VIDEO: Robin Van Petrified

First of all I know I am slightly late but Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to cheer Arsene’s Red and White army to glory! As we all know Robin Van Persie has been on fine goal scoring form and ended the season…

Hands up if you thought we would be fourth at year’s end

By Tony Attwood I will make this quick. As I have mentioned in passing before, I live in the Midlands, and have a season ticket in the North Bank, so going to Arsenal is something of a day trip for me. I am just back, and need to change for the evening…

Sam Hutchinson – The Profile

Check out our latest Player Profile, this is in honour of this weeks announcement that after retiring due to injury, he will be making an incredible return to the squad in January – it’s Sam Hutchinson: Click the image for … Continue …

Two Months of Bliss (and Henry) Await

If you’ve been tuned in at all to the goonersphere today, you will be aware of one of the most exciting transfer rumours in recent memory: it has been reported by the Dailymail and, more recently by Sky Sports, that Arsenal have offered club lege…

The Return of the King? Why Arsenal’s move for Henry concerns me.

What I am about to write is going to seem like sacrilege to alot of Gooners. But as I have thought about this since the rumors started popping up, I am convinced that Thierry Henry is not the answer to our lack of strikers and impending ACoN departures.

Ramires – The Profile

Check out our latest Player Profile, this week it’s Ramires: Click the image for the full profile. This profile was requested by @Gaurav Malvankar We hope you enjoy it!

Vidic could be back in 6 months, says agent

There’s still a possibility that Nemanja Vidic could return from his cruciate ligament injury in time for the start of next season, according to the Manchester United captain’s agent Silvano Martina who said the Serbian may be sidelined for only ‘five or six months’. When Vidic landed awkwardly last month in a tie against Basel, there were…

To Sign or Not To Sign

That is the question – in this case, it’s the question about Thierry Henry! There’s can’t be a gooner alive who doesn’t love Thierry Henry – a wonderful servant to the club and someone who loves the club very much. &…

The 89 transfers that Arsenal will make in January (as predicted by the media)

The 89 transfers that Arsenal will make in the January transfer window By: Anne Greetings, Untold Media readers, and may I first wish all of you a very happy holiday season. UM will be back in full swing following the holidays. However, in the interim,…

Injury not as bad as first feared for Jones

Manchester United hope Phil Jones can recover rapidly from a new injury in order to help battle with City for the Premier League title despite sending him for an x-ray Thursday morning thinking he had broken a cheekbone while representing the reds last night in the 5-0 win over Fulham. The English international was replaced just…

Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: Substitutes Make The Difference.

A shaky performance, but we won. So, Yay?

An early pelanty goal from Robin van Persie, taking his tally to 34 goals in the calendar year, and a late goal from Yossi Benayoun (from a header, no less) secured a nervous, underperforming, but ultimately …

Aston Villa-Arsenal Preview: 3 points, bitte?

We should win.

Aston Villa
League Position: 10th, 16P, 4W, 7D, 5L, 18GF, 21GA, -3GD, 19pts
Home Form: 8W, 3W, 2D, 3L, 10GF, 9GA, +1GD
Last Meeting: Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa (May, 2011)
Tomorrow we travel to Villa Park, the site of an Aston Villa team t…

Joe Haverty: a beacon of light in an era of Darkness

Joe Haverty (17 February 1936 – 7 February 2009) played for Home Farm FC and St Patrick’s Athletic in Ireland (reaching the country’s Cup final), and then signed for Arsenal in 1954 joining the side on 25 August 1965 aged 18. At 5 feet 3 …

Sing a song of Alex Song

“What I like at the moment is that you can see people stepping up a level, and growing in confidence,” he said. “I can really notice that around the team. Alex Song for example. He has been a great player for a few years now, but I do feel that w…

Young on turning City down for United

In a recent interview, Ashley Young admitted there was interest from Manchester City last summer. Although, he said when he heard about Manchester United coming in for his signature there was no way he could go elsewhere. “That’s true, but as soon as I heard about Manchester United there was no other club for me,”…

Fergie: If Pogba wants to be a United player, he knows what to do

In recent weeks, Paul Pogba has been heavily linked with Manchester City and a number of Italian clubs. These rumours came about when negotiations with United suffered a set back because the French youngster wouldn’t agree terms. Newspapers across Europe suggested that the 18-year-old would be able to leave this coming summer on a free,…

Not a career summary

Darren Fletcher’s career has been in ruins twice. The first time was about a decade ago. As a 15-16 year old, he was never intended to be a battling midfielder. Professionals who saw him in his youth were thinking of a player in the mold of Paul Scholes or Zidane. Alex Ferguson was ready to give him his Premier…

Macheda set for January loan

Federico Macheda’s agent Giovanni Bia confirmed earlier this week that ‘Kiko’ will leave United in January, with fans in general assuming he meant on a loan spell. The Italian striker spent a disappointing few months last season, on loan with Sampdoria, getting limited playing time which abused the reason for taking him there in the first…

Players from the Dark Era: Jimmy Bloomfield

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Darren Fletcher’s break from football – Where does it leave United?

By Tony Mogan Just as things seemed to be looking up after a tumultuous month, Manchester United were rocked by the news that Darren Fletcher will be taking an extended break from football, after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic infla…

Fletcher takes break from football

Darren Fletcher will take a break from football in order to fight a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, Manchester United confirmed at lunch time on Tuesday. The club issued a statement which read: “On behalf of Darren Fletcher, Manchester United wishes to announce that he is taking an extended break from football for health reasons. “Over the…

Received Wisdom

Hands up those who know what Received Wisdom is? Well done, all two of you. It seems a lot of Arsenal fans are ignorant of, if not the meaning of the phrase, at least the application of it. An Example … Continue reading →

Received Wisdom

Hands up those who know what Received Wisdom is? Well done, all two of you. It seems a lot of Arsenal fans are ignorant of, if not the meaning of the phrase, at least the application of it. An Example … Continue reading →

The new ones: Benayoun and Park

Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. By Walter Broeckx This is the final part of my review of p…

The new ones: A goal scoring left back or a striking defender?

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal brought in some new players in August. The word was out very soon by those who pretend to know a bit about football: all we had bought was utterly rubbish. So we continue to look at how bad they are. Let us look at the new lef…