12 consecutive games in which neither Arsenal nor the opposition scored more than one goal

      Today on Untold Arsenal:  Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur today What every football club (and most certainly Arsenal) is aiming for. The apparent decline of Tottenham and the question of care for players elsewhere Arsenal anniversaries on 3 March.  Today’s headline comes from 1993 3 March 1900.  Loughborough T 2 Arsenal 3.  The …

2 March. 50 years ago today Arsenal’s home crowd was just 19,210!

    Today on Untold Arsenal:  Positive injury news for Arsenal ahead of Monday’s game The apparent decline of Tottenham Today’s anniversary headline comes from Arsenal anniversaries on 2 March.  Today’s headline comes from 1974 2 March 1910.  Nottm Forest 1 Woolwich Arsenal 1.  The result was enough to take Arsenal out of the relegation …

1 March: Arsenal become the first league club to get 100 wins against an opponent

    Today on Untold Arsenal: Arsenal’s finances stay secure but we can expect more price rises for fans Today’s anniversary headline comes from 2023. Arsenal anniversaries on 1 March 1 March 1555.   On this day, Nostradamus’ Book of Centuries was published. Depending on how you read it, it predicts the fire of London …

Arsenal have never been beaten on 29 Feb, but untrue tales continue

      Today on Untold Arsenal: Did any club benefit from the January transfer window this season? Compiled by Tony Attwood There was a lovely headline from Arsenal World four years ago which read Manchester City [P-P] Arsenal – 29-Feb-2020 Match Report The was indeed postponed and so report was there none.  And of …

Arsenal anniversaries 28 February: Arsenal make it 32 goals in 7 games

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27 February: When the army recruited volunteers at half time in an Arsenal match

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26 February 1983: Arsenal man became the first to play 1000 first class games

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24 February: When Arsenal attempted to form its own league

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23 Feb 2008: when the wrong Arsenal player was sent off and his ban doubled on appeal

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Seven games without a win and Arsenal still won’t sack their manager

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21 February: Arsenal’s 10 league game without a win. Then: the Double!

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20 Feb: On this day Arsenal scored its fastest ever goal in the Champions League

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19 February, when a spectator is persuaded to play for Arsenal with awful consequences

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18 February: Tony Adams makes his international debut

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Today is the anniversary of the release of “The Arsenal Stadium Mystery” movie

  Today on Untold Arsenal: Burnley v Arsenal and the history between the two clubs Today’s headline comes from 1940 17 February 1902: 1000 spectators saw Arsenal beat QPR in the London League Premier Division.  But even though crowds were always low for these games, any income was worth having. 17 February 1906: Jimmy Ashcroft became Arsenal’s …

Arsenal anniversaries: When the ground was only half full for the north London derby.

    Today on Untold Arsenal: Could Burnley’s home scoring bonanza help save them against Arsenal? Today’s headline comes from 1974.    Below are the Arsenal anniversaries for today. 16 February 1886: Andy Ducat born.  It was his transfer from Arsenal after 175 league games that signalled that the club would sell any player in order …

Arsenal anniversaries 15 February

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The first ever football song: the first ever Arsenal song

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Arsenal anniversaries 12 February: An explosion at Arsenal’s ground

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10 February. When football was played on mud, not grass (the video)

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After 1 win in 4 games Arsenal start the run to winning to league.

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5 February: the first time ever that the Arsenal crowd was counted!

    By Tony Attwood Generally speaking books which record Arsenal’s results start with 1893, when Woolwich Arsenal entered the league.   Although for six seasons before that Arsenal did play a mixture of friendlies and cup games. Of course the FA Cup exploits of the club have long since been recorded, but the other games …

4 February 1956: one of the earliest videos ever of an Arsenal game!

    By Tony Attwood The league table before the game on 4 February 1956 hardly made good reading, and with Arsenal 17th and Sunderland 4th this wasn’t exactly match of the day.  But the TV station was in London, so it was withint easy reach. The video is below, but first the table before …

3 February: It is proposed that Arsenal should be elected to the First Division

  By Tony Attwood On 3 February 1919 the Athletic News put forward Arsenal’s case that the club should be elected to the First Division upon its expansion which was planned for the following season.. They also intimated that Chelsea, Preston and Derby starting the 1919-20 season in the First Division was a foregone conclusion.  …

Arsenal set new record for consecutive scoring on this day. No one is impressed

    By Tony Attwood On 2 February 2002 Arsenal drew 1-1 at home with Southampton.  It was considered a poor result since it left Arsenal 3rd in the table, whereas a win would have left them second.  For Southampton it meant that they were 13th – and the table showed them as a club …