AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Arsenal moved from the south bank of the Thames to north London in 1913; something that caused some protests from Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton Orient who feared their crowd numbers would suffer. In fact the increased local rivalry meant that crowd numbers for all three clubs increased. What is often ignored in this discussion is …
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The movie, “The Arsenal Stadium Mystery” was released on this day in 1940, giving tens of thousands the chance to hear the phrase ‘1-0 to the Arsenal’ for the first time. Here is the full list of anniversaries for this day. 17 February 1902: 1000 spectators saw Arsenal beat QPR in the London League Premier …
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Looking back at the Arsenal anniversaries for 16 February we are inevitably drawn to the case of Eduardo – who returned to action on this day just a few days under one year after being crippled by a tackle so terrible that really the player who undertook it, should never have played again. On 23 …
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To be fair, I can’t say that the 1910 criticism of the referee in a cartoon in the Woolwich Gazette was the first such suggestion of referee corruption but there were not too many such comments around in the early days. As for Arsenal at Buckingham Palace, this was certainly the first time a squad …
The stated reason for changing the offside rule in 1925 was to stop the decline in the number of people attending games, which itself was deemed to be because of the decline in the number of goals scored. The change in the rule, which meant that only two men had to be between an …
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From the off, newspapers could be as fascinated by the crowd as they were by the games – and indeed this is not surprising given that crowd activities were easier to describe and tended to get a bigger response from the readership. 13 February 1892: The first ever recorded incident of a club song being …
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While the first Arsenal double in 1971 is of course remembered as a core part of the club’s history, what happened thereafter is rarely mentioned. Bertie Mee stayed in office and attempted to introduce a military style approach to managing footballers – footballers who now were immortalised and feted after their achievements. Tension was …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal, along with a few non-Arsenal events of note for today. Our lead story from 9 February 2003 relates to how Bobby Robson the ex-England manager, outrageously accused Bergkamp without the slightest piece of evidence of deliberately getting Laurent Robert sent off in 1-1 draw with Newcastle. The rule among journalists …
Here are the Arsenal anniversaries for 8 February. 8 February 1902: First game for Thomas Tindal Fitchie – the man who signed five times for Arsenal. Known as the prince of dribblers he signed for clubs seventeen times in his career as he combined being a travelling salesman with being a footballer. 8 February 1905: …
Here are the anniversaries for 7 February throughout Arsenal’s history. 7 February 1872: Stanley Briggs, a centre half, was born in Stamford Hill, on this date and was signed by Arsenal on 23 October 1893 as an amateur from Tottenham, to whom he later returned. 7 February 1903: The biggest crowd yet at the Manor …
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Here are the anniversaries of Arsenal FC for 6 February. 6 February 1892: Royal Arsenal 2 Cambridge University 1; a friendly in the final season for the club before it became Woolwich Arsenal. 6 February 1894: Ly Burrows debut for Woolwich Arsenal v Rotherham. As an amateur he was able to swap between Arsenal and …
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Here are the Arsenal anniversaries for today 5 February 1887: Millwall Rovers 4 Royal Arsenal 0. This was the first Arsenal game ever with a recorded crowd number – 500 – and was played against the club’s main local rivals at the time. 5 February 1889: Matthew Shortt was born. He played with Dalbeattie Star …
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Here are today’s anniversaries 4 February 1888: Arsenal 6 Tottenham 2. This was a return friendly following the opening match which was abandoned with Tottenham winning 2-1. No crowd figure is given by the next game between the two in south London the following September attracted 500. 4 February 1905: Final game for William Gooing. …
3 February 1894: Last game for Charlie Booth. He played in the first ever league match for Woolwich Arsenal, and was a member of the team that played City Ramblers in the FA Cup in which he was one of the three who each scored three. It was also the first league game for …
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Here are the anniversaries for Arsenal FC for 2 February. 2 February 1896: Burnley 6 Arsenal 1. Some Arsenal handbooks have this date listed but the game was actually played on Saturday 1 February. 2 February 1898: Birth of Harry Storer Jnr. His father was the the first man to be forced out of Arsenal …
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The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing of anniversaries in the right hand column of this …
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The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing of anniversaries in the right hand column of this …
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Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
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By Tony Attwood I recently published a little piece on Looking for Arsenal Players as we regularly get emails from readers looking for information about relatives who may have played for Arsenal. So what I thought I would do when I get such requests for information is this. I’ll put them up as an …
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Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
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Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal FC from 28 January. A full index of all the anniversaries for the month can be found here. 28 January 1888: Royal Arsenal 6 Champion Hill 0. There’s no record of Champion Hill FC, although Dulwich Hamlet moved to the Champion Hill ground in Southwark in 1912. …
Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
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Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
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Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
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Looking for a lost Arsenal player? See our article here. The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing …
