AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
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 …
Read More “Arsenal in the summer of 1925: Knighton out and the club advertises for a manager”
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 …
Read More “Who scored Arsenal’s first Premier League goal, and what was the final score?”
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 …
Read More “Arsenal re-writes its own history: and gets it hopelessly wrong.”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, …
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This is part of our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. Details of the series are given at the end of the article. The previous article in the series was Experimenting with the offside law as Arsenal lose 6 in a row, scoring just 2. By Tony Attwood Arsenal entered March 1925 having lost six …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Experimenting with the offside law as Arsenal lose 6 in a …
Read More “Paul Merson predicts Arsenal will have an unbeaten season!”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Experimenting with the offside law as Arsenal lose 6 in a …
Read More “When winning the league means coming 5th and 5th means first.”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Experimenting with the offside law as Arsenal lose 6 in a …
Read More “A poor start at home does not mean the season will flop.”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) …
Read More “A most wonderful player, now long forgotten, who dispels a myth”
By Tony Attwood As I have reported through this series, as the debts of Arsenal were gradually paid off Sir Henry Norris had begun looking into the possibility of buying the land on which the Highbury ground was situated, and which was currently leased, and on 2 February 1925 Athletic News, undoubtedly after a conversation …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Managerial fantasies about West Ham, as a deep rot sets in. …
Read More ““This could be a player we’ll love and love again”. How right we were of this signing.”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Managerial fantasies about West Ham, as a deep rot sets in. Arsenal in January 1925. Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal …
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The Arsenal Anniversary Files Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Managerial fantasies about West Ham, as a deep rot sets in. Arsenal in January 1925. Below are the Arsenal (and 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 “41 years ago today the FA & League said advertising on shirts was utterly unacceptable”
The Arsenal Anniversary Files Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Managerial fantasies about West Ham, as a deep rot sets in. Arsenal in January 1925. Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal …
By Tony Attwood Updated 4 August to correct fact that WHU were a second division team when they reached the cup final, and note that the strangeness of the lack of contemporary leaks about the drugs tale. 1925 – a monumental year in the history of Arsenal, (and indeed in terms of rule changes, football …
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