These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1969 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Feb 1926: Injuries, shock team selections, Arsenal slip up 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 …
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These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1979 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Feb 1926: Injuries, shock team selections, Arsenal slip up 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 …
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These are the anniversary files of Arsenal FC Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1991 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Feb 1926: Injuries, shock team selections, Arsenal slip up 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 …
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Today’s Arsenal Anniversary Files are dedicated to the memory of our good friend Ian Snelling who died earlier this year. In remembrance of this site’s good friend Ian Snelling – Gf60. Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1890, 1913 (twice) and 1986 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Feb 1926: Injuries, shock team …
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By Tony Attwood Ian Snelling, also known in the blog world as Gf60, passed away in June this year. Ian was very much a contributor to this site, in that from the moment I started the anniversary files he began to email me on issues concerning various dates and details that we were publishing. At …
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By Tony Attwood By the start of February 1926 the league table showed a very tight situation at the top Pos Team P W D L F A GAv GD Pts 1 Arsenal 26 14 5 7 56 42 1.333 14 33 2 Sunderland 28 14 5 9 65 50 1.300 15 33 3 Huddersfield …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1882 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society January 1926: Arsenal top of the league and winning in the Cup, Norris walking away The next episode will be published later today. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2000 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society January 1926: Arsenal top of the league and winning in the Cup, Norris walking away Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of …
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By Tony Attwood 1925 had ended with an unprecedented event: Arsenal were top of the league Pos Team P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Arsenal 23 13 4 6 52 36 1.444 30 2 Sunderland 23 12 5 6 54 40 1.350 29 3 Huddersfield Town 21 10 8 3 43 33 …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1988 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Dec 1925: Arsenal’s winning run comes to an end but they stay top of the League. The next article will be published later today. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1893, 1912 and 2013 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Dec 1925: Arsenal’s winning run comes to an end but they stay top of the League. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1934 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal reach the top of the 1st division for the first time ever. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal approached December 1925 in high spirits, and not just from the traditional drinking. The club had five games to play and were top of the league. Recent results had suggested that many clubs had managed to make sense of the new offside law both in terms of attack and defence, and …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2003, and the answer of course is The Unbeaten Season, which I think says something about the Times ability to report anything. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal reach the top of the 1st division for the first time ever. Below are the …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1913, 1918, 1919 and 1939. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal reach the top of the 1st division for the first time ever. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete …
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By Tony Attwood We are currently evolving a series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The full index to the whole series is here, and there are more details at the foot of the article. As Arsenal entered November 1925, things under Chapman were better than they had been under Knighton, for Arsenal had won three …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2009. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society October 1925: the month that turned English football inside out, and back again. 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 …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1891. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society October 1925: the month that turned English football inside out, and back again. 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 …
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By Tony Attwood Even if you don’t know much about Arsenal’s history you might well have come across mention of the first match in October 1925, for which the result was Newcastle 7 Arsenal 0. The tale is that Chapman and Buchan sat down after the match and analysed what went wrong, and came up …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1932 – which is itself a clue as to what happened. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman at the Arsenal – the opening month. Chaos in the goalmouth! Later today: The month that everything changed. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2009 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman at the Arsenal – the opening month. Chaos in the goalmouth! 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 …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1899 and 1984 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman at the Arsenal – the opening month. Chaos in the goalmouth! Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1974 – such a short time after winning the Double, the crowd had shrunk to 27,000, showing perhaps that even a few thousand empty seats at the Emirates is still an improvement on what used to happen. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman …
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———- The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1914 – the answer to the question is six months and the game was a friendly. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman at the Arsenal – the opening month. Chaos in the goalmouth! Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally …
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by Tony Attwood We left Arsenal with the club having bought Highbury outright, and having installed Herbert Chapman, the man who had just won the League two years in succession with Huddersfield Town – the most unlikely of champions – as their new manager. The Reds had played the Blues in two pre-season trial games …
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