AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood As we saw, with Arsenal back in the first division after two years and a world war away from the top flight, the season began for the first time, in August, with an Arsenal home defeat by 0-1 to Newcastle. Because of the expansion of the League by two more clubs, four …
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The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal August 1919: Arsenal return to the First Division for the next 99 years Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our …
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The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal August 1919: Arsenal return to the First Division for the next 99 years Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our …
Read More “When FA Cup replays just kept going until someone scored”
By Tony Attwood All focus in football was now on starting the new season at the end of the month, while on the political front the focus was on housing. The government had offered to subsidise house building while the London Housing Board was discussing how to turn those houses already built but not fully occupied …
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The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Widespread rioting as Arsenal prepare for division 1. Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our files by the end of …
Read More “Arsenal win their first home game of the season: in January.”
The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Widespread rioting as Arsenal prepare for division 1. Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our files by the end of …
Read More “The man who played football while reading a novel”
The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Widespread rioting as Arsenal prepare for division 1. Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our files by the end of …
Read More “The most notorious assault in football, a draw with Rotherham and Rix signs for Arsenal”
The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Widespread rioting as Arsenal prepare for division 1. Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. We expect to add another 1000 anniversaries to our files by the end of …
Read More “When the government shut down Tottenham’s ground”
The latest posts from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Summer of 1919. Widespread rioting as Arsenal prepare for division 1. Our most read reports in the last seven days The manager who sent his apology to Arsene Wenger by horse 1993: Eight Arsenal games without a win and just two goals. But …
Read More “Arsenal suffer five red cards in just ten games!”
By Tony Attwood By 1919 competition for jobs in the war-shattered economy led to a growing level of tension between Britain’s white workers and black workers. At the same time there was a constant feeling of resentment among those men called into the army who had not been demobilised. One of the big factors was …
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Our most read reports in the last seven days The manager who sent his apology to Arsene Wenger by horse 1993: Eight Arsenal games without a win and just two goals. But who was the manager? Today we remember the passing of Herbert Chapman; the man who transformed Arsenal Who got a hattrick in the …
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Our most read reports in the last seven days Arsenal manager charged with running an illegal lottery The manager who sent his apology to Arsene Wenger by horse Today we remember the passing of Herbert Chapman; the man who transformed Arsenal Who got a hattrick in the first match of the “49” but only played …
Read More “1993: Eight Arsenal games without a win and just two goals. But who was the manager?”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. You might also enjoy our new feature on the home page: the most popular articles on this site in the past week. Here are the stories from this day in history… The answer to …
Read More “Who got a hattrick in the first match of the “49” but only played 11 times?”
By Tony Attwood We have reached the stage in this football history wherein the war in Europe was over, the last wartime league had been completed and the future of football in England had been sorted out. But less we think that peace reigned supreme we should note that this month also marked the start …
Read More “May 1919: war football ends and the wonderful Alf Baker is signed”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. You might also enjoy our new feature on the home page: the most popular articles on this site in the past week. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline story …
Read More “Lauren dropped, Cygan recalled. Just another game in the unbeaten season.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. You might also enjoy our new feature on the home page: the most popular articles on this site in the past week. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline story …
Read More “Today we remember the passing of Herbert Chapman; the man who transformed Arsenal”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. You might also enjoy our new feature on the home page: the most popular articles on this site in the past week. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline …
Read More “How Arsenal broke away from a cricket club to play football (and Jack signs pro forms)”
By Tony Attwood In the last article I took the story of the Victory Cup through to its conclusion, which means we now have to go back to the start of April 1919 to catch up with the rest of the Arsenal story for this month. I will however mention the key events from the …
Read More “April 1919: the end of wartime football (at least for 20 years)”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline story comes from 4 January 1892. 4 January 1892 (Exact date uncertain, but either 4th or 5th). The court hearing in …
Read More “The court case that split Arsenal in two, and established the original transfer system.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline story comes from 3 January 1999. 3 January 1911: Winston Churchill the home secretary took the unprecedented step (one which has since …
Read More “The manager who sent his apology to Arsene Wenger by horse”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… Our headline story comes from 2 January 1903. 2 January 1886: The match Selby v Woolwich United is recorded in the press as …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… 1 January 1896: Hastings 0 Arsenal 12. Arsenal played 29 friendlies in the course of the season in addition to their 30 league games, …
By Tony Attwood The London Combination had organised football in the capital after professional football was abandoned at the end of the 1914/15 season, running two league competitions in 1915/16, and then a season long league competition through each of the next three seasons. Now after victory for the Allies had been proclaimed they had …
Read More “Arsenal in March 1919: the London Victory Cup and its consequences”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… 31 December 1898: Haywood and Hunt each got a hatrick in a game that ended Arsenal 6 Luton 2. It was also the start …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… 30 December 1893: Arsenal’s first ever away win in the league: Ardwick 0 Woolwich Arsenal 1. Henderson got the goal in front of a …
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