AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
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 …
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 …
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 …
Read More “When the media complained about an Arsenal man, and Uefa immediately charged him.”
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 …
Read More “One year after the first regular column about Arsenal, and everyone’s complaining.”
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, …
Read More “Birmingham 0 Arsenal 1 – the start Arsenal’s most significant run. So what happened?”
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 …
Read More “When the media turned on Arsenal and overturned the ref’s decision.”
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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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 When Arsenal’s 15 year plan to become the biggest club in the league, came to fruition. Below are the Arsenal (and …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1962 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society When Arsenal’s 15 year plan to become the biggest club in the league, came to fruition. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete …
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1971 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society When Arsenal’s 15 year plan to become the biggest club in the league, came to fruition. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files …
Read More “When Manchester Utd v Arsenal was played at Anfield. But why?”
By Tony Attwood In our last episode we saw Arsenal manager Leslie Knighton either resign or be sacked from Arsenal immediately the 1924/5 season was over, and then rather peculiarly seemingly work out two week’s notice. During that time an advertisement appeared in Athletic News advertising the post of manager at Arsenal. We also considered …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2000 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the summer of 1925: Knighton out and the club advertises for a manager Coming up next: Hello Chapman! Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2001 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the summer of 1925: Knighton out and the club advertises for a manager Coming up today: Hello Chapman! Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken …
Read More “Who said, ““I saw something today I never saw last season – we played as a team.””
By Tony Attwood As we have seen, on 2 May 1925 Arsenal played its last match of the season – away to Bury. Arsenal lost 2-0 and finished one place above the two relegation spots. It was Arsenal’s worst performance since the resumption of football in 1919 although only marginally worse than the season before. Arsenal were …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 2013 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society April 1925: the end is nigh; Arsenal escape, experiments continue, a new dawn approaches Coming up today: Farewell Knighton 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 1925. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society April 1925: the end is nigh; Arsenal escape, experiments continue, a new dawn approaches Coming up shortly: Signing Chapman Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from …
By Tony Attwood As you will have gathered from this series, (although I suspect you already knew), Leslie Knighton was at this moment approaching the end of his time at Arsenal, and the club most certainly had a “this can’t go on” feeling about it as they moved into the last full month of the …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1992, rather obviously. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, but recovery is slight Coming up shortly: Knighton’s final run Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1996 and 2005. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, but recovery is slight Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files …
Read More “One of the great great signings and the countdown to opening a stadium on time.”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Arsenal are notorious for re-writing its own history, often getting much of the past wrong and the Arsenal handbook published on this day in 1968 was no exception. Details below. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, but recovery is …
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