AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood As I have started looking at the players who played in the Bertie Mee sides that won our first Euro trophy and our first Double, it has become apparent just how many of those stars of 1970 and 1971 were actually signed during the Billy Wright era, which ended in the summer …
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By Tony Attwood The Billy Wright era ended in May 1966, so players signed before then were in theory at least signed by Billy Wright. Although that statement is obvious, I think this is important because some interesting players were signed and started playing before May 1966 – players who are associated with Mee but …
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by Tony Attwood I have called the era of Swindin and Wright, in which after an initial success we had no cup finals, and no top four finishes, The Darkness, and I have written bits and pieces about it because generally other people don’t write too much about that era. The series on that period …
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———————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham were within moments of merging into one club… full details in “Making the Arsenal” ——————- Bertie Mee – taking us back to reality To begin, a correction to the details …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham were within moments of merging into one club… full details in “Making the Arsenal” ———————— By Tony Attwood This is an article in our series that aims to cover all the …
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By Tony Attwood An introduction to the George Allison section of the web site There’s no special article on George Allison on the Arsenal web site, and yet if we just judge him by his years as manager, and nothing else, is record is an attractive won… Two league titles, an FA cup victory and …
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By Tony Attwood The final Double quiz – concerning what happened after the Double of 71 1. In the 1971/2 we actually played two league games at Anfield. Why was this? Manchester United’s ground was shut – I think it was due to crowd trouble, but haven’t got the reference in front of me. Anyway, …
The First Double: The Quizzes By Tony Attwood As I am currently co-writing the book “Arsenal in the 70s” I have been running a little set of quizzes all this week about before, during and after the 1971 Double. Here is the final quiz, and below are the answers to yesterday’s quiz. If you would …
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Beyond 1970/1. What happened next? We have been running a little collection of quizzes all focussed around the 1971 Double. This is the fourth quiz in the series. At the end of this quiz you will find the answers to yesterday’s quiz. Answers to this one will be up tomorrow. 1. Arsenal won the league …
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This the third quiz in this little series – and it continues straight on from the last – trying to tease out the knowledge you have of the First Double in 1971. So, ten more questions still on the 1970/1 season – and below that the earlier set of questions on that season, but this …
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—————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham were within moments of merging into one club… full details in “Making the Arsenal” ——————– The 1970s quizzes, part 2: Winning the Double – 1970/71 By Tony Attwood In case …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham were within moments of merging into one club… full details in “Making the Arsenal” ——————————— The first Arsenal History Society Quiz: Before the Double By Tony Attwood Rather than write a …
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———————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham were within moments of merging into one club… full details in “Making the Arsenal” ———————— By Tony Attwood The AAA, in case you have missed them, is the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal, …
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By Tony Attwood There were so many great players in Arsenal’s first golden era that it is hard to pick out the signing of any as providing the iconic moment, but I’ll try – with the signing of Cliff Bastin who went on to be our highest peace-time scorer before Ian Wright. Clifford Sydney Bastin …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood If you know any Arsenal history at all you will know …
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By Tony Attwood Scoring five or more in the Premier League is something that Mr Wenger does rather well (and certainly better than any other manager in our history). This season has seen the number of games in which we have scored five or more continue to rise – with three occasions so far with …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————– By Tony Attwood Moments in history can be reduced to single items in …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ————————— By Tony Attwood By this question about Arsenal’s first ever trophy we don’t …
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Refs should be blamed on the Arsenal run in 2007/2008 season Abdulaziz Alfarhoud Last week, I took a look at the Arsenal season review of 2007/2008 because it was the nearest trophy to Arsenal on these 7 trophy-less years. And in doing this I noticed many refereeing decisions which were harsh and against Arsenal. These …
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Iconic moments in the history of Arsenal By Tony Attwood It is a general, and generally unspoken, rule, that Arsenal does not comment on the comments in the media – no matter how wrong, misleading and downright vile they are. But there was a moment during the 1970/1 double season when Arsenal felt moved to …
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By Tony Attwood This week the AISA Arsenal History Society will be publishing the second in a series of reviews of Arsenal’s history – this one covering the start of the Norris Era, and the move from Plumstead to Highbury. As with the first publication in the series the publication contains revelations about Arsenal’s history …
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—————————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham almost merged to become one club. Read the story in “Making the Arsenal” ————————- Tom Whittaker wins the league By Tony Attwood Tom Whittaker is one of the great …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Tony Attwood In 1932/3 Arsenal won the league under Herbert Chapman. Chapman died in January 1934 and Joe Shaw took over and we won the 1933/4 league under him. In the summer of 1934 …
———————————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here ———————————– By Tony Attwood It is not unknown for Arsenal fans not fully versed in the club’s history to believe that Herbert Chapman won three consecutive championships with Arsenal, having done the same with …
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——————————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Want to contact Arsenal History Society or this blog? See important note at the foot of this article. ————————————– Iconic moment 6: the appointment of Chapman By Tony Attwood Spring 1925. It is almost …
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