Tony Attwood – Page 81 – The History of Arsenal

Arsenal in November 1924: transfer funds are found, recovery seems likely, rules are changed.

Posted on 26 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood Arsenal entered November 1924 in 7th position, with their first match of the month away to Bolton who were sitting three points below Arsenal. Pos Team P W D L F A GAvg Pts 1 Birmingham City 12 7 2 3 11 11 1.000 16 2 Huddersfield Town 11 5 5 1 …

Arsenal declared unsustainable amidst thoughts of finding a new stadium.

Posted on 26 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 1912. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of …

Which regular member of the Invincibles cost just £1.5m?

Posted on 25 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 2003. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of …

Arsenal players drunk on pre-season trip. Two suspended

Posted on 24 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 1977. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of …

The Arsenal man who passed away playing cricket at Lords

Posted on 23 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 1942 Just published by the Arsenal History Society Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over …

5 Arsenal FC facts you probably didn’t know

Posted on 23 July 201823 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal FC, as you must be aware was the first ever South England football club to become a part of The Football League in the year 1893. They made their way into the First Division in 1904 and have scored the second-most number of points since then. The club has been relegated only on one …

On this day Arsenal sold Adebayor for a £21m profit. 3 years on no one wanted him.

Posted on 20 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 2009 Just published by the Arsenal History Society Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over …

Oct 1924. The press attack Knighton (wrongly), an Arsenal star is born, and changing the offside law

Posted on 19 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood Arsenal entered October 1924 in a very pleasing position in the league. Yes they had slipped down the 7th, but that was still much higher than their normal position a couple of months into the season, and they were just two points behind the top club and with a better goal average. …

When the pre-season was almost entirely one of defeats

Posted on 19 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Our headline story today comes from 1996 Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can be found in the left …

The Arsenal player who cost over £1m per game

Posted on 18 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can be found in the left column of this site under “Pages” The …

When Arsenal opened their pre-season with a 10-1 win. And what happened next.

Posted on 17 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

When the League told four clubs: sorry you’re not wanted here.

Posted on 16 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Going unbeaten all pre-season and becoming a member of the Legion d’Honneur

Posted on 15 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Pre-season begins with a 7-0 thrashing & 400 go on an Arsenal away day.

Posted on 14 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal in debt, London’s council bans all foreigners, George Graham banned from football

Posted on 13 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal in the summer: 1924: the tour, and a review of the transfers.

Posted on 12 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood For Arsenal the 1924/5 season did not end with the escape from relegation, but instead it had an extension through another tour of Europe – this time to Germany. The group left England on 8 May, but unfortunately we do not have details of the tour beyond the match results and the …

Arsenal win the world cup

Posted on 12 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Concerning that headline you might want to look at 12 July 1998. Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can …

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Defeat to Peterborough, draw with Barnet. It’s not going to be good…

Posted on 11 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Concerning that headline you might want to look at 11 July 2003 and then think of what happened next. Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. …

Arsenal in the spring of 1924. Relegation is avoided; Chapman wins the League

Posted on 10 July 201814 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood Before we jump into the football allow me to take you back to the source of Sir Henry Norris’ fortune: property development. His company had built much of Fulham, working on the tried and tested approach that continued at least until the latter part of the 20th century, of building blocks of …

The signings of Platt and Alexis Sanchez, the leaving of Wrighty

Posted on 10 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

When the Tottenham manager became the Arsenal manager

Posted on 9 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Farewell Court, Howe, Rostrom, Campbell. Hello O’Leary, Limpar, Cygan, 2nd double

Posted on 8 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal make the best value transfer “of the last ten years”

Posted on 7 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal closer and closer to relegation but Ramsay comes to the rescue

Posted on 6 July 20186 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood As we approached March 1924 in the last article Arsenal were being saved from relegation only by the fact that there were two teams having even worse runs than the Reds. Here’s the foot of the table at the start of the month. Pos Club P W D L F A G.Av Pts …

6 July – the day Arsenal’s history (almost) stopped

Posted on 6 July 20186 July 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files 6 July: one of the days that almost defeats me in terms of finding Arsenal’s anniversaries. In fact I can only find two actual real anniversaries – a third is a date which is used to help trace what Henry Norris was up to during the first world war. Obviously July …