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 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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. …
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.”
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 1892 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 17. 19 …
Read More “The Arsenal player who sued Arsenal and changed football’s approach to contracts”
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 1913 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 17. 18 …
Read More “He died playing for Arsenal – the club he loved.”
by Tony Attwood The war that was going to be over by Christmas 1914 was still laying waste to much of Western Europe in the spring of 1918, and killing its young men. America was in the war, which helped the Allies, but French troops were wavering. Russia was no longer in the war …
Read More “Norris at the Arsenal: March 1918, crowds drop, rationing, the war turns”
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 1980 17 November 1902: Woolwich Arsenal 2 Tottenham 1. London League Premier Division. The result saw Arsenal firmly in place at the top of 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 this day in 1952 and 2002 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from …
Read More “When Henry ran two miles after scoring against Tottenham and Mr Arsenal died”
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 1924 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 15. …
Read More “The first ever goal to be scored from a corner. Maybe.”
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 1920. Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 14. 14 …
Read More “The actual moment in history that triggered the club that became Arsenal FC”
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 1920. Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 13. 13 …
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by Tony Attwood Through the first part of the 1917/18 – the third season of the London Combination wartime league, Arsenal had had a topsy turvy time, starting off brilliantly and then slumping to a series of defeats and draws. By December they had recovered to a moderate middle-of-the-table form with 3 wins 2 draws …
Read More “Arsenal in 1918: Chapman’s downfall, votes for women, schooling for all, Arsenal erratic”
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 1894 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 12. 12 …
Read More “When the referee put out his own team against Arsenal!”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. By Tony Attwood The notion that football should do something for the veterans of the first world war was a Herbert Chapman idea. It was both typical of the man, and …
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