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 inches he is one of the smallest players ever for [...]
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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. —————————————- Untold History…Untold Media … Untold Ref Reviews … Untold Economics … Untold Corruption … Untold Wenger … Untold News … Untold Fifa … [...] by Andy Kelly Last Friday I was one of three people (Tony Attwood and Mark Andrews being the other two) that received an e-mail from Paul Matz of AISA asking if one of us would like to attend the unveiling of the three legends’ statues on 9 December. The club had invited 100 special guests [...] By Tony Attwood Gerry Ward was born October 5, 1936 in Stepney and joined Arsenal as a trainee in 1952 during Tom Whittaker’s regime. In his time as a junior Arsenal won the league (1952/3) but the number 11 position proved a problem after Don Roper was forced to move to outside right – which [...] Making the Arsenal – the Xmas present for people with everything Arsenal Arsenal History on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ————————————– By Tony Attwood
Dennis Evans was a stalwart for Arsenal, playing 207 games (189 in the league) and scoring 12 goals (10 in the league). He was a left back who only played left back [...] By Tony Atttwood William “Bill” Dodgin was born on 4 November 1931 and died in June 2000 after suffering from Alzheimers. He was born in County Durham, and was himself the son of a footballer (Bill Dodgin senior – 1909 to 1999) who played for Hudderfield Town, Lincoln, Charlton, Bristol Rovers, Clapton Orient and Southampton. [...] —————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————– Arsenal.com have today picked up Walter’s “Jenkinson” article in their Media Watch section. Congratulations all round to Walter from everyone at Untold Towers By Tony Attwood In October 1956 Tom Whittaker, the club’s manager, died of a heart [...] By Tony Attwood An England cap won by Alf Common is being auctioned tomorrow. Apparently it will get over £1000 – the amount Alf cost Middlesbrough. Alf Common was a Middlesbrough player when he won the red England cap. MIDDLESBROUGH FC caused a sensation when it became the first football club to pay £1,000 for [...] “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood This series of articles focusses on the team that started the first post war season for Arsenal in 1919. Inevitably however some of these players have already been the subject of articles on this site – [...] —————————————– The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything Untold Arsenal and Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Tony Attwood Clement Ross Voysey (known as Clem) was born in New Cross on 27 December 1899 and died in 1989. He played for Royal Naval Air Service and made [...] ———————————- The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything ———————————- By Tony Attwood Continuing the review of Arsenal’s team as it took up its duties in the first division at the start of the 1919/20 season. Frank Bradshaw joined Arsenal in 1914 and played 29 league [...] By Tony Attwood On August 30 1919, under the guidance of Leslie Knighton, Arsenal (not Woolwich Arsenal, not The Arsenal, but Arsenal) played their first match of the new era. The war had been over for almost a year, football had been restructured, after all the rows and arguments about match fixing and expansion of [...] By Tony Attwood Trying to read what on earth is going on at Blackburn Rovers is hard: Sam Allerdyce was sacked for not sharing the vision of the club, and the other people are brought in – including our old chum John Jensen. On 12 January 2011 he signed a 6 month contract with Blackburn [...] By Tony Attwood Continuing my occasional series about ex Arsenal players in management here is the latest on Remi Garde’s team Lyon. The club is lying second in the league after five games, having already beaten the early leaders Montpellier in August. Pos. Team Pl W D L GF GA +/- Pts 1 Montpellier HSC [...] By Tony Attwood We’ve been keeping some of our past players in our sights from time to time and here is the latest that I have on Tony Adams. After a mid table position last year (although with a very strong second half of the season and a long unbeaten run) Tony seems to be [...] THE BRAVE,FEARLESS AND INTELLIGENT Don McMahon This is a sort of compendium of Arsenal’s often ignored heroes and heroic events in the modern era that have contributed to our reputation as a formidable and highly respected Football club, despite the British and Spanish media’s ceaseless efforts to dismiss AFC blindly. By the way [...] By Tony Attwood In writing the Arsenal Uncovered notes for the club programme this season, I find I am getting myself into areas where I think I know the answer, and then don’t. If you can help, I’d be grateful. Arsenal’s first foreign player. Of course there’s an issue of definition here, but taking it [...] by Tony Attwood I am working with two great friends of this site (Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews) to produce the book WOOLWICH ARSENAL: THE CLUB THAT CHANGED FOOTBALL. Following discussions with Arsenal FC there is a chance that they will take the book and sell it through their shops and on line – it [...] By Tony Attwood There are players you can’t recall at all, players you half remember, players you rather like, and legends. Jack Kelsey is in the final group. He played for Arsenal’s first team from 1950 until 1962, winning just one medal – the league in 1953. And yet he is a name that anyone [...] By Tony Attwood Recently I published a couple of pieces about two prospective future managers of Arsenal: Remi Garde and Dennis Bergkamp. The reason for these stories was not the fact that these ex-players had declared their interest in the job, but rather because both were highly regarded by Arsene Wenger, as players, and both [...] By Tony Attwood If you occasionally drop into this blog you’ll know that I am writing a year by year review of Arsene Wenger. The last article dealt with the 2003 Cup Final and the start of the “49″ unbeaten run. I was just getting my notes together for the start of the rather important [...] By Tony Attwood Patrick Vieira has retired from playing football and has become the latest ex-Arsenal player to join the managerial and coaching level of football. He has been given a newly-created role at Manchester C. of football development executive. It seems to be a job to do with the development of young players, [...] By Tony Attwood Over the last few weeks we’ve been gathering the names of ex-Arsenal players who are now either in management or in journalism. Thanks to everyone who has joined in. It is possible that some names are still missing from the lists, but hopefully this is near a complete list in each case [...] Continuing the series on players who left Arsenal and what happened next Emmanuel Petit Manu’s main career in terms of length and number of appearances was at Monaco (222 games), and he played with Arsenal for three years (85 games), followed by Barcelona (23) and Chelsea (55). He cost £2.5m and left for £7m, and [...] By Tony Attwood Many of our top players leave Arsenal towards the end of their careers. Some however leave earlier – a thought brought about by events this summer. But what happens to such players? I started to wonder this, in reaction to the talk of players leaving in the summer of 2011, and the [...] |
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