Here is just a selection of events relating to Tottenham in September, taken from the Anniversary archives.
1889
Arsenal beat Tottenham 10-1 in a friendly
1922
23 September 1922:
Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2, FA warn Tottenham about crowd violence
1931
Jimmy Brain sold to Tottenham for £2,500
1949
Freddie Cox signed from Tottenham for 312,000
1968
16 September 1968:
Debut for goal keeper Malcolm Webster against Tottenham. Arsenal lost 3-2.
1970
5 September 1970.
Arsenal 2 Tottenham 0 to make it 3 wins 3 draws and a defeat. League match 7 of the first Double season. Armstrong got both goals. The return match was played on the last day of the season and won Arsenal the league.
1988
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 3. The “surreal free for all”
2007
15 September 2007
A 3-1 win at Tottenham makes it four wins and one draw in the first five games.
2010
Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 away in league cup
And just one from October
5 October 1970:
Arsenal beat Tottenham at Highbury. We did it again later at WHL to win the league.
“5 September 1970.
Arsenal 2 Tottenham 0 to make it 3 wins 3 draws and a defeat. League match 7 of the first Double season. Armstrong got both goals. The return match was played on the last day of the season and won Arsenal the league.”
“5 October 1970:
Arsenal beat Tottenham at Highbury. We did it again later at WHL to win the league.
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These two quotes from your post suggest to me two home games against ‘the mob’ ‘tiny tots’ in the same season.
Every Arsenal supporter knows the result of the last game at WHL for that season. Unless of course the supporter was born yesterday in that case a bit too young to know I would think.
However a good question on any quizz about Arsenal would be this: ‘Arsenal won their away game against spuds in season 1970-71 what was the result of the home game? I think that would catch quite a few gooners.
Colario – you would be amazed at how little Arsenal history some people who proclaim themselves to be supporters, actually know. Indeed there are people who write in here and say, “what’s the point of writing about Arsenal’s history. what we need is a new defence”.
I tend not to publish many of those comments – but they do come in.