AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Here are the Anniversaries from 13 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article is The rebirth of Arsenal after the move to Highbury: November 1913. 13 August 1934: Ken Friar born. He started with Arsenal aged 12 and rose through the club to rose become Company Secretary in …
Read More “How Arsenal have managed to screw up their own history”
Here are the Anniversaries from 12 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article is The rebirth of Arsenal after the move to Highbury: November 1913. 12 August 1917: Frank Boulton born. He started out with Bristol City, before moving on to Bath City, from where he was transferred …
by Tony Attwood We left Arsenal in our last article (The players who launched Arsenal’s rebirth), finishing October with five wins, two draws and two defeats in their opening nine games – the best start to a season since 1906. The table looked like this… Pos Team Pld W D L F A GAvg Pts …
Read More “The rebirth of Arsenal after the move to Highbury: November 1913.”
Here are the Anniversaries from 11 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities undertaken by the Arsenal History Society are at the end of today’s list. 11 August 1947: Don Roper signed from Southampton (See background article here). He …
Read More “The day Paul Merson successfully predicted the Unbeaten Season – before it happened!”
Here are the Anniversaries from 10 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities undertaken by the Arsenal History Society are at the end of today’s list. The answer to the question in the headline is that this occurred on 10 …
Read More “What happened after Arsenal returned 8000 Community Shield tickets?”
This article is part of the series Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index to the articles in the series so far is shown at the end of this piece. More information about the work of the Arsenal History Society is given on our home page by Tony Attwood Arsenal’s team for the …
Read More “The players who launched Arsenal’s rebirth and Arsenal’s games in October 1913.”
Here are the Anniversaries from 9 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities undertaken by the Arsenal History Society are at the end of today’s list. 9 August 1914: Joe Mercer born. He first played for Ellesmere Port Town before going …
Read More “The birth and death of Joe Mercer & the 2nd Double Season starts with a draw.”
Here are the Anniversaries from 8 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. You might also be interested in our in-depth analysis of the first days at Highbury which continues with When Highbury opened, and “Victoria Concordia Crescit” was introduced Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities …
Here are the Anniversaries from 7 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. You might also be interested in our in-depth analysis of the first days at Highbury which continues with When Highbury opened, and “Victoria Concordia Crescit” was introduced Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities …
Read More “The day we signed Henry, Gilberto and Santi Cazorla. Arsenal anniversaries, 7 August.”
Here are the Anniversaries from 6 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. You might also be interested in our in-depth analysis of the first days at Highbury which continues with When Highbury opened, and “Victoria Concordia Crescit” was introduced Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities …
Read More “Signing Pat Jennings and the very unlucky Ryan Garry. Anniversaries 6 August.”
This article is part of the series Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index to the articles in the series so far is shown at the end of this piece. More information about the work of the Arsenal History Society is given on our home page By Tony Attwood With the opening of Highbury …
Read More “When Highbury opened, and “Victoria Concordia Crescit” was introduced”
These are the Arsenal anniversaries we have listed for 5 August. If you know any more, or have any corrections please do let us know. Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities undertaken by the Arsenal History Society are at the end of the piece 5 August 1946: Ian Buchanan …
Read More “Vivas! arrives and Arsenal don’t go to Nigeria. Arsenal anniversaries on 5 August”
These are the anniversaries we have listed for 4 August. If you know any more, or have any corrections please do let us know. Details of the whole list of 5000 Arsenal anniversaries and other activities undertaken by the Arsenal History Society are at the end of the piece… 4 August 1914: The UK declared …
By Tony Attwood The summer of 1913 was for Arsenal one of great sadness and great excitement. Sadness at leaving the homeland that had seen the club form as a works team for the Dial Square factory in 1886, and sadness at the animosity that had grown up surrounding the club and its proposed move. …
Read More “Norris at the Arsenal: 1913 and the opening weeks at Highbury”
This article is one of a daily series of such pieces covering the history of Arsenal in 5000 events. 3 August 1968: Continuing the tradition of playing Rangers pre-season as initiated by Herbert Chapman, Arsenal drew 2-2 at Ibrox. 3 August 1998: Scott Marshall transferred to Southampton having played 26 games for Arsenal. He only …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal anniversaries on 2 August – from the burial of Sir Henry Norris to beating Chelsea in the Community Shield. 2 August 1934: Lt Col Sir Henry Norris, the man who rescued the club from bankruptcy, paid for Highbury, brought in Herbert Chapman and created the modern Arsenal was laid to rest …
Here are the details of the anniversaries for 1 August for Arsenal FC. Details of how to find all of the 5000+ anniversaries in our list are shown at the end of today’s list. Also on this day – the end of legal slavery in the UK. ?August 1890 Royal Arsenal Committee representatives signed …
Read More “Arsenal Anniversaries for 1 August: from the first stadium to the first Emirates Cup.”
By Tony Attwood In previous articles (see details at the end of this article) we have seen that Henry Norris had a clear vision of where he wanted Arsenal to move to, and we know that he had an extensive knowledge of the issues relating to building in London. It was, after all, where he …
Read More “How Henry Norris secured Highbury for Arsenal in 1913.”
Welcome to the daily review of Arsenal anniversaries. This one is for 31 July, and prepared on 31 July 2017. The Arsenal anniversaries are 31 July 1951: Ian McPherson sold back to Notts County. He had played 152 games for Arsenal, and won a league winners medal in 1958. After County he moved to Brentford …
Read More “Arsenal anniversaries 31 July, and the first camera to land on the moon.”
Today is also the anniversary of the passing of the man who more than anyone created the modern Arsenal – Henry Norris. He rescued Arsenal when it had run out of money, moved the club to Highbury, and ultimately brought in Herbert Chapman. It is often said that he fixed the promotion of Arsenal to …
Read More “Arsenal anniversaries for 30 July, and the day of the FA’s one major achievement.”
By Tony Attwood From Malcolm MacDonald to Wojciech Szczęsny, the anniversaries for 29 July 29 July 1912: David Neave transferred to Merthyr. He had played for Arsenal in two separate spells between 1904 and 1912, making 168 appearances (154 in the league) and scoring 32 goals (30 in the league). 29 July 1956: Viv Anderson born. …
Read More “10 Arsenal anniversaries 29 July, and Bob Dylan’s motorcycle accident”
Here are today’s anniversaries for the club, prepared by the Arsenal History Society. 28 July 1901: Bill Seddon born in Clapton and after playing junior football moved to Gillingham, and had an unsuccessful trial with Villa before coming to Arsenal in December 1924. 28 July 1951: Ray Kennedy born. He was initially rejected by Stanley …
Read More “13 Arsenal anniversaries for 28 July from Bill Seddon to Calum Chambers”
By Tony Attwood, with thanks to Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews. In the previous article in this series we have seen how Henry Norris specifically chose a location for Arsenal in north London that was roughly equidistant from both Tottenham’s and Clapton Orient’s grounds in the belief (based on his experience at Fulham, and his …
Read More “Norris at the Arsenal 14: Arsenal relegated amidst allegations of match fixing”
Here is a list of Arsenal anniversaries from 27 July. You can read the full Arsenal anniversary files containing over 5000 events on this site – at Arsenal on this Day. Details of many other series of articles about Arsenal’s history are given on the home page of this site. 27 July 1913: Albert …
By Tony Attwood It is sometimes wondered, and indeed I have wondered it myself, why Henry Norris did nothing in the early part of the 1912/13 season to bring in new players to help pull the club away from the relegation zone. The answer I think is that he was convinced that the salvation of …
Read More “Norris at the Arsenal Part 13: Amid protests from the locals Arsenal’s future is secured”
