Arsenal in the summer – Over 60 tales from the Pre-Season files.
Latest additions: more recent years added
- 1893: The first Woolwich Arsenal pre-season
- 1894: After one year in the league what happened to Arsenal?
- 1903: The most exciting pre-season ever
- 1911: Caution, a corenation and short tempers
- 1913: The summer of moving to Highbury
- 1914: Arsenal at the end of the world: May to August 1914.
- 1915: Norris promoted, the League loses interest but football pulls itself back together.
- 1916: Arsenal at war; Tottenham move out of WHL, Arsenal hit rock bottom.
- 1917 part 1: Henry Norris is knighted for setting up the Footballers’ Battalion. June 1917
- 1917 part 2: Sir Henry Norris promoted to Lt Colonel in recognition of his work in the War Office
- 1919: The first pre-season after the war, and return to the first division
- 1920: Exposing the second libel against Henry Norris
- 1921: Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921.
- 1922: Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful.
- 1923: Another Knighton allegation but the evidence is against him.
- 1924: Arsenal in the summer: 1924: the tour, and a review of the transfers.
- 1925: The arrival of Herbert Chapman
- 1930: Preparing for the unthinkable
- 1931: The records are totted up, and the tour of Scandinavia
- 1932: Runners up in League and Cup but preparing for absolute greatness.
- 1933: Champions and water shortages
- 1934: Allison takes over and changes the team
- 1935: After three championships in a row
- 1936: From winning the Cup to an attempt on the life of the king.
- 1937: The overseas tour of 1937
- 1938: The Nazi salute; the world record signing.
- 1939: Arsenal’s most successful summer tour as war looms
- 1946: Back from the war
- 1947: The Phoenix Rises
- 1976: Trying to rebuild after Bertie Mee
- 1977: Heavy drinking in the pre-season after Tottenham were relegated
- 1978: Recovering from cup defeat but then losing to Rotherham
- 1979: Cup holders looking for more glory
- 1980: The Arsenal pre-season after trying to win nearly everything
- 1981: The pressure of expectation overwhelms
- 1982: Arsenal try to get beyond one goal a game.
- 1983: The Horrors of Being an Arsenal Supporter
- 1984: Real hope but Arsenal fade
- 1985: It was most certainly not the best of times
- 1986: George Graham takes over but it is a difficult start
- 1987: 10 without a victory, 6without a goal, the famous back 5
- 1988: Leading up to the “free for all” against Tottenham
- 1989: After winning the league at Anfield…
- 1990: The gateway to Arsenal Heaven
- 1991: After the record breaking, the sad reality
- 1992: A record breaking season but little entertainment
- 1993: Osama Bin Laden spotted at the clock end, Highbury
- 1994: The last Arsenal pre-season for George Graham
- 1995: Bruce Rioch’s one pre-season. Bergkamp arrives!
- 1996: The pre-season games as Rioch was sacked
- 1997: Before the second double – (updated)
- 1998: Back to sausages after the caviar.
- 1999: Games against Monaco and Saint-Étienne
- 2000: The big transfers but a poor pre-season
- 2001: Campbell arrives, and the prelims to the third double
- 2002: Gilberto’s first game in the tri-team tournament
- 2003: Before being unbeaten (revised & expanded)
- 2004: The Preseason in the midst of the 49
- 2005: The end of Highbury and the Arsenal-Chelsea bust up
- 2006: Pre-season and the opening of the Emirates
- 2007: A hectic round of transfers and a full schedule
- 2008: Beating Real Madrid
- 2009: The media and Uefa against Eduardo
- 2010: Koscielny joins the crazy gang in Warsaw
- 2011: Chaos and disaster, but amazingly Arsenal pull through
- 2012: Nigeria abandoned, Akpom & Bellerin make their mark
- 2013: The clearout, beating Man C and preparing for a trophy
- 2014: Alexis, Bellerin, and thrashing Man C at Wembley
- 2015: Arsenal in the summer of 2015: how did we do?
- 2016: Arsenal in the summer 2016 and not signing Vardy
- 2017: Arsenal in the summer 2017: the signing of Lacazette
- 2018: New manager, Sokratis, Torreira, 100% owner
- Footnote: when did we win every pre-season game
