John Peart. Not to be confused with John Peart. An Arsenal enigma.

By Tony Attwood John Charles Peart is one of Arsenal’s enigmas.  Worse – he is a confused enigma.  For not only do we know precious little of him, it is easy to confuse him with another footballer of the same era – John George Peart. So let’s start with what we do know. John Peart …

If we did need a striker, who would it be?

By Tony Attwood Five strikers to solve Arsenal’s supposed problems. As you may know, if you have followed Untold through our difficult times of late, I’m not at all convinced we need another striker.   But the fact is that we did make a title charge, once the focus of a flurry of online betting at …

Numbered shirts and Chapman – re-writing the story once again.

The Arsenal History Society persuaded Ivan Gazidis, at a meeting in his office at the Emirates, to embark on the placement of a series of statues outside the ground.  Our idea for the first one was Chapman. But that doesn’t mean we won’t rewrite his history as new information becomes available… For this article I …

You can still read Untold even during our problems

Yes, I know, Untold Arsenal is down again. And my hair which was already white, is now whiter – or totally fallen out. But it is possible to read Untold articles at http://untold-arsenal.com/   We can’t add any new ones, but there are articles there for you to read – just so you know we are …

Frederick William Davis. 150 games for Arsenal and we know so little.

  Imagine a player who played 137 league games across six seasons, who scored 10 goals for the club, and yet about whom we know practically nothing. Indeed a player whose Wiki entry actually removes the credit for not just one but all of his goals and whose Arsenal.com entry records a different number of …

John Devine: a lifetime in football

John Anthony Devine was born in Dublin on 11 November 1958 and played for Arsenal from 1974 to 1983 at a time when the number of Irishmen associated with Arsenal was particularly high and included Liam Brady, David O’Leary and Frank Stapleton. He became a professional at Arsenal in 1976 playing right back, and played …

Instant judgement is not the best way to view football: we need perspective

Untold Arsenal is down at the moment, so we are publishing the scheduled articles here in the meanwhile.  Announcements will be made on the Untold Arsenal Twitter account.   By Walter Broeckx Usually during matches I try to stay away from the internet. Of course not when I am looking at a match on a …

Untold is down, so here’s today’s tale…

Untold Arsenal is down once again, following another attack, so here’s the story I was going to run this morning…   The latest gossip is that PSG and Monaco are trying to sign Laurent Koscielny and Arsenal are “desperate” to keep him and want to give him a new contract at double the salary. And …

Bob Wilson announces he has prostrate cancer

  Bob Wilson, one of the great heroes of Arsenal, has announced that he is suffering from prostate cancer and we all wish him the very, very speedy recovery. There is of course a feature on this site concerning Bob who served the club as goal keeper and the coach to the goalkeepers at Arsenal.  …

Gordon Nutt: arrived in 1955 with Arsenal facing relegation

By Tony Attwood Gordon Nutt was born in Birmingham 8 November 1932 and died in Tasmania on 25 February 2014.  Aside from Arsenal he played for, Sheldon (???), Coventry City, Royal Artillery National Service British Army XI (obviously during his National Service, where he played alongside Tommy Taylor), Cardiff City, Southend Utd, and PSV Eindhoven, …

Arsenal hit new record high in FA Cup

You wouldn’t know it from commentaries in the papers of the day but on 12 April 2014 Arsenal equalled another record – the most semi-final appearances in the FA Cup and the most won.  In fact as the chart below shows, Arsenal’s record on that date is exactly the same as Man U. The nearest …

Untold is down, so we’re here instead

By Tony Atttwood Believe me, I’m as upset as anyone about the number of technical issues Untold has.  I think maybe I’m going to start a second site as a backup for when Untold is down.And Sunday is the worst time to discover there is a problem, of course, from a technical point of view.All …

Harry Storer: the Arsenal player who took on the AAA, and lost.

By Tony Attwood Arsenal History Society. Harry Storer was born on 24 July 1870 and died aged just 37 on 25 April 1908.  He was an Arsenal keeper who has two very particular places in Arsenal’s early history, and yet is not represented (beyond his name and playing record) on Arsenal.com, which is a shame. …

April/May 1980: an era starts to move to a close

April and May 1980 didn’t seem like the end of an era.  Far from it in fact with Arsenal grinding their way to another FA Cup final, fighting in the Cup Winners’ Cup and also looking for a place in Europe next season. But in essence, it was.  Terry Neill had three more seasons to …

Arthur Shaw, the Arsenal league winner who vanished from history

By Tony Attwood Sometimes when we find players who are a total mystery – whose lives are totally lost to us beyond the fact that they played a few games for Arsenal – I’m puzzled by the blank, but can leave it at that. But when we find a player who is a league winner …

1966 – the early days of Mee and only seeing half the pitch

1966/67 – the early days of Mee Billy Wright’s tenure at Arsenal had ended in disaster with home crowds collapsing… 12 March 1966: Arsenal 0 Everton 1 (24,821) 26 March 1966: Arsenal 1 Newcastle 3 (13979) 5 April 1966: Arsenal 1 WBA 1 (8738) 23 April 1966: Arsenal 1 Sunderland 1 (25,699) 5 May 1966: …

Tommy Baldwin one of the two who played for three of the four

Tommy Baldwin was born on 10 June 1945 in Gateshead.  He is, with George Graham, one of only two players to have played for three of the top four clubs of recent years. Although he made his name at Chelsea, he has often spoken of his time of Arsenal and his admiration of Arsenal and …

Arsenal in the London Charity Cup

By Tony Attwood The London Charity Cup was a London FA County Cup.  The original trophy was donated by the Rt. Hon. Reginald Harrison. Over the years a number of London’s larger clubs have entered the competition, including Charlton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Leyton Orient, Millwall, QPR, Tottenham H, WHU, Wimbledon, and of course Arsenal. …