulse of ... read more

Let’s all learn from Scotland. So, contrary to what pretty much anyone who’s ever met me before will say, I come from Scotland. This means that, unlike ... read more

The summer break has arrived and Auba has decided to keep up with a bit of post season fitness. He grabs his headphones and hits the gym. In ... read more

Here we go again. Media link Arsenal to player Fans either get over excited or slam club for “targeting” player Player signs for another club Fans criticise club for “losing the race” to sign said player If Arsenal wanted to sign Emi Buendia from Norwich City. We would have done. ... read more

Morning all, hope you are all splendid today and feeling bright as a button for this latest week of rumour, counter-rumour, rage, fear and general angst that comes with a summer Arsenal transfer window. A summer in which – like every summer window since social media turned transfers into an ... read more

Morning all. Hope you had a nice weekend, it’s a bank holiday here in Ireland. Tempers have been frayed over the Emi Buendia stuff. Depending on your point of view, or what you choose to believe: We Lost out to Aston Villa We couldn’t compete with Aston Villa The ... read more

As we have few games in June that we can commemorate on video we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.   Here is the updated list – the latest addition is “18 victories over Tottenham” BRIGHTON: Arsenal v Brighton: the video collection ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone The journalistic and blogging world has been praising Aston Villa for getting Buendia as being exactly the man they wanted.  ... The post Were Villa really bright and Arsenal really stupid about signing Buendia? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

This is part of the Arsenal Historic Videos collection.   The collection comes in two parts – videos related to specific days in the year, and videos related to a specific club.  This is obviously part of the latter collection. You can find the index to both collections here  Hope you ... read more

It seems that the Gunners are like a jilted lover that has made immediate plans to date another partner with hardly a pause in between. Arsenal have apparently turned their attentions from Villa-bound Emi Buendia to Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves in a move that baffles and bewilders. Aston Villa and Arsenal were ... read more

I have to say, I’m outraged this morning. Furious. Incandescent with rage. A football club is buying a player and it’s not us. How can this be happening? What is the reason for this inertia? It’s like a cruel joke. I mean, it’s entirely possible that all the stories linking ... read more

The pressure during the season was definitely on Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta as he struggled to polish turds to secure a top-four slot. He failed and I doubt anyone was that surprised because he virtually had the same underachieving players, a host of internal issues, plus a pandemic to hinder ... read more

As we have few games in June that we can commemorate on video we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.   Here is the updated list BRIGHTON: Arsenal v Brighton: the video collection across the years CHELSEA: Arsenal v Chelsea: the video collection ... read more

Emi Buendia, the influential Norwich midfielder, is in high demand at the moment and his current club are justifiably holding out for a decent transfer fee and according to Sky Sports, Arsenal have submitted a second bid of £35m after their first one got rejected. Arsenal made an initial bid of ... read more

The new man at Spurs? You may have heard the sad news that Tottenham’s attempt to lure Antonio Conte as their new head coach has failed. Quite inexplicably, the Italian came to the conclusion ... read more

L’Arsenal saluta quattro calciatori. Il club londinese - attraverso una nota ufficiale apparsa sul proprio sito - ha annunciato che David Luiz, Dani Ceballos, Martin Odegaard e Mat Ryan non faranno più parte della rosa per il prossimo campionato.Nella fattispecie Ceballos, Odegaard e Ryan erano arrivati a Londra con la ... read more

As we have few games in June that we can commemorate on video we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.   Here is the updated list BRIGHTON: Arsenal v Brighton: the video collection across the years CHELSEA: Arsenal v Chelsea: the video collection ... read more

The defence improved. Thirty-nine goals were conceded in the league against 48 the previous season; third-tightest defence after Chelsea and Man City as opposed to eighth-best in 2019-20. Twelve clean sheets were two more than during the previous league campaign and fifth-best in the league (ninth-best in 2019-20). Yet, ... read more

Today, I shall mostly be talking about: Right backs. Specifically in this instance our current right back Hector Bellerin, who it appears to be the worst kept secret that he will be leaving this summer and oddly, everyone with any kind of stake in Arsenal appears to be fine ... read more

Morning all, a very quick Saturday round-up for you, because I hurt. I went for a run on Thursday, which is all kinds of bad, but then followed that up with 5-a-side last night in blinding sun. Some small advice for men of a particular age: allow your decrepit body ... read more

The finale is called “Josh Kroenke’s lying beard crumbs” In a mega busy and packed show, Host Tom and Silent Dave reflect on a disappointing, strange, Covid interrupted campaign. The show includes reports on the gunners final three matches including the double over Chelsea, the flattering victory at Crystal Palace ... read more

Rumours of Mikel Arteta’s interest in Manchester City cast-offs Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez make absolutely zero sense in reality. Arteta already has an abundance of talent capable of producing on the flanks including Pepe, Saka, Martinelli, Nelson, and Aubameyang, so why would he jeopardise that for two players who could prove ... read more

The group stages for the 2020 European Championships begin on Friday, June 11th. Arsenal has four players participating in this year’s tournament. Below are the dates for their group stage matches. Kieran Tierney (Scotland): June 14 v Czech Republic, June 18 v England, June 22 v Croatia Granit Xhaka (Switzerland): ... read more

  As we have few games in June that we can commemorate on video we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.   Here is the updated list BRIGHTON: Arsenal v Brighton: the video collection across the years CHELSEA: Arsenal v Chelsea: the video ... read more

So the ol’ Emi Buendia rumours are hotting up and that man the AFCBell appears to once again be on the case, saying that a bid was submitted and subsequently rejected for the Argentine playmaker. There’s a few ways to look at this news, if of course it is true, ... read more

Hey, there’s another week done and dusted, welcome to Friday. It’s pretty quiet, although there seem to be a couple of things bubbling away in the background ahead of the transfer window opening next week. There’s some chat, via the AFCBell, that Arsenal and Norwich are in talks over Emi ... read more

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Lewis Ambrose to discuss the issue of squad depth. With no Europe next season, how far do we need to trim the numbers – at times last year Arsenal had a 33+ man ... read more

I looked in every desk jar, searched every junk drawer, checked the supply closet, and yet I could only find one, old, yellow, Dixon No 2 pencil with no eraser. Not just no eraser: the eraser has been rubbed completely ... read more

Sporting franchises around the globe see coaches and managers come and go at the end of each season. The Premier League is no exception. Currently, there are five openings for Premier League manager’s jobs, which include West Brom Albion, Wolves, Everton, Crystal Palace and Tottenham. Here are the candidates who ... read more

As a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Florida, I am thrilled with yesterday’s announcement that Arsenal will be coming to Orlando this summer! The Gunners will train in O-town, and will participate in the Florida Cup. On July 25th, Arsenal will play AC Milan, while Everton ... read more

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The video collection series This is part of a series in which we pull together the videos we have found of Arsenal against individual teams.  So far we have covered BRIGHTON: Arsenal v Brighton: the video collection across the years CHELSEA: Arsenal v Chelsea: the video collection of past ... read more

It’s been a strange inaugural season for Thomas Partey at Arsenal. Signed from Atletico Madrid on transfer deadline day in October, the Ghanaian midfielder responded to Arsenal’s SOM (Save Our Midfield) in a deal worth around £45m. Where Arsenal are concerned, that isn’t pocket change- especially as the gap between ... read more

Sol Campbell, Tony Adams, Steve Bould and Martin Keown are a few to mention of the iconic central defenders to play for Arsenal football club. The Gunners used to ooze class and defensive steel with these top players forming the last line of defence at Highbury’s Clock End or North ... read more

What do we do with Thomas? Are you confused? I know I am. I mean, what exactly is Thomas Partey? What is his best position? In what role will he be most effective for Arsenal? ... read more

A leader for club and country We now know that common sense prevailed and the rumours that Bukayo Saka was to miss out on Southgate’s final ... read more

Bukayo Saka, anyone? Our young protégé did it again last night and showed just why it was probably fanciful to think he’ll be given a rest for the summer by not being including in the England squad for the Euro’s, by bagging the only goal against Austria and generally looking ... read more

It seems impossible to start a blog this week without Bukayo Saka. I am grateful for his football talent, and for his #content. It’s been a good week for him. He’s been nominated for Player of the Season at Arsenal, an award he’s likely to win; he got nominated for ... read more

We’re continuing to build the list of historic videos covering specific clubs, and later today will add Everton and Inter Milan to the list.  Inter is cheating a bit because we’ve only played them twice, although we are going to play them soon in a pre-season friendly.  Here’s the famous ... read more

Stan and Mikel - the fictional Board Meeting ahead of next season ... read more

After a disappointing 2020-21 season comes to an end, Arsenal will have a busy and tough transfer market this time but will look to do their best to recruit some fresh talent and some experienced players into their mix. One of the main reasons for this disastrous season has to ... read more

I was thinking about doing a season review but I’m not sure if I will. It’s not for lack of things to write about this season, plenty happened. And it’s not because I have writer’s block (there’s no such thing) ... read more

For those of you keen to learn the results of the HolicsRopeyLeague annual contest, the long wait is over.  I would like to announce that TTG emerged triumphant after a last day that saw the coveted title change hands several times over a nail-bitingly tense final 90 minutes. ... read more

It’s time for something special – a transfer special. I’d like this to be a bit different, with an approach that perhaps gets you to go out and watch players you’d probably haven’t watched that much, in an attempt to open the doors to a quite different squad build for ... read more

Are we being fair or unfair to El Patron? Patience is a virtue, supposedly. If so, it is not a virtue that has been much in evidence among the Arsenal faithful this season. A significant ... read more

Every Arsenal fan is looking towards the summer wondering how their team will emerge and who will represent their interests next season but in the meantime, the post-mortem continues on a season so poor that many now see Arsenal as a spent force or mid-table side. You can cite Covid-19, the ... read more

Happy Wednesday to thee, fellow Gooner. Today I am wearing the new yellow away jersey to work. Because I can. And I must say I love the colour, the nod to the past with the cannon (sigh, yes, I know the cannon is the wrong way, but I still love ... read more

Well, it turns out the first part of yesterday’s post about Bukayo Saka was off the mark: he did make the England squad for Euro 2020, so first and foremost congratulations to him. Second and last-most, the other part of yesterday’s post is still relevant so if you haven’t had ... read more

Aside from the daily videos on days where there was an Arsenal game of note that we can commemorate we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.  We’ve just added Manchester United to the series: Arsenal v Manchester United: 11 brilliant videos – ... read more

It’s going to be a busy summer at Arsenal. Having finished eighth in the Premier League for a second year running, yet another overhaul is required. Mikel Arteta has been in charge of the team for two transfer windows so far, both overshadowed by the pandemic, and a third is ... read more

What does Chelsea have that Arsenal doesn’t have? The Gunners twice defeated the Blues this past season, 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, and 1-0 at The Emirates. Obviously, we had a squad that could compete 11 v 11, however, at the end of the season, Chelsea won the Champions League and ... read more

So Willock went to Newcastle in January, started tentatively there and then ended the season in fine form especially in fine scoring form…His good performances led to him winning the Player of the ... read more

For years, we’ve stood by and watched our best players leave the club. Transfer markets were like grey clouds in the distance; they couldn’t be avoided, what was about to happen seemed inevitable; rumours circled, players agitated for their ‘big’ moves, they left and misery rained down on the fan ... read more

There’s a couple of stories relating to The Arsenal which appear to be getting the most air time at the moment, involving two of our players, although I suspect that one of those two is only really an Arsenal player in name anyway. I am of course starting off today ... read more

  Aside from the daily videos on days where there was an Arsenal game of note that we can commemorate we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.  We’ve just added Manchester United to the series: Arsenal v Manchester United: 11 brilliant videos ... read more

Good morning, welcome to a brand new month. In June the transfer window opens, which will be the main focus for most people, but also Euro 2020 begins. A year late, but still called Euro 2020, and cleverly being played all over Europe despite the ongoing pandemic. Anyway, it looks ... read more

The Gunners finished the season with five straight league wins after a convincing 2-0 victory in the Arsenal v Brighton game. Nicolas Pepe’s brace in the second half couldn’t propel them to Europe as Arsenal finished eighth behind their local rivals Spurs, ending their record of playing in Europe every season ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we chat about the European finals that took place over the last week, instilling a winning culture at a club, being smarter with resources, what the constant centre-half rumours might mean for William ... read more

Granit Xhaka: Saint… …or Sinner? As we (hopefully) approach the departure of my bete noir, and as an attempt to ... read more

At the end of a season in which we finished 8th, the spotlight shines heavily on Mikel Arteta, and for good reason. As we go into the summer though, working off the assumption that he is the man who will be in charge going forward, we have to examine who ... read more

Aside from the daily videos on days where there was an Arsenal game of note that we can commemorate we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club.  We’ve just added Manchester United to the series: Arsenal v Manchester United: 11 brilliant videos ... read more

The Video Collection Series from the AISA Arsenal History Society brings together all the videos we have found for games against specific teams.  And then, normally, we manage to add a few more. Here is the series so far… The video collection series Arsenal v Aston Villa Arsenal v ... read more

L'asse Roma-Londra-Bad Ragaz (sede del ritiro svizzero) è sempre più caldo. Sono giorni importanti per la trattativa tra i giallorossi e l'Arsenal per portare Granit Xhaka nella capitale. Tiago Pinto vuole accelerare la trattativa per mettere a segno il primo acquisto del mercato estivo. Ma soprattutto vorrebbe chiudere l'affare prima ... read more

Yesterday, Arsenal were linked with both Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling. Despite running away with the Premier League, Pep Guardiola apparently wants to refresh his frontline, with his side scoring their least amount of goals in 5 years and 19 league goals less than last season. Sergio Aguero is already ... read more

The Videos… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZ6RoKkPLE?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360]   Aside from the daily videos on days where there was an Arsenal game of note that we can commemorate we are also building the video collections, where we focus on matches against just one club Details of the video collections where we gather together the ... read more

One down, how many more to follow? Here are the players that are currently in our squad as CBs: HoldingGabrielMariMavropanosSaliba We also know that Chambers, Tierney and even Xhaka could play there. So we ... read more