AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood There once was a time when Arsenal was revered as the best team in the country. In fact there was more than one time. And yet somehow of late it seemed to slip away. Last season’s fifth position was indeed an improvement on coming 8th (twice) – our worst position since 1995. And …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: The complete story of Arsenal’s …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919 …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. On 4 November, in 2001, Arsenal went four down in 20 minutes in the worst half at home in Arsène Wenger years. It ended Arsenal 2 Charlton 4. So why am I mentioning this on our site that promotes …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. 3 November 1963 Today is the birthday of Ian Edward Wright MBE. We all wish Ian a very happy birthday. Ian Wright played for Arsenal for seven years clocking up 128 league goals in 221 games. During his time with …
By Tony Attwood 2 November 1974: Arsenal 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, with a crowd of 27,572. Eddy Kelly asked for a transfer, Jimmy Rimmer asked for an assurance that Shilton wasn’t going to be signed, and Arsenal managed to avoid defeat for two matches running for the first time since getting a couple of …
1 November 2002: Leeds 1 Arsenal 4 An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. This video is longer than the ones I normally choose running at …
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October 31, 2009 The video of this most amazing goal straight from a Tottenham kick off comes courtesy of Facebook – just click on the link below for the entire sequence from kick off to goal – in around five seconds. Before the game the league table looked like this… Team P W D …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Tony Attwood 30 October 2012: Reading 5 Arsenal 7 Just looking at the score from this league cup match in 2012 makes one still think there must be a misprint. So here is a video to remind you …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919 …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919 …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year (this series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s …
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26 October 2003: A forgotten, but staggering Henry goal scored on this day in the unbeaten season When we think of the unbeaten season we tend not to think of going 1-0 down to Charlton, but it is worth remembering now just to see the Henry equalizer. And his attempt before that was pretty amazing …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Sammy Nelson: made his Arsenal debut against Ipswich on this day in 1969 On 25 October 1969 Sammy Nelson made his debut in a 0-0 draw with Ipswich. He went on to play 245 league …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Tony Attwood On 24 October 1936, The East Stand, Highbury opened for the game against Grimsby. It had cost the club £130,000; less than the weekly wage of a player by 2020! With the West …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. On 23 October 1994, Freddie Ljungberg made his debut for Halmstads – the start of his senior footballing career. In all, he played 79 games for the team before moving to Arsenal in 1998. As …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. On 22 October 1949 Arsène Wenger was born. Happy birthday Mr Wenger. He went on to become Arsenal’s first permanent non-British manager, the club’s longest-serving manager, the Arsenal manager who won the most trophies, the …
Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Tony Attwood; AISA Arsenal History Society 1922/3 was Arsenal’s third season at Highbury, and their third season back in the first division after the league was expanded at the end of the first world war. …
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By Tony Attwood On this day in 2022:A staggering Arsenal victory, and media proclaim Tottenham to be “miserable” Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. 20 October 1990: Man U 0 Arsenal 1 – Arsenal deducted two points. Arsenal started the 1990/1 …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. 19 October 1974: when Arsenal and Tottenham were the bottom two in the 1st Division. The autumn of 1974 was not a good time to be a fan of a north London club. On 16 October the …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. 18 October 1997. Arsenal were top of the league. But then… Premier League table after close of play on 18 October 1997 Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts …
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