The Gooner Ramble

This superb piece is courtesy of Ray Coggins, the brother of our very own Bodrum Gooneress. Thank you Ray, for sharing your personal memories of that epic season for the Arsenal, Helen, the Scouse lass and no doubt also for Mr D that will bring memories flooding back for ... read more

By Tony Attwood “Can you do an article on how the media benefits from being Anti Arsenal, as opposed to any other club? Is ... The post Why the media is always so negative about Arsenal first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team. ... read more

“Inaccurate reports emerged today (Saturday) saying I have not made a bid for Arsenal Football Club. I think it’s important to correct the record – this week an offer was made to both Josh Kroenke and their bankers that included fan ownership, representation at the board and a golden share ... read more

By Tony Attwood Nitram posed the question: “is this imbalance between the 1st and 2nd halves of seasons unusual, or do all clubs by ... The post Are we unique in doing so well after Christmas, and why 8 goals would sort it first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the ... read more

Arteta’s conventional 3-4-3 vs the hybrid 3-4-3 Guardiola, Klopp, Rodgers, Solskjaer, Bielsa and now Tuchel; a list of impressive managers who have come up short against Arteta. Whilst it’s ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-hyBpEjyK8?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] Welcome to the daily blog of the AISA Arsenal History Society.  You can read more about AISA at AISA.org There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk ... read more

by Tony Attwood The four reasons why the media are so much against Arsenal are, in my opinion, not at all hard to find.  ... The post The four reasons why are the media so very much against Arsenal first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

Morning all. A quick Sunday round-up for you. Let’s start with Daniel Ek who, it seems, has given up on his attempt to purchase Arsenal from KSE. It’s all a bit odd, because earlier in the day it seems a spokesperson for the club denied a bid had been made, ... read more

By Tony Attwood We’ve been making the point as strongly as we can, that the ceaseless attacks on Arsenal by the Daily Mirror, the Mail and other “outlets” (or drainpipes as I prefer to call them), deliberately misuses data. And in response to that the point has been made – ... read more

By Tony Attwood A remarkable report just published suggests that far from being against the SuperLeague, Fifa is actually in favour of the idea as it gives Fifa a chance to grab more power in its battle with Uefa. Also it allows Fifa to open discussions on another front, to ... read more

The glamour, the atmosphere, the magic: welcome to the Europa Conference It’s still unlikely we’ll finish as high as seventh in the Premier League, but not impossible. If we do so we will be eligible ... read more

To give a bit of context to why this game was so important, here’s the note from the anniversary files below… 15 May 2016: Arsenal sat third and Tottenham second in the league ahead of the final day’s games, with Tottenham needing just one point (at relegated Newcastle) to secure ... read more

Morning all. A quick Saturday blog for you. Thanks to the easing of some restrictions, I played my first game of 5-a-side since last year. Man it was fun. Ran around (a bit), scored a few goals, made a few saves. The first touch was a bit heavy at times. ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone The headline in the Daily Mail today says Arsenal ‘looking to sign at least FIVE players this summer including Max ... The post And so the anti-Arsenal tales continue, but here is the truth… first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

Is it me or does this weekend, in which there is no Arsenal on, feel like a bit of a practice session for the summer? I mean there’s football on all right, but it isn’t The Arsenal and as such the stakes aren’t there, so I can dip in and ... read more

Today (14th May), Sami Mokbel from the Daily Mail broke the news that David Luiz will be leaving Arsenal at the end of the season. After 30 appearances in all competitions this campaign, a meeting took place in the last 24 hours between Luiz and the Arsenal hierarchy informing him ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone This is a piece about how the media is working 10 to the dozen to keep the tale that Arsenal is a club that is run badly, and is never going to revive itself, in the news, no matter what. The example comes from the Daily ... read more

It’s been a long time since Arsenal have been considered one of the best teams in the Premier League, but it hasn’t stopped fans from demanding and expecting the best from their team.  Embed from Getty Images When Arsene Wenger left the club in the summer of ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone So the news is out and spreading.  Since Christmas Day Arsenal has been performing as a top four club.  That’s ... The post Arsenal are back to being a top four club – so why change the defence? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, ... read more

The Kroenke’s were used to the taste of victory having bought the club outright against a tidal wave of resistance from the boardroom and fans. After which, Stan Kroenke dispatched his wealthy Russian adversary to own the North London outfit lock, stock, and barrel, but he now faces a new dynamic ... read more

Sporting Life's Jake Osgathorpe uses Infogol's expected goals (xG) model to predict the likely winners and scorelines of each match of GW36 in the Premier League ... read more

On the Up? I’m still intrigued by the fall out from our battling 1-0 win at Chelsea. The performance seems to have really frustrated – even angered – some supporters and led to an air ... read more

Arsenal football club has been known over the years for promoting and bringing through youth from their Academy that have gone on to perform at all levels. Despite the lack of success this season, the young players have remained the ever-present shining light that have made Arsenal fans proud to ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUCpJyeFuKc?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ 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 at the Arsenal:  There ... read more

Morning folks. It’s an Arsenal free weekend. On the one hand that means no football. On the other hand, that means no football. I think I’m just about ready for this season to end, but next week we play Crystal Palace on Wednesday and then finish out the campaign against ... read more

This is a wonderful piece courtesy of our own Goonersince54. Clive, thank you for sharing such an evocative and memorable piece of your, and the Arsenal’s, history. [getty src="79660386" width="594" height="447"] The Arsenal’s first match in the 1970-71 FA Cup was a 3rd Round tie away to Yeovil.  This ... read more

By Tony Attwood It was our commentator Seismic who pointed out just how much the club has improved since Christmas Day this season, and I thought it was most certainly worth looking at this interesting observation, in a lot more detail. This first table shows the table on Christmas Day, ... read more

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by James Benge OF CBS Sports to talk about Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Chelsea in midweek, another stand-out performance from Emile Smith Rowe whose stature continues to grow, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s reaction to being taken ... read more

With Josh, Karl & Femi [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XF2nIqmX8&w=560&h=315] Itunes Embedded Link [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1048362142" params="color=#f51818&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] A Bergkamp Wonderland · Podcast 400 : Are We Still An Arsenal Podcast? *An Arsenal Podcast Right Click Here then “Save link as” to download ... read more

Besser spät als nie was die Nachbetrachtung angeht. Angesichts des heutigen Feiertages und meines ersten Vatertages habe ich die Prioritäten …Weiterlesen → ... read more

It’s been an odd 24 hours at Arsenal: we had an interview with the manager in which he seemed to throw the players under the bus, followed by leaked reports in multiple credible news sources that the senior players want ... read more

Our English Lion There has been a huge amount of revisionist hindsight amongst the Arsenal fanbase this week after Bukayo Saka’s stunning performance at left back against Newcastle. Suddenly, ... read more

There has been a lot of negativity printed or spoken about Arsenal the past few days, including some harsh words from yours truly, however, with just two matches left in this season Arsenal there is still  a glimmer of hope for qualifying ins a European competition for next season. Mathematically, ... read more

One of the few things that Arsenal have done correctly in recent years is to maximise their academy talent. Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe are talents that, I think, would have emerged in most of the Gunners’ recent squad iterations. The current squad is shorter on quality than it ... read more

By Tony Attwood The Daily Mirror is running the headline Mikel Arteta’s explosive rant explained as he insists ‘nothing is broken’ at Arsenal Below ... The post If this is an explosive rant from Arteta I’m a Martian first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

I actually started another scouting report, no more than a week after my last dive into Suat Serdar. At the time, Arsenal had jumped ship and looked to bring in €350m, simply by abandoning the premier league. But alas, we’re not looking to finance a deal for Paulo Dybala, so ... read more

My opinion on Mikel Arteta changes more often than my underwear. Just as I get to the stage where I think “he is done. We need a change”, Arsenal pull out a victory like we did against Chelsea and you begin to think “hold him. He needs to be backed”. ... read more

Good morning all. Today’s blog isn’t really about last night’s game, more about how we, as fans , the media and social media, look at the results. That said, while I’m here typing it would be rude not too. We got 3 points away against a team that ... read more

Get in you beauty You see what you want to see, don’t you? After our 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge last night there was a divide in the great confederation that is Arsenaldom. Some supporters ... read more

Thursday 13th May 2021 We might not have any kind of European football to look forward to next season, but if that is to be the case, all of a sudden we are certainly not going down without a fight. Last night was the game where we definitely didn’t ... read more

Chelsea (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 1 Premier League Stamford Bridge Grounds, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS Wednesday, 12th May 2021. Kick-off time: 8.15pm (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhães, Pablo Marí, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny; Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Emile Smith-Rowe; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Substitutes: Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn62M-sRvaQ?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360]   There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ 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 at the ... read more

Isn’t it just so very Arsenal that when all seems lost and there is little to play for, the team finds a level of character from deep within it, to pull off a victory away from home against a high-flying Chelski who have been bulldozing most teams and beat Man ... read more

Little Lucky Winks Back POSITIVES, NEEDS AND HOPES Amongst the wash of badness that Arsenal have been this season, Arsenal have also been unlucky. Perhaps all teams are as unlucky as us? I don’t pay close enough attention to all of them to know. I can say however, that I ... read more

By Tony Attwood (in crowing mood). If you are a regular reader you will know that through this very odd season we have been ... The post Untold called the Chelsea v Arsenal game right. But how did we do it? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the ... read more

Match report – Player ratings – Video There is something very ‘this season’ about Arsenal doing the ‘double’ over Chelsea for the first time since 2003-04 (a fairly decent campaign for us, if I remember correctly), amid some of the other results we’ve had. I have to say, I found ... read more

Daniel Ek's proposed interest in buying Arsenal has all the makings of a modern-day fairytale ... read more

I am thrilled Arsenal defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the first time in many moons, and it is exciting to see the Gunners sweep the “double” from the Blues, again for the first time in many more moons. HOWEVER, as an Arsenal supporter, it’s hard to be completely thrilled by ... read more

[getty src="1317672547" width="594" height="396"] Tonight we beat Chelsea in the league for the second time this season. I think that is something to be pleased with! And yet, I’ve gotta say that it hurts how little that actually matters… When the fixture list came out, perhaps a few of ... read more

Goal. 16'Smith Rowe, Chelsea. Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (Ziyech 78), Silva, Zouma; James, Gilmour (Hudson-Odoi 46), Jorginho, Chilwell; Pulisic, Havertz (Giroud 65), Mount.Subs. Mendy, Alonso, Emeron, Livramento, Anjorin, Werner,Manager. Thomas TuchelArsenal. Leno; Holding, Mari, Gabriel; Saka (Bellerin 66, (Chambers 88)), Partey, Elneny, Tierney; Smith Rowe, Odergaard; Aubameyang (Lacazette 79).Subs. Ryan, Cedric, Ceballos, ... read more

Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Chelsea, kick-off 20.15. 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, go to Arseblog ... read more

Awkward Clumsy, at best.When Mikel Arteta faced the press before the Chelsea game, some of his quotes left me appalled: in a very Mourinho-esque way, he did throw ... read more

Good morning, short post today but no less important. Amy Lawrence and Gunnerblog have reported in the Athletic that five senior players want out of the club: David Luiz, Willian, Bernd Leno, Granit Xhaka, and Hector Bellerin. And over on ... read more

The gloves are off, after a dreadful performance against Villarreal in the semi-final first leg of the Europa League. The tie was rescued late on by a Pepe penalty, which at least gave the Gunners a glimmer of hope, but there were several things to concern the Arsenal faithful. However, Mikel ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Now here is a thought and three quarters. We are rubbish right? We know that. We need to kill off the defence because no one will buy them and send Mikel Arteta to a remote Spanish island for ten years. (Editor’s note: are there any remote Spanish ... read more

Arsenal sent West Brom down with a 3-1 win at the Emirates as the Gunners kept their slim hopes of qualifying for Europe alive. Although the Baggies were already virtually down, this defeat confirmed their departure from the top tier with Sam Allardyce being relegated from the Premier League for the ... read more

Tatsächlich stehen noch drei Partien in dieser Saison für Arsenal an und eine davon davon steigt heute Abend an der …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Arsenal limped timidly out of the Europa League having stolen an extra round after a succession of poor or extremely average performances. The Gunners’ season fell apart meekly after Villarreal held on to their first-leg advantage to dismiss Arsenal, who simply didn’t deserve a place in the final against Manchester United ... read more

Hello again everyone and welcome to a quick preview of our antepenultimate game of the season – a trip, as the image above suggests, to a bus stop in Fulham. Fresh from two wins in a row against Newcastle and West Brom we now face a step up ... read more

“Don’t write me off yet” Chelsea are in the Champions League final, are playing brilliant football under new coach Thomas Tuchel, are sitting fourth in the EPL and spent £220m in transfer fees this season. ... read more

Chelsea vs Arsenal Date: 12/05/2021 K/O: 20:15 Venue: Stamford Bridge Referee: Andre Marriner TV: Sky Sports Chelsea host Arsenal in a London derby, as the Blues seek to avenge their loss to the Gunners in the reverse fixture earlier this season. Neither ... read more

Three games left. We are beyond adding “to save our season” as even if we finished 7th, it will not make him for what has been a horrendous year for The Arsenal under Mikel Arteta. We have no one to blame but ourselves for where we are. It is not ... read more

It’s match day. Yay… I’m sorry folks, I’m finding it tough to really get ‘up’ for this game at Stamford Bridge away to Chelski tonight. They have Champions League Football to play for, we have the slimmest of hopes of a potential place in the UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE, in which ... read more

It’s Chelsea away tonight, a somewhat daunting fixture given how good they’ve been of late. As I said yesterday, with an FA Cup final on Saturday and a Champions League final coming up, it’d be useful for us if their full focus wasn’t on this one. That wouldn’t make it ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUCpJyeFuKc?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360]   Arsenal v Chelsea: the video collection of past games – free to watch There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond As we approach the Chelsea game we are told that Arsenal are trying to get rid of our goalkeeper Leno.  This ... The post Leno to leave Arsenal because he’s far too good: the pre-game stats first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

After a 3-1 win against 19th position West Bromwich Albion, The gunners will travel to Stamford Bridge to face their formidable London rivals Chelsea, who under Thomas Tuchel are enjoying a fantastic run of form and are currently at 4th position in the points table with 64 points. Mikel ... read more

Undoubtedly, Mikel Arteta has made mistakes this season, but is his most costly not utilising the versatility of Bukayo Saka during Kieran Tierney’s absence? When the Spaniard first arrived ... read more

Arteta spoke to the press today and as usual gave the most anodyne answers possible. When asked what needs to change to improve he answered “certain things”. When asked what the next step is he said “take things so that ... read more

Mikel Arteta said, “We have not been competing with the top clubs in this country for five years. We have to be ruthless. There is no time to waste and there is a lot to do. There are so many things to do because we already have a lot of ... read more

So basically we have three players that have met expectations this season…Tierney, Saka and ESR Some that have done relatively OK in Holding, Xhaka, Laca, Mari and we may be able to add Pepe, ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal go into the match against Chelsea with four injuries, as shown on the Physioroom chart. The details have not been updated since before the game against WBA except for the addition of Emile Smith Rowe. Player Reason Further Detail Potential Return Condition Status David Luiz ... read more

By Tony Attwood Every day on this site we publish a video of a historic Arsenal game.  Where possible this is linked to a match on the day on which we are publishing – where not we try and find something interesting. Additionally, as we now have over 260 articles ... read more

I remember Tiger Woods when interviewed after a round where he two-putted every Green, saying he was really pleased with the way he’d putted. This seemed strange, especially as he’d gone round in par without recording a single birdie: when asked about this he replied that his putting ... read more

For years Twitter has always been a place to avoid when Arsenal team news is announced. No matter who is in the starting XI, there will always be someone who goes OTT in moaning, complaining and abusing. Sunday night against WBA was no different, with some “fans” going as far ... read more

I feel like I’m in a bit of an Arsenal No Man’s Land at the moment. Caught in the middle of the crossfire with little hope of survival, metaphorically speaking, of course. The reason for that is because I want this season to be over so much right now, yet I ... read more

It’s a bit mad to think we’ve got a game against Chelsea tomorrow night, but we do. Hopefully all their players are thinking of the Champions League final I hope they lose, and thus play accordingly. No tackling. No running. No competing. No competing. No challenging. A bit like Arsenal ... read more

https://dailymotion.com/video/x62251b   There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ 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 at ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Chelsea sit third, 12 points above us.  They could come second, but most likely it will be third when the season ... The post Chelsea v Arsenal: there’s only three points between us. first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team. ... read more

Monday 10th May 2021 Over the course of a 38 game season the league simply does not lie. And there are many reasons why we sit in such a disappointing position and our chance of continuing our long annual European participation is so slim. But for me our recent ... read more

I walk the dog every day, two miles. I have taken the same route for going on 4 years now. I pass the same two hundred or so houses. And I have seen people come and go out of every ... read more

Arsenal had a nice comeback win on Sunday v now-relegated West Brom Albion.  Pepe, Willian and Smith Rowe all contributed goals. Overall, a good team performance. Now, it’s off to Stamford Bridge and Chelsea on Wednesday. The Blues are chasing a top four finish this season, and have already earned ... read more

Today @shotta_gooner and I look at our win against Fat Sam’s relegated army and discuss why Arteta will get more time that good sense suggests he should. Pedantic George. ... read more

By Tony Attwood When I was studying psychology one of the key issues was memory – how fast could a rat learn, how much ... The post The challenge facing Arsenal fans is to disregard the fairytale and follow the facts first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the ... read more

Lots of rumours doing the rounds that Bernd Leno has decided his time in London has reached a natural end and he is looking for a return to Germany. None of these rumours have yet to be confirmed by any reliable journalist, so at the moment it is just ideal ... read more

Alex Keble assesses the tactical battles in the midweek Premier League games, arguing that Chelsea will easily beat Arsenal while Villa get three points against Everton ... read more

Dan Fitch likes the price of Chelsea to claim another win when they host Mikel Arteta's struggling Arsenal side on Wednesday night. ... read more

“Double Glory“ Having clinched the league title on a remarkable night at White Hart Lane, Arsenal travelled to Wembley five days later to meet Liverpool in their first FA Cup Final for eighteen years, a repeat of the 1950 final against Liverpool. Arsenal prepared for their sixty-fourth game ... read more

Stan Kroenke & Arsene Wenger before gaping cracks emerged.   The saying goes, “It may get worse before it gets better, but it will get better.”  Towards the end ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog Andrew Allen @AAllenSport In this episode we discuss the 3-1 win over West Brom which saw Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe shine, Nicolas Pepe score a belter, and Willian finally breaking his duck with a ... read more

All hail the Beast of Thornton Heath I shall resist the urge to make jokes about Willian getting his first Arsenal goal at a point in the season where it does not matter one tiny, ... read more

A little glimpse, but not enough POSITIVES,NEEDS and HOPES There was so much about yesterday that could’ve been better. Happier. Perhaps, hopeful. I was trying to feel more excited but couldn’t fake it. All 3 goals were ordinarily seat jumpers but my son and I only managed a token fist ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpNYx893wc?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ 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 at the Arsenal:  There ... read more

By Tony Attwood Life always feels a little better after a win, and life can also feel a little better after the confirmation of ... The post What is the most effective way to bring about change at Arsenal first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

Arsenal (2) 3 West Bromwich Albion (0) 1 Premier League Emirates Stadium, Drayton Park, London N5 1BU Sunday, 9th May 2021. Kick-off time: 7.00pm (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhães, Bukayo Saka; Mohamed Elneny, Dani Ceballos; Nicolas Pépé, Emile Smith-Rowe, Willian Borges da Silva; Gabriel Martinelli. Substitutes: Hector ... read more

Natürlich ist es schön wenn das eigene Team gewinnt und natürlich freut man sich über sehenswerte Treffer. Doch ist es …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Morning folks. Forgive me if I’m still not the cheeriest man on the planet in today’s blog, but whilst we all love it when Arsenal win football matches, it is hard for me to be too effusive about a 3-1 victory over a (now) relegated team who still caused us ... read more

Match report – Player ratings – Video Arsenal won yesterday and relegated Sam Allardyce (and secondly West Brom), so that’s not a bad day’s work all things considered. The importance of the win was open to question, but every point is precious, every position you finish up the Premier League ... read more

Goals. 29'Smith Rowe, 35'Pepé, 67'Pereira, 90'Willian, Arsenal. Leno, Gabriel, Chambers, Holding, Saka, Ceballos (Partey 76), Pepé, Willian, Elneny, Smith Rowe (Tierney 63), Martinelli (Lacazette 60). Subs. Runarsson, Nketiah, Aubameyang, Odegaard, Bellerín, Cédric,Manager. Mikel ArtetaWest Bromwich Albion. Johnstone, Bartley, Furlong, Ajayi, Townsend, Pereira, Phillips, Robinson (Diangana 68), Yokuslu, Gallagher, Diagne (Robson-Kanu 56). Subs. O'Shea, Grant, ... read more

[getty src="1232794254" width="594" height="383" tld="com"] The compressed time schedule we developed because of the Double features meant that I was required to produce this report shortly after the match. So in the interests of expedition I decided to think before the game about the issues that would probably concern ... read more