AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1886. Here are the stories from this day in history… 11 December 1881 Thomas Tindal Fitchie (only man to be signed by Arsenal five times) was …
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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. Our headline is taken from this day in 2006. Here are the stories from this day in history… 10 December 1892: Royal Arsenal won through the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup …
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This article is part of a continuing series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of the 57 episodes of the story so far is published at the end of this piece. However if you are keen to know what happened when Arsenal were elected to the 1st division, and the truth behind the …
Read More “November 1918: war ends, FA / League quarrel, Henry Norris is called on (again).”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2011 Here are the stories from this day in history… 9 December 1893: First league game for James Boyle: Northwich Victoria 2 Arsenal 2 in front of a crowd …
Read More “Herbert Chapman looks up at the stadium and says, “I did that”.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2012 Here are the stories from this day in history… 8 December 1863: First rules of football published. In 1862, J. C. Thring, head of Uppingham School had …
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By Tony Attwood 1918 is primarily remembered as the year the first world war ended. But it was also a time when a rising awareness of socialism and communism spread through parts of Europe following the collapse of Russia in 1917 and the rise of the power of the Communist Party in that country and …
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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. Our headline is taken from 1940 Here are the stories from this day in history… 7 December 1886: The most likely date for Eastern Wanderers to have agreed to play Dial Square in …
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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. Our headline is taken from 1886 Here are the stories from this day in history… 6 December 1885.Angus McKinnon, was born in Paisley. He played with the junior league team Petershill in the …
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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. Our headline is taken from 1921. Here are the stories from this day in history… 5 December 1885 Millwall beat Eastern Wanderers 3-1 at Glengall Road. This game in itself takes on a …
Read More “The FA acts to wind up women’s football and demand clubs’ compliance.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1991. Here are the stories from this day in history… 4 December 1909: Arsenal beat Tottenham 1-0 in their first ever league encounter. Lawrence scored in front of …
By Tony Attwood Through the work of Andy Kelly of TheArsenalHistory we have a list of players who played for Arsenal during the 1917/18 season of wartime football – the third such season. Looking at the players there are some whose names continued all the way through the wartime campaigns, such a Bradshaw, Chipperfield, Ducat …
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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. Our headline is taken from 1949 Here are the stories from this day in history… 3 December 1904: David Neave first match; Small Heath 2 Arsenal 1. He was born in Arbroath and started …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2003. Here are the stories from this day in history… 2 December 1899: Arsenal 2 New Brighton Tower 0 – NBT were one of the clubs created to …
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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. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
Read More “Arsenal prepare to play their very first game and prepare to change their name (twice)”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
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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. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
Read More “12 men played football and cricket for England. 3 of them played for Arsenal.”
By Tony Attwood May 1918 saw the end of the third wartime football season which we have covered in previous articles. Arsenal ended up fifth in the ten team league, and after a very healthy start the level of the crowds had fallen significantly. But then football was hardly a major issue during that part …
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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. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
Read More “When the entire Arsenal squad was almost wiped out in a plane crash”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
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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. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
Read More “It was over 3 years since Arsenal had beaten Tottenham. And then along came Mr Wenger.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1888 and 2007 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1909 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 20 20 …
By Tony Attwood As we have seen, the 1917/18 London Combination season was something of an up and down league from Arsenal’s point of view. By the end of February Arsenal had won 13, lost 10 and drawn five of their games in the league. Most frustratingly, there had been no sense of putting a …
Read More “April 1918: the third wartime league ends; Ireland rebels against conscription.”
