AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood In the last episodes of this series we saw how the initial war-time leagues in 1915/16 panned out, and how Henry Norris rose to the rank of Captain, taking on full time work with the War Office; a job that had him posted outside of London, and thus away from engagement with …
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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. Below are the Anniversaries from October 5 Our headline stories come from this day in 1923 and 1953. Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: Arsenal score six, each goal from a …
Read More “Arsenal’s floodlights turned on, and when the Minister of Finance played for Arsenal.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from 4 October Our headline story comes from this day in 2009. Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: When Arsenal lost 7-0, and from that moment the …
Read More “Arsenal score six, each goal from a different player”
By Tony Attwood Arsenal, as we have seen, played in two competitions through the 1915/16 season – the London Combination and then the London Combination Supplementary competition. The London Combination was put together quickly, organised locally, seemingly without any input from the Football League (which set up the two northern leagues, abandoning the clubs in …
Read More “Arsenal wartime league tables and player appearances: 1915/16”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from 3 October Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: When direct attacks on refereeing competence can go unpunished Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history… Arsenal: March …
Read More “When Arsenal lost 7-0, and from that moment the footballing world changed.”
By Tony Attwood I have received this message relating to the game against Dynamo Moscow in 1945. I have pointed out that any of the people he is looking for would have to be 82 years old at least, but the documentary maker is keen to try any avenue. Here is the documentary maker’s email …
Read More “Were you at the Arsenal game against Dynamo Moscow?”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Today’s headline story comes in part from 1913 just a few months after Arsenal moved out of the Manor Ground in Plumstead to Highbury, it was reported engulfed in a fire. And the …
Read More “When direct attacks on refereeing competence can go unpunished”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Today’s headline story comes in part from 1913 just a few months after Arsenal moved out of the Manor Ground in Plumstead to Highbury, it was reported engulfed in a fire. And the …
Read More “2 wins from the first 8 games and 5 without scoring. 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. Today’s headline story comes in part from 1913 just a few months after Arsenal moved out of the Manor Ground in Plumstead to Highbury, it was reported engulfed in a fire. And the …
Read More “Serious fire at Arsenal; Wenger “to stay as long as he wants.””
By Tony Attwood Part 1: March In March 1916 the second competition of the London Combination wartime league was proceeding along its seemingly haphazard way through its penultimate month. As noted earlier, not every team in the league played each other, and the league had all the looks of something that was put together quickly …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Today’s headline story comes from 29 September 2002 with the 1-4 away win against Leeds United. There are details below, and more on the article that is linked from the piece in today’s …
Read More “Stanley Matthews said he was no good so he did factory work. Until Arsenal found him.”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Today’s headline story comes from 28 September 2002 with the 1-4 away win against Leeds United. There are details below, and more on the article that is linked from the piece in today’s …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from 27 September. 27 September 1957: Ted Platt’s last game. Ted then moved to Portsmouth where he played 31 games before moving on to Aldershot with whom he played 16. His …
Read More “When one of our greatest players suffered life threatening injuries”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from 26 September. 26 September 1932: Debut for FR “Tiger” Hill in friendly v St Johnstone. Aberdeen alleged that five of their players were involved in a match fixing betting scandal, …
Read More “At last, a match fixing scandal that actually benefited Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood This is part of the history of Arsenal during the time of Henry Norris’ involvement with the club. A full index of the articles so far presented, appears at the foot of this page. The month began with dispiriting news as a night-long German Zeppelin raid on the West Midlands on 1 February resulted …
Read More “Arsenal, February 1916: the 2nd league and a terrible tragedy on the pitch”
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from 25 September. The one we’ve highlighted comes from the very first year of Untold Arsenal when we did indeed suggest we would sign a midfielder for £40m. 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. These are the Anniversaries from 24 September. There are two anniversaries that stand out to me today. One is the signing of Gordon Nutt, who then played for the club within a …
Here are the Anniversaries from 23 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. There are two anniversaries that stand out to me today. One is the headline story of the match on 23 September 1922 which ended with a Tottenham player suspended for a month. The other is 23 September 2008 when Arsenal …
Read More “Tottenham player suspended for a month; club warned of possible ground closure.”
By Tony Attwood This is part of the history of Arsenal during the time of Henry Norris’ involvement with the club. A full index of the articles so far presented, appears at the foot of this page. Although it would not have been noticed in January 1916, as the war raged across the western world, …
Read More “Arsenal in wartime: January 1916. The end of the first wartime league.”
Here are the Anniversaries from 22 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Yesterday’s anniversaries were: “Nobody is ridiculous in this job as we know anything can happen.” A. Wenger. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history… November / December 1915: the match fixing scandal comes to the fore: Norris is armed 22 …
Read More “Arsenal let a brilliant, brilliant player slip through their fingers”
Here are the Anniversaries from 20 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Yesterday’s anniversaries were: “Nobody is ridiculous in this job as we know anything can happen.” A. Wenger. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history… November / December 1915: the match fixing scandal comes to the fore: Norris is …
Here are the Anniversaries from 20 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Yesterday’s anniversaries were: The ultimate Arsenal genius plays his first game and Arsenal take on the media – at last. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history covers October 1915 November / December 1915: the match fixing scandal comes …
Read More ““Nobody is ridiculous in this job as we know anything can happen.” A. Wenger.”
By Tony Attwood By November 1915 more and more of everyday life in the UK had been rearranged to cope with the war. It was clear to everyone that conscription was going to happen, and no one spoke about the war being concluded in a short space of time. During November the 177th and 182nd artillery brigades that …
Read More “November / December 1915: the match fixing scandal comes to the fore: Norris is armed”
Here are the Anniversaries from 19 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history covers October 1915 Arsenal in wartime: Norris’ genius for administration comes to the fore but reduces Arsenal’s playing staff. Later today: The match fixing is revealed – November/December 1915. 19 September …
Here are the Anniversaries from 18 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history covers October 1915 Arsenal in wartime: Norris’ genius for administration comes to the fore but reduces Arsenal’s playing staff. 18 September 1930: William Harper returned for second spell with Arsenal having …
Read More “He received the ball with his back to goal, 20 yards out, turned and shot.”
