By Tony Attwood
A while back I wrote a little series of articles about the iconic moments in the history of Arsenal. Of course for one of them I inevitably include 3 May 1971: Beat Tottenham 0-1 at WHL to win the league 1971.
Here’s the full list
Part 1: Opening the club to all comers
Part 2: The Great Conspiracy – when they tried to shut Arsenal down
Part 3: Death and rebirth in 1910
Part 4: 100 years since moving to Highbury – our next anniversary and our fourth iconic moment
Part 5: Gaining promotion in 1919
Part 6: The moment we signed Herbert Chapman
Part 7: Joe Shaw wins the league and introduces a genius
Part 8: The third consecutive championship victory, with each title won by a different manager
Part 9: Tom Whittaker wins the league
Part 10: When Arsenal finally lost its temper with the media
Part 11: After 17 years without a trophy Arsenal finally get silverware
Part 12: Arsenal’s First Ever Silverware
Part 13: The last silverware as an amateur club
Part 14: Winning the league at WHL 1971
Iconic moments 15: Cliff Bastin signs from Exeter
Part 16: When power moved from the owner to the manager
You’ll see why I have mentioned this again today – because number 14 on the list relates to today – 3 May – when we won the league at White Hart Lane for the first time.
I stopped at number 16, because I had finished all the key moments that I had in my mind at that time. But there’s no reason why we shouldn’t go on.
So if you have any iconic moments that you think should be added to the list, do write in. Either just send me a note of the date and time, or write a whole article if you prefer. Please write to Tony.Attwood@aisa.org
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The books…
- Woolwich Arsenal: The club that changed football – Arsenal’s early years
- Making the Arsenal – how the modern Arsenal was born in 1910
- The Crowd at Woolwich Arsenal – crowd behaviour at the early matches
- Coming soon: Royal Arsenal
Other sites from the same team…
- Untold Arsenal
- Referee Decisions – just what are the refs up to this season?
