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For the latest stories on Arsenal today please see Untold Arsenal. Day by Day: the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day: the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal in May – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club …
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Day by Day: the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day: the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal in May – all the anniversaries day by day By Tony Attwood Without the events of this day, there may well never …
Read More “9 May 1891: Arsenal vote to become the first professional team in the south”
By Tony Attwood Day by Day: the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day: the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal in May – all the anniversaries day by day On this day Royal Arsenal’s club committee held the historic …
Read More “2 May 1891: Arsenal vote to become the first professional club in the south”
by Andy Kelly (@Gooner_AK) I’m sure that you are aware that substitutes were introduced into English football for the 1965-66 season. Before this, if a player was injured and couldn’t play on then his team had to make do with ten men. This happened to Arsenal in the 1952 FA Cup Final when Walley Barnes …
This website has been built sometimes in a logical chronological sequence and sometimes because a subject turns up, we do some research, and write an article – just because it was an interesting thing to do. So although there is some order to the articles, that order is not completely adhered to. …
Prelude: Having published hundreds of articles on the topic of Arsenal and its early days we have now started to try and put them in some sort of order. The indexes provided are unfortunately not comprehensive, but the process of making this history complete and navigable is now under way. Producing the website The …
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Recent articles…. 1898/9: Home form is great but why is away form so dodgy? Arsenal’s early seasons: 1897/8 Arsenal’s greatest achievements: the strugle to break even and rise up the league How Arsenal Matchday Culture Changed Over Time By Tony Attwood The title of the last episode says it all 1898/9: Home form is …
Read More “Arsenal 1899/1900: keeping professional football alive in the south”
By Tony Attwood In 1892/93 there were two divisions in English football. In the first divsiion Sunderland won the league for the second time. The bottom three clubs played a series of test matches between themselves (thus four games each) and as a result of these Newtlon Heath FC were relegated from the first …
Read More “Why Arsenal joned the Football League rather than the Southern League”
Here is the story so far… 1: Taking over from failure 2: Approaching a 100th anniversary at Arsenal of mega-importance. 3: The Arsenal that Knighton left behind 4: Knighton is removed 5: A new manager 6: What happened to Chapman at Leeds? 7: Success at Huddersfield, and concern at Arsenal 8. Why did Chapman leave successful Huddersfield 9: Arsenal wait for the …
Read More “Herbert Chapman at the Arsenal: the changes made for the 1st season”
. The bottom of the table clash was on 14 September 1974 when hooliganism was the great discussion point in the media. Details are below – and links to our main series are given at the foot of the page. 14 September 1891: Billy Heath took the first-ever penalty in a league game, scoring …
Some of our major series are detailed below. There are more on the home page. The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the …
Read More “4 September: a memory of just how bad Arsenal could get”
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Here are the anniversaries for 23 July If you want to explore Arsenal’s history further you might also be interested in… The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in …
Read More “23 July: Death of Hotspur, birth of the man who saved Arsenal, signing of Liam Brady”
The anniversaries for 22 June. Today’s headline comes from 1925, 22 June 1893: The first AGM of Woolwich Arsenal was held under the chairmanship of Jack Humble; as the club’s first directors were elected ahead of entry into the Football League for the first time. Humble later took a break as an Arsenal director but …
Read More “99 Years Ago Today: Herbert Chapman became Arsenal manager”
Arsenal’s anniversaries on 6 June Today’s headline comes from the first story below, in 1891. 6 June 1891: Alf Singleton (who was himself a competent referee) was elected top of the poll to the Committee of Royal Arsenal FC. One year later, as a result of his expression of his views on the future …
Read More “The rise and fall of the man who split Arsenal in two”
Data compiled by Tony Attwood. Details of some of our special reports and investigations into Arsenal’s history are given on the home page. Today’s headline comes from 1891 23 May 1891: The first press report emerged of the AGM of Royal Arsenal wherein professionalism was proposed. This was to make Arsenal the first fully professional team …
Read More “The first reports emerge that Arsenal are considering paying their players”
Data compiled by Tony Attwood. Details of some of our special reports and investigations into Arsenal’s history are given on the home page. Today’s headline relates to 1891 when Arsenal offered to resign from the local football associations. For decades the club handbook then reported that Arsenal were thrown out of the local associations …
Read More “The major error in reporting Arsenal’s early history, that lasted for a century”
By Tony Attwood Today’s shameful headline comes from 2010 Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Details of some more series can be found at the foot of …
Read More “The day Arsenal bought into its own false history”
Compiled by Tony Attwood Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Details of some more series can be found at the foot of his article and others are on …
Read More “Ian Wright hat trick (two in the 90th minute) in last game before the old North Bank.”
Compiled by Tony Attwood Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Details of our other series can be found on the home page Today’s headline comes from 2004 25 …
Elsewhere Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Details of our other series can be found on the home page The anniversaries for 11 April 11 April 1885: Luton Town …
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Today’s headline anniversary headline comes from 2001 Elsewhere Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Details of our other series can be found on the home page 8 April 1891: Arsenal …
Read More “Tottenham sack Graham and lose to Arsenal in the FA Cup”
Today’s headline anniversary headline comes from 2007. Also on this day Herbert Chapman resigned as Arsenal manager, but his resignation was rejected. 5 April 1890: Royal Arsenal beat Old Westminsters 3-1 in the London Charity Cup Final. Although the competition continued until the 1970s Arsenal only entered it twice, in 1890 and 1891. …
Read More “Arsenal anniversaries 5 April: ITV sells its shares in Arsenal at a loss!”
Today’s headline anniversary headline comes from 1973 and 2001 31 March 1890: Arsenal 3 Mr WH Loraine’s XI 1. Who was Mr WH Loraine? Regrettably, at this moment we don’t know – although we have found a picture which suggests WH Loraine had a shop in Stockton on Tees around this time. But …
Read More “Farewell David, goodbye Frank. Arsenal anniversaries 31 March”
Today’s headline anniversary headline comes from 1915 30 March 1880: Birth of Tommy Shanks – the man who became the first Arsenal player to score 20 goals in a season, but then mysteriously left for non-league Brentford, before playing for Leicester Fosse. 30 March 1888: Royal Arsenal 3 Millwall Rovers 0. This game against the …
Read More “The moment the rest of the league turned against Arsenal”
