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 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 …
Read More “Recovering from cancer he made a joke about Tottenham and then we won 2-0.”
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 …
Read More “Arsenal have the worst injury list in the league ever. Official.”
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 …
Read More “How Arsenal showed the football world how to remember Armistice Day”
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 2014 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 10. 10 …
Read More “The Arsenal men who make a living out of attacking Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood And so the war ground on, and the crowds at the football matches being played in the London Combination grew smaller and smaller. Quite why this was so I have not been able to find out. Was it because Arsenal were now losing games? That is certainly possible because by the end …
Read More “Arsenal at the end of 1917. Crowds collapse, results poor, the war drags on.”
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 1907 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 9. 9 …
Read More “The first ever London derby in the football’s top division.”
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 2003 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 8. …
Read More ““Another stumbling performance.” How the press saw 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. Our headline is taken from this day in Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 7. 7 November …
by Tony Attwood Leaving aside the awful events happening in the world around them and focusing just on football, Arsenal entered the autumn of 1917 in a good mood. The new London Combination season had started with four wins and one defeat – the best run for Arsenal in the wartime league. Better, they had …
Read More “October 1917: Arsenal slip into sharp decline; Norris gains a new appointment”
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 1964 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 6. 6 …
Read More “The birth of the man who made a living out of criticising Arsene 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 1932 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 5. …
Read More “New name agreed for Arsenal station, but no game in sight.”
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 2001 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 4. …
Read More “Arsenal’s worst home league defeat under Wenger. But look at what then happened.”
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 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 3. …
Read More “3 wins in the first 13 games of the season. But who was the Arsenal manager?”
By Tony Attwood If we pause here for a moment at this point in the history of Henry Norris at the Arsenal what we can see is that Lt Colonel Sir Henry Norris was now a man who was being pulled in all directions. True, his business of building and developing houses in Fulham was …
Read More “September 1917: Arsenal’s form definitely on the up.”
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 1977 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from November 2. …
