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Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Autumn 1926: the Chapman magic fades at Arsenal 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 Society website. An index to the monthly …
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Autumn 1926: the Chapman magic fades at Arsenal 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 Society website. An index to the monthly …
Read More “Which unlikely person said of Arsenal, “I’ve not seen anything as good as that”?”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Autumn 1926: the Chapman magic fades at Arsenal 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 Society website. An index to the monthly …
Read More “Scan reveals Arsenal star’s life threatening back problems.”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Autumn 1926: the Chapman magic fades at Arsenal 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 Society website. An index to the monthly …
Read More “The day it became clear that huge amounts of Arsenal’s history was fiction.”
by Tony Attwood September had ended in disappointment with Arsenal sitting in 11th position in the League having won three, drawn three and lost two games. The prime problem was in attack – the team had scored just 13 goals – which in the context of the change in the offside rule the previous season …
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society September 1926: the great march forwards comes to a puzzling halt 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 Society website. An index …
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society September 1926: the great march forwards comes to a puzzling halt 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 Society website. An index …
Read More “The milkman’s assistant chose Kettering and became the greatest full back of the age”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society September 1926: the great march forwards comes to a puzzling halt 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 Society website. An index …
Read More “Tottenham player suspended for a month for swearing”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society September 1926: the great march forwards comes to a puzzling halt 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 Society website. An index …
Read More “When the missing minutes of an abandoned game were added to the next fixture”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society September 1926: the great march forwards comes to a puzzling halt 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 Society website. An index …
by Tony Attwood This article is part of the series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” The previous chapter is published at Arsenal in the Summer of 1926: the summer tour and the start of the bus affair. Details of the whole series be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal ————– Although Arsenal entered the 1926/7 …
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Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the Summer of 1926: the summer tour and the start of the bus affair The next article in the series will be published later today. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete …
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the Summer of 1926: the summer tour and the start of the bus affair 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 “He’d only ever played 17 first team games and cost £2000. Our greatest ever player.”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the Summer of 1926: the summer tour and the start of the bus affair 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 “When the aggression was so bad the ref backed off and let the players get on with it”
This article is part of the series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” The previous chapter is published at April 1926: Arsenal come 2nd. Details of the whole series be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal *** This article was updated 8 October 2018 to incorporate a point I missed in the convoluted bus affair. My apologies; …
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Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society April 1926: Arsenal come 2nd – the best performance yet – and the National Strike is called A new article will follow later today. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over …
Read More “Arsenal’s chief scout cycles by a playing field, and offers one player a contract”
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversary headline comes from 1970 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society April 1926: Arsenal come 2nd – the best performance yet – and the National Strike is called Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for …
Read More “When the players fought at the meal table rather than on the pitch”
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1993 and 1931 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society April 1926: Arsenal come 2nd – the best performance yet – and the National Strike is called Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries …
Read More “Osama bin Laden in the Arsenal shop, the Royal Navy goes on strike”
by Tony Attwood Arsenal opened the final full month of Chapman’s first season at Arsenal in second place in the league while recognising that following their recent stumbles in terms of results they now had no realistic chance of stopping Huddersfield getting their third title in a row. However Arsenal were still in a good …
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1925 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society March 1926: The title slips away from Arsenal but second place looks a real possibility. A new article on the last stages of the season will appear later today. Below are the Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal’s most local derby ever – and it wasn’t against Tottenham”
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2009 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society March 1926: The title slips away from Arsenal but second place looks a real possibility. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from …
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Here’s a clue to the question. Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1953 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society March 1926: The title slips away from Arsenal but second place looks a real possibility. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two …
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1922 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society March 1926: The title slips away from Arsenal but second place looks a real possibility. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from …
These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2016 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society March 1926: The title slips away from Arsenal but second place looks a real possibility. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from …
Read More “4 bookings in 8 minutes and Santi Cazorla scoring in the 4th minute of time added,”
by Tony Attwood March 1926 opened with the champions of the last two years at the top of the league. Pos Team P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Huddersfield Town 30 15 10 5 65 46 1.413 40 2 Sunderland 31 16 6 9 74 55 1.345 38 3 Arsenal 30 15 …
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