18 August 2001 – Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 4: the great away games run begins
The run continued until 28 September 2002 when Arsenal beat Leeds 4-1 away, to break the record by scoring in 47 consecutive games and making it 22 away games without defeat ; Sol Campbell played his first league game for Arsenal and Henry said afterwards, “I saw something today I never saw last season – we played as a team.; It’s the most important thing in football.”
It is perhaps worth noting a few of the other events from this 2001/2 period.;; Here they are…
14 April 2001 Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 3.; The last game without an Arsenal goal at Highbury before the run.
21 April 2001 Arsenal 4 Everton 1 – the start of the sequence of scoring in every game at Highbury.
19 May 2001; Southampton 3 Arsenal 2 – but Arsenal launch the record run of scoring in 47 consecutive games.
18 August 2001 Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 4 – the start of the run of away games without defeat.
28 September 2002 Leeds 1 Arsenal 4 breaking the record by scoring in 47 consecutive games.; And…
28 September 2002 Leeds 1 Arsenal 4 – 22 away games without defeat.
30 November 2002 Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 1.; The last game of the sequence of Arsenal games without failing to score
