Disrespecting the cups. It wasn’t us!

Arsenal in the Cups  2001/2 By Tony Attwood After all the furore about the reserves played in the league cup last season Mr Wenger put out a more experienced side for the first league cup game of 2001/2.  It was against Man U, just at the moment when both teams had suffered defeats in the …

Wenger in 2001/2: the violence of Old Trafford and the start of the maiming era

by Tony Attwood I have mentioned already that the start of the 21st century saw the start of serious doubts about referees where bizarre decisions started to cost us games – not least in the cup final of last season against Liverpool. 2001 continued the theme and again we looked at Liverpool as the team …

Wenger stands up to answer the anti-Arsenal Arsenal

by Tony Attwood In the last article I wrote about the foundations of the anti-Arsenal Arsenal – a grouping of “supporters” who felt that Arsène Wenger should be removed from the managership of the club. The main complaint of the AAA at this stage was that the latest crop of signings were poor (Stepanovs was …

Arsenal’s next manager after Wenger makes his move

Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood From the moment they signed, I had the feeling that Gilles Grimandi and Rémi Garde were not just signed as players by Mr Wenger, but as future employees of the club.  …

When we lost 6-1 to Man U. Stepanovs and the rest in 2000/1.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Continuing the story of the 2000/2001 season in the series that reviews Mr Wenger’s time at Arsenal. By the end of 2000 we had lost four matches including a horrible 4-0 …

Wenger at Arsenal 2000/2001. The transfers and the fiasco.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Arsene Wenger had won the double with a team that included Anelka, Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit.  But by the summer of 2000, all three had gone. These days, as we contemplate the eternal …

1999/2000 – we end up 18 points behind Man U and lose on penalties in all 3 cups

By Tony Attwood In part one of the review of 1999/2000 we looked at a season opening that was a mix of injuries and the arrival of new players who took time to settle.  It was no coincidence this season that Arsenal’s run of success had to wait until the end of the season, when …

Wenger at Arsenal: 1999/2000 – part 1

A player being unsettled by the media, by other clubs, and by players of other clubs is something that Arsene Wenger has had to contend with all the time at Arsenal.   We are familiar with this as a daily issue over the comments from Barcelona players about Fabregas, and in 2011 from Manchester United players …

How all the history books get Arsenal’s second manager wrong

By Andy Kelly Who Was Arsenal’s Second Permanent Manager? According to every Arsenal history written since 1986, George Elcoat was Arsenal’s second manager. Up until 1952 he was only known as Mr Elcoat. Then Bernard Joy wrote “Forward, Arsenal!” and gave him an initial so that he became G. Elcoat. He remained this way until …