This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.
Here are the stories from this day in history…
30 December 1893: Arsenal’s first ever away win in the league: Ardwick 0 Woolwich Arsenal 1. Henderson got the goal in front of a crowd of 4,000. Arsenal went on to win away twice more in the season, including a 3-6 win at Middlesbrough Ironopolis.
30 December 1961: Charlie Nicholas born. He played 84 times for Celtic scoring 48 goals. He brought great hope of a renaissance when Terry Neill signed him in 1983 but ultimately did not live up to his high promise.
30 December 1995: Arsenal 1 Wimbledon 3. One of the low points of the Rioch year, coming during a spell of one win in eight games. Ian Wright scored in front of 37,640.
30 December 2006. Sheffield Utd 1 Arsenal 0. Arsenal 7th league game of the month, and their only defeat. The result left Arsenal in 5th place, 17 points behind the leaders.
30 December 2010: Harvard Nordtveit sold to Borussia Monchengladbach for £800,000. He became a regular fixture for the club playing over 150 league games for them before going to West Ham.;
The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal
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Yesterday’s anniversaries:
Arsenal move to the top of the league and a ten goal thriller
What’s on the Arsenal History Society site
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