AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. 100 Years in the First Division 1925/6 was Herbert Chapman’s first season at Arsenal, having left Huddersfield …
Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. 100 Years in the First Division Freddie Ljungberg was born on 16 April 1977 in Sweden and was spotted as …
By Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day 1921 was a time of great industrial unrest in Britain, …
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By Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day On this day in 1914 The Times, known as the …
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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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day Although crowds after the first world war were much higher than those before …
Read More “14 February 1925: the first trial of the new offside rule”
by Tony Attwood Fans can turn on players – it has happened over the years. Indeed it has happened all the way through the history of the club right back to the 19th century. Probably the first man to receive this treatment was Harry Storer who was born on 24 July 1870 and died aged just …
Read More “13 April 1895: the first ever Arsenal player to get representative honours”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day By Tony Attwood On 12 April 1913 Arsenal were almost relegated – although …
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by Tony Attwood On 11 April 1977 with 47,432 in the crowd the score was Arsenal 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0. The result edged Tottenham closer to the second division and took Macdonald, who scored, a little closer to the Daily Express’ prize of £10,000 to be given to the first player to get 30 …
Read More “11 April 1977: Arsenal beat Tottenham – Tottenham get relegated.”
by Tony Attwood Arsenal won the First Division Championship by drawing with Huddersfield 1-1 with four games to go. Arsenal then lost one and drew two of the remaining games before winning the final match 8-0. After the game (and remember this was the era of two points for a win, not three) Arsenal had …
Read More “10 April 1948: Arsenal win the league for the sixth time”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day James (Jimmy) Ashcroft is a player of enormous importance in the history of …
Read More “9 April 1943: Remembering Jimmy Ashcroft – Arsenal’s first great goalkeeper”
By Tony Attwood Arsenal 3 Ajax 0. Fairs Cup semi final first leg. (George 2, Sammels) We remember this day because it was a major step on the road to the first trophy since 1953. But perhaps we had realised that this might be the end of the drought right back on 18 March with …
Read More “8 April 1970: Arsenal 3 Ajax 0: Fairs Cup semi final first leg. “
The Arsenal History Society has collected hundreds of historic videos of the club’s games, which are sorted In Date Order: An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. In Order of the Clubs Played: 300+ Historic Videos Today we’ve picked out four games against Brighton…. 26 January 2013 25 January …
By Tony Attwood When we first hit on the idea of finding an Arsenal video for every day of the year we also added in the restriction that the video should be of an Arsenal victory. And curiously for 7 April that provided difficult. So until now on our schedule of Arsenal matches throughout the …
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day By Tony Attwood On 7 April 1994, the death of Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson …
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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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day For regular fans at Highbury1926/7 the season must have started as a time …
Read More “6 April 1926: Newcastle United 6 Arsenal 1. When it all went wrong for Chapman”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day by Tony Attwood These days winning the League Cup is not considered that …
Read More “5 April 1987: Arsenal end the most boring commentary in football history”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day by Tony Attwood On April 4th 1913 the “Highbury Defence Committee” persuaded Islington Council …
Read More “4 April 1913: When Islington Council voted Arsenal out of the borough”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club by Tony Attwood Tom Parker was born in …
Read More “3 April 1926: The start of a 172 consecutive game run.”
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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club On 2 April 1915 Arsenal lost to Hull …
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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 Arsenal in April – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club This was the day of Bernard Joy’s first …
Read More “1 April 1935: Bernard Joy, the man who miswrote Arsenal’s history, makes his debut”
By Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club After the end of the …
Read More “31 March 1919: how an Arsenal v Fulham match changed the face of London football”
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 Arsenal in March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club On this day in 1915 Henry Norris, chairman …
Read More “30 March 1915: Norris complains that some clubs were working against the war effort”
by Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club Marc Overmars is one of …
by Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club On 28 March 1896 Royal …
By Tony Attwood 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 Arsenal in March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club Sunderland 1 Arsenal 0. Not …
Read More “27 March 1910. The Arsenal player who simply walked out and moved elsewhere.”
