AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: 100 seasons in the top division. Part 1: The Election 100 Seasons in the top Division. Part 2: The opening season In the last article we took a look at Arsenal in 1919/20 – the first post war season, and the first season that Arsenal were back …
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By Tony Attwood; AISA Arsenal History Society As we noted in the previous article (The election), upon the expansion of the First Division at the resumption of football after the First World War, Arsenal applied for one of those two new places in the top league, and got by far the biggest number …
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By Tony Attwood 2025/26 is the 100th anniversary of the appointment of Herbert Chapman as Arsenal’s manager. Our series commemorating the 100th anniversary began with our article on approaching the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Chapman and continued recently thereafter. There’s an index to the main 25-part series at the end ot this …
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By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: 100 consecutive seasons in the first division: An Arsenal and a football record We have recently noted that Arsenal have been in the top division for 100 consecutive seasons (the 2025/26 season being number 100). We have also noted that Everton are currently running a rather …
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By Tony Attwood; AISA Arsenal History Society Arsenal were elected to the first division of the Football League in 1919 upon its expansion to 22 clubs, following the conclusion of the First World War. Arsenal had come fifth in Division 2 in the last season before professional football was suspended for the duration, although …
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How an analysis of the last time Arsenal came runners up three times running helps us understand the Arteta approach today As you will know, Arsenal have just come runners-up three times running. But this is not the first time Arsenal havve come runners up three times in succession, so I thought it might …
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Herbert Chapman at Arsenal. How his arrival affected the crowds AISA’s Chapman Celebration Day: the personal reflections and pictures The celebration of Chapman in his resting place: a wonderful, wonderful day By Tony Attwood If you follow such things, you may have noticed that we have made a bit of a fuss about …
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By Tony Attwood If you have kindly followed the series on 100 years of Herbert Chapman at Arsenal, you will have noticed that I stopped the series when we got to Chapman joining Arsenal in 1925, as I waited for our celebration of the 100th anniversary of the great man’s arrival before now picking …
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ByTonyAttwood, AISA Arsenal History Society The pictures put up in the previous article concerning the Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association visit to the church where Herbert Chapman is buried, were those taken by others not least as I don’t consider myself a photographer. But the day meant so much to me I felt I wanted to …
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If you have been reading the history of Chapman’s time at Arsenal on this site, or taking in some of the articles about his history as a footballer and as a football manager, you’ll probably have picked up that we ran a celebration day at St Mary’s Church in Hendon, where we discussed …
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It’s 100 years since Herbert Chapman signed for The Arsenal AISA is celebrating the centenary of Hebert Chapman’s arrival at The Arsenal at St Mary’s Church, Hendon on Thursday 12 June from 3 o’clock onwards. Chapman is buried at St Mary’s and had a long association with the church until his death in 1934 …
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By Tony Attwood In previous episodes in this series on Herbert Chapman and Arsenal FC (of which there is a full list at the end of this article,) I’ve tried to make clear what a huge change and challenge it was for Chapman to move from Huddersfield to Arsenal. With Huddersfield Town FC he …
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By Tony Attwood This is episode 23 of the series celebrating 100 years since Herbert Chapman joined Arsenal in 1925. The series 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? …
Read More “Chapman’s first season at Arsenal: Part 24: the player changes he made”
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 right moment 10: Why Knighton had to go …
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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 …
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100 Years since Herbert Chapman Joined the Arsenal 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 …
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By Tony Attwood This is part 19 of the series Herbert Chapman at the Arsenal produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chapman joining Arsenal in the summer of 1925. The articles published so far are… 1: Taking over from failure 2: Approaching a 100th anniversary at Arsenal of mega-importance. 3: The Arsenal that Knighton left …
Read More “Chapman leaves Huddersfield and replaces Knighton at Arsenal”
Celebrating 100 years since Herbert Chapman Joined the Arsenal 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 …
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The 2025/26 season maks the 100th anniversary of Herbert Chapman’s arrival at Arsenal. This series of articles covers the great man’s years in football. By Tony Attwood Previously in this series 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 …
Read More “Chapman banned from football for life, but football goes on”
Previously in this series 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 right moment 10: Why …
Read More “100 Years since Chapman joined Arsenal part 17: very dubious dealings”
By Tony Attwood 100 Years since Herbert Chapman Joined the Arsenal 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 …
Read More “100 year since Herbert Chapman: part 16 – what went wrong at Leeds?”
100 Years since Herbert Chapman Joined the Arsenal 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 …
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By Tony Attwood 100 Years since Herbert Chapman Joined the Arsenal 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 …
Read More “Herbert Chapman 14: He reforms Leeds City and is banned from football for life”
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 right moment 10, …
Read More “100 years of Chapman part 13: the man of revolutions in an era of no rights”
Palace, like Everton, are focussed on defence which tells us how the League Cup game will go Did Arsenal’s title hopes really take a knock yesterday? With Untold Arsenal still having technical issues notes about forthcoming and current events are being published on this site. The problem has now been fixed but I’m …
Read More “Arsenal in the League Cup. Why it doesn’t bother the south that much.”
