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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More ““I took off my shirt and threw it in the manager’s face””
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More “Arsenal goalkeeper accused of smuggling offences”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More “When Arsenal scored three goals in six games but only lost one. But who was the manager?”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More “Man U’s ground a health hazard and 4-0 down, 7-5 up.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More “If we can’t criticise his football we can criticise his English. The media & Pirès”
By Tony Attwood This continues our history of Henry Norris at the Arsenal; there is a link to the full series at the end of this article. In the last chapter we saw Arsenal recover somewhat in the League, but then lose the FA Cup final to Cardiff. Although today it is generally assumed that …
Read More “Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot …
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot …
Read More “When 10 games in the top division gave us 14 goals – and it was all England’s fault.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot …
Read More “Arsenal: The worst run in 15 years & the best season ever!”
By Tony Attwood April 1927: this is part of our continuing series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. Details of the whole series of articles on Henry Norris at the Arsenal can be found here Following on from our last chapter, the investigations into Arsenal that William Hall had wanted to prevent but which Sir Henry …
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian …
Read More “A game so dull that it made potato picking seem like profound rapture. “
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all …
Read More “Wenger accuses Riley of cheating; Ferguson gets a pizza; Arsenal players get immortality”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all …
Happy birthday Mr Wenger Our Arsenal anniversaries for 22 October are below. Our headline comes of course from 1949. Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets …
Read More “Arsène Wenger born and immediately a newspaper accuses Arsenal of dirty habits”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all time. …
Read More “When beating Southampton 1-0 started a run that ended in magnificence”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all …
Read More “When 9 of the Arsenal starting XI had risen from the Arsenal youth ranks.”
By Tony Attwood By the start of March 1927 Arsenal was in turmoil. One director was about to resign, the board could not agree on the best way forward, the manager and the chairman were at loggerheads, the trainer had gone (although to be fair, he was replaced by a man who turned out to …
Read More “Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff”
Latest news item: The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. The March 1927 article in which the crisis at Arsenal reaches its summit will be published later today. Below …
Read More “When 4 of the bottom 6 were London clubs, and Arsenal were bottom of the lot”
Latest news item: The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken …
Read More “When two wins in eight autumn games was the prelude of a fantastic season”
Latest news item: The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today …
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal …
Read More “Celebrating today the anniversary of the final game of the magnificent 49”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal …
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “The ref who accused Wenger of assault is himself charged with misconduct”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “Arsenal smash the transfer record; ancient Britons take over Stamford Bridge”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Chaos at the Arsenal. The dramatic and bizarre story of February 1927. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “The day Arsenal started a run of 23 games without a win”
