http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/2010/02/02/the-fixed-promotion-the-corruption-and-the-match-fixing-how-the-football-league-does-business/ Supported by Arsenal Independent Supporters Assn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:55:57 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/2010/02/02/the-fixed-promotion-the-corruption-and-the-match-fixing-how-the-football-league-does-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3987 Arsenalisation: We need not just a Chapman statue but three statues « Woolwich Arsenal News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/?p=314#comment-3987 [...] Norris was knighted for his services to the state during the first world war and then took us back into the first division in 1919.  This act has been vilified by Tottenham supporters who have managed to grab our history and re-write it for their own ends.  However as the Woolwich Arsenal analysis of the events show, Arsenal were far from being the villains of the piece.  You can read the whole story here. [...] [...] Norris was knighted for his services to the state during the first world war and then took us back into the first division in 1919.  This act has been vilified by Tottenham supporters who have managed to grab our history and re-write it for their own ends.  However as the Woolwich Arsenal analysis of the events show, Arsenal were far from being the villains of the piece.  You can read the whole story here. [...]

]]> http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/2010/02/02/the-fixed-promotion-the-corruption-and-the-match-fixing-how-the-football-league-does-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Gf60 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:33:31 +0000 http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/?p=314#comment-3265 There was another factor at work... Tottenham (unlike Arsenal)were NOT a "London" club. They were and still were until 1965, a Middlesex club. The powers that be stated that they were not allowed to talk on behalf of "London clubs" and they could piss off down to the second division! That's definitely something they don't brag about. There was another factor at work… Tottenham (unlike Arsenal)were NOT a “London” club. They were and still were until 1965, a Middlesex club. The powers that be stated that they were not allowed to talk on behalf of “London clubs” and they could piss off down to the second division! That’s definitely something they don’t brag about.

]]> http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/2010/02/02/the-fixed-promotion-the-corruption-and-the-match-fixing-how-the-football-league-does-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3260 lp Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:16:16 +0000 http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/?p=314#comment-3260 Hi Tony, nice post and we still have that corruption and match fixing in today game. especially eufa and fifa, those people are nothing but damaging the sport we love with their greed of power and money. Hi Tony,
nice post and we still have that corruption and match fixing in today game. especially eufa and fifa, those people are nothing but damaging the sport we love with their greed of power and money.

]]> http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/2010/02/02/the-fixed-promotion-the-corruption-and-the-match-fixing-how-the-football-league-does-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 LRV Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:32:26 +0000 http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/?p=314#comment-3204 Great Historical facts there. Nothing has changed then in terms of ManU and dodgy decisions. We can still see subtle eveidence of it with referees like Howard Webb & his coteries. Great Historical facts there. Nothing has changed then in terms of ManU and dodgy decisions. We can still see subtle eveidence of it with referees like Howard Webb & his coteries.

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