AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
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 …
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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. 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 …
Read More “Arsenal defeated at home by Wimbledon. Who was the manager?”
By Tony Attwood This article continues our long running series “Norris at the Arsenal”. There is an index to all the articles in this series at the foot of the page. This is the 5th and final article considering the election of Arsenal to the first division in 1919 – the previous articles are, in …
Read More “Why did the clubs vote for Arsenal rather than Tottenham in March 1919?”
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… 29 December 1888. Iona 1 Royal Arsenal 5 in the Kent Senior Cup on the way to winning the trophy. 29 December …
Read More “Arsenal move to the top of the league and a ten goal thriller”
By Tony Attwood Please note this article contains reproductions of newspaper coverage of the events in two places. If your screen shows blank space simply click on that and the original newspaper story should be revealed. On 1 March Arsenal had a game away to Millwall Athletic which Arsenal duly won 3-0 in front of …
Read More “March 1919: The vote to extend the league and what the media said”
By Tony Attwood We left Sir Henry Norris having taken his seat in the House of Commons, and the media having fully debated the issue of who should be given the places in the expanded first and second divisions of the Football League. You will have noted perhaps that we have not discussed the question …
Read More “Arsenal prepare for the vote on who should be promoted to the First Division”
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… 28 December 1904: Arsenal lost 0-4 away to Sheffield United; the 4th of five games in eight days. Arsenal won two and lost three of …
Read More “It’s the birthday of the man who kept losing league cup finals”
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… 26 December 1892: First game for Joseph Powell, who went on to become Woolwich Arsenal’s first captain who died after being injured on the …
Read More “The Boxing Day match of the Unbeaten Season: Henry and Vieira scored. Who got the third?”
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… Arsenal’s Christmas reviews: 1904 and 1905; 1890, 1891 1892. 25 December 1886: It is suggested in some non-contemporary sources that a meeting was held at the Royal …
By Tony Attwood The first London Combination game of February 1919 was another home match against Tottenham, but this time it resulted in a defeat. I doubt however that the directors of Arsenal worried unduly, for the crowd was 18,000 – things were most certainly on the up and these crowd numbers showed that the …
Read More “What the media said about the election of Arsenal to the 1st division in 1919”
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… 24 December 1894: New Brompton 5 Arsenal 0. Despite playing 30 league games in the season, Arsenal also played 31 friendly games. New Brompton …
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… the answer to who was in the team is given on 23 December 2000… 23 December 1893: Arsenal 7 Crusaders 0. By modern standards …
Read More ““We so very rarely score two in a match…” You’ll never guess who was in the squad!”
By Tony Attwood This article continues from The first suggestion that Arsenal could be elected to the 1st division which covers the first part of January 1919. On 13 January 1919 there was a meeting of the Football League with representatives of all the 40 League clubs except Glossop North End, which the Hill-Wood family had now …
Read More “Arsenal in January 1919: rioting in the streets and the question of promotion”
