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We publish a new Arsenal match video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the mauve headline …
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Today’s video is the one the media described as a surreal free for all. We publish a new Arsenal match video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left …
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Arsenal 5 Wednesday 0 in Division 1 9 September 1989 Here are the anniversaries 9 September 1893: Arsenal’s first defeat in the league: Notts County 3 Woolwich Arsenal 2. Elliott and Shaw scored Arsenal’s goals making it one draw and one defeat in the opening two matches. Billy Heath (the man who scored football’s first penalty …
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We publish a new Arsenal match video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the mauve headline …
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We publish a new Arsenal match video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the …
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Interesting in this video to hear the strong criticism of the referee – something that is not allowed by commentators these days. We publish a new video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site.You can find videos for previous days by clicking …
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You can find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column under Recent Posts or by clicking on the mauve headline at the top of the screen on the right, which will take you to yesterday’s selected video. Here are the anniversaries… 5 September 1882: Hotspur Football Club formed. While …
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Click here to watch the video of Arsenal 3 Chelsea 3 on 4 September 1996 You can find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column under Recent Posts or by clicking on the mauve headline at the top of the screen on the right, which will take you to yesterday’s selected …
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Clough and Taylor had won all four of their opening matches of the season when Nottingham Forest travelled to Arsenal on 3 September 1977. You can find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column under Recent Posts or by clicking on the mauve headline at the top of the screen …
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Here is the video 2 September 1666: Outbreak of the Great Fire of London. 2 September 1893: Woolwich Arsenal 2 Newcastle Utd 2. This was the first ever league match of the club, with the goals coming from Shaw and Elliott. Also see this report And the original reports in the press. Not one of the Arsenal players this day …
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Here are the anniversaries… 1 September 1888: The first recorded pre-season friendly involving just Arsenal, in which Arsenal first team (The Probables) played the reserves (The Improbables). A second match was arranged one week later, after which the matches against other clubs began. 1 September 1893: Kentish Mercury reported Jack Humble, the Woolwich Arsenal chairman, had …
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Here are the anniversaries 31 August 1906: Percy Sands signed as a professional, although he had been playing with Arsenal as an amateur since 1902, while also working as a teacher. He played for the club for 17 years, playing 327 games. 31 August 1909: the FA agreed that professional players could be members of the …
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30 August 2008 Arsenal v Newcastle United. Here are the anniversaries – mostly of Arsenal, and one or two others. 30 August 1797: Mary Shelly, author of Frankenstein, was born. 30 August 1913: The first ever match played at the Gillespie Road ground, later renamed Highbury. It was the third training match of the pre-season, with …
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Notice all the policemen standing there watching the crowd! And the empty terracing. This day in 1987. Here are the rest of the anniversaries… 29 August 1920: Rioting in Northern Ireland continued with 11 dead and many more injured in street battles in Belfast. Meanwhile Great Britain played its one and only game in the …
Below is our selected video for this day in history, along with all the Arsenal anniversaries of interest that we can find. This is published by The Arsenal History Society, part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of …
There’s a choice of videos today. If you want the quick version of Leicester 3 Arsenal 3 from 1997 just click here. But if you want the real thing (and why not, because this was the game when Bergkamp delivered three goals of the season all in one game) here it is below. https://youtu.be/_eknNh0V_NM And …
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Below is our selected video for this day in history, along with all the Arsenal anniversaries of interest that we can find. This is published by The Arsenal History Society, part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of …
Below is our selected video for this day in history, along with all the Arsenal anniversaries of interest that we can find. This is published by The Arsenal History Society, part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of …
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Below is our selected video for this day in history, along with all the Arsenal anniversaries of interest that we can find. This is published by The Arsenal History Society, part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of …
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Below is our selected video for this day in history, along with all the Arsenal anniversaries of interest that we can find. This is published by The Arsenal History Society, part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior …
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On this day in 2004 Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 5-3. Here’s the video Here are the anniversaries for this day, mostly of Arsenal but a few others as well. 22 August 1485 Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. 22 August 1642: The English civil war began. 22 …
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That was Arsenal’s first home game of the season, and a defeat to Leeds – worth listening to the commentary! But it was not doom and gloom for long – we were on our way to the third double. The anniversaries for today are below, but first a note about who we are… The Arsenal …
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Bruce Rioch was by no means the man with the shortest spell as Arsenal manager, but most of those who have managed for a shorter period of time have done so because they were temporary appointments: James McEwen (2 games), Pat Rice (4), Freddie Ljungberg (6)… Beyond doubt the most successful of the short term …
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The opening game of the season played on this day in 1989 saw Arsenal, the champions, defeated by last season’s 11th placed team Manchester United, 4-1. Prior to the game the new Man U chairman appeared on the pitch complete with football, performed a very decent keepy-upy and then slammed a ball into the net. …
On this day in 2001 Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and two from Dennis Bergkamp started Arsenal’s great away games run which went on for 22 away games without defeat after a season in which the media went on and on and on about Arsenal’s poor away form. The club had come runners’ up in the …
