AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year On this day Andy Ducat – one of the greatest Woolwich Arsenal stars and perhaps the greatest of them all, was born …
Read More “16 February 1886: the birth of Arsenal’s first great superstar”
By Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article 85 years to the day after Arsenal beat Middlesbrough on the way to their first trophy, two goals from Giroud saw Arsenal sail through the fifth round of the FA Cup …
Read More “15 February 2015: 85 years after beating Middlesbrough in the cup Arsenal did it again”
by Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article Although crowds after the first world war were much higher than those before the war there was a feeling in football, that the game needed to be made more exciting in …
Read More “14 February 1925: Arsenal volunteer to try out next season’s new offside law”
By Tony Attwood For a copy of the song sung by Arsenal fans, and details of our Free Video Collection, please see the notes below. Of course when I say “first Arsenal song sung by the crowd” I can’t actually prove that, largely due to the lack of tape recorders in the 19th century. But …
Read More “13 February 1892: Anniversary of the first Arsenal song sung by the crowd”
by Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article On this day Arsenal’s centre forward Joe Baker played his last Arsenal game. He played 144 games for Arsenal and scored 93 goals – a terrific goal to game record – …
Read More “12 February 1966: Joe Baker played his last game for Arsenal.”
By Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article According to the book “The Gunners: Day to Day Life at Highbury”, Royal Arsenal played Millwall Rovers at the Manor Ground, Plumstead on 11 February 1888. This was (they say) the …
Read More “11 February 1888: Arsenal play Millwall at the Sportsman’s Grounds.”
By Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article Towards the end of Mr Wenger’s reign at Arsenal, and indeed since, there were a lot of complaints from one particular supporter’s group about the number of empty seats at Arsenal …
Read More “10 February 1979: Arsenal rise to second in the league. Double incoming?”
by Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article If you know your Arsenal history you will know of the famous managers from the 1930s onwards: Chapman, Allison, Whittaker. But what then? Chapman was of course an outsider, brought in from …
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article —————————————– Now before you turn away thinking I have totally lost the plot, let me assure you I haven’t. Yes I am making a home defeat to Tottenham a featured event in this column, …
Read More “8 February 1987: Arsenal lose at Tottenham, but the announcer is premature”
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article Hindsight is wonderful, or a painful reminder. The result of Everton 0 Arsenal 1 in the League Cup semi-final first leg on 7 February 1988 really felt good, good, good. The season was much like …
Read More “7 February 1988: Everton 0 Arsenal 1. Book now for Wembley.”
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article by Tony Attwood On February 6th, 1909 Arsenal played Millwall Athletic in the FA Cup in front of a crowd which is recorded as an astonishing 32,000. Arsenal had only played in front of bigger …
Read More “6 February 1909: Millwall 1 Arsenal 1, FA Cup 2nd round; Crowd: 32,000”
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article by Tony Attwood On 27 December 1930 Arsenal beat Blackpool 7-1 in Division One. Following two FA Cup matches in which Arsenal beat Aston Villa in a replay, Arsenal then lost to Sunderland in the …
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article We have noted before that Leslie Knighton, the manager who came to Arsenal to take over after the first war world, was in many ways doing what others were all over football were doing: bringing …
Read More “4 February 1922: The Duke visits Arsenal, and asks for a cup of tea”
By Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article Prior to the game against Everton on this day, the story was that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a fever so having been bought for £56m he was not going to make his debut …
Read More “3 February 2018: media predict a rout and got it, but not the rout they predicted”
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article By Tony Attwood On 2 February 2002 Arsenal drew 1-1 at home with Southampton. It was considered a poor result since it left Arsenal 3rd in the table, whereas a win would have moved us …
Read More “2 February 2002: there’s no way Arsenal can win the league”
For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article By Tony Attwood Herbert Chapman was manager of Leeds City of Division II when the first world war broke out and having taken up a job outside of football for the duration, he returned to …
Read More “1 February 1921: Herbert Chapman returns to football”
By Tony Attwood You won’t recall him but on 31 January 2003 Guillaume Warmuz was purchased from Lens. But stay with me on this for a moment because there is a point in mentioning him beyond the fact that he only stayed a very short while before being sold on to Borussia Dortmund. He later …
Read More “31 January 2003 Guillaume Warmuz purchased – one of many on this day”
by Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article On 30 January 1987 Tommy Caton was sold to Oxford Utd for £180,000. He was one of those amazingly talented footballers but one of the wild bunch; he died aged 31. Thomas …
Read More “30 January 1987: Arsenal sell Tommy Caton to Oxford.”
by Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes at the foot of this article. Can you run a football club by committee? Certainly, in the early days of Arsenal it was thought so, and indeed thought so strongly enough, that the committee rejected …
Read More “29 January 1896: Arsenal’s general meeting calls for appointment of a manager”
by Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes at the foot of this article. On 28 January 2004 Jose Antonio Reyes transferred to Arsenal from Sevilla for £10.5m. He later played over 100 games for Atletico Madrid and Sevilla having played 69 for …
Read More “28 January 2004: Jose Antonio Reyes transferred to Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes at the foot of this article. The history of a football club that started in the league in 1893 is of course packed with the names of hundreds of players who are no longer remembered …
Read More “27 January 1934: Alex Wilson’s first game for Arsenal. AFC 7 Palace 0”
by Tony Attwood For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. 26 January 1895: Woolwich Arsenal were ordered to close their ground for the rest of the season because of their inability to control the crowd. But why Arsenal? And …
Read More “26 January 1895: Arsenal first club to have ground closed because of crowd behaviour”
by Tony Attwood For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. 123 years ago today Arsenal won through to a cup final, which in turn led to the club’s first ever trophy: the Kent Junior Cup. “Junior” in this regard did …
by Tony Attwood For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. 1997/8 was Arsène Wenger’s first complete season at Arsenal, and as you might remember (if you are of a certain vintage) Mr Wenger set himself an impossibly high bar to …
By Tony Attwood For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. What is supporting a football team about, apart from watching the match? It is about being with your mates, having fun, sharing experiences. And just occasionally watching a game that …
Read More “23 January 2013: Arsenal 5 West Ham United 1. The video, the memory”
