AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 14 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in January 1922. progress resumes The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, …
Read More “When The Times reported Arsenal had changed its name; but they hadn’t.”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 13 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in January 1922. progress resumes The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from …
Read More “When the press reported that football was being flagrantly manipulated by TV”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 12 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in January 1922. progress resumes The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, …
Read More “1995: One win in seven, and 5 points off relegation. Life just before Wenger.”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 11 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in January 1922. Norris returns, progress resumes The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal …
Read More “When both Man U and Arsenal had a chance of the double as the season neared its end”
By Tony Attwood 1922 saw the British Empire at its absolute height covering about a quarter of the world and ruling over a quarter of the world’s population. It grew no further. And it was a country undergoing changes. 70,000 new cars a year were being produced and the number was increasing dramatically as the …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 10 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Man U take over from Arsenal at the bottom of the League A new article will appear later today. The current series: Covering all aspects …
Read More ““Everton were so ordinary they made Arsenal look average.” What year was that?”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 9 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Man U take over from Arsenal at the bottom of the League The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the …
By Tony Attwood This is part of our continuing investigation into Henry Norris at the Arsenal. Links to the series appear at the end of the article. We take up the story with Arsenal having won two and lost one of their three games in November 1921 – a significant improvement, but not enough to …
Read More “Man U take over from Arsenal at the bottom of the League”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 8 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in November 1921: the fog, the goal rush, the resignation. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man …
Read More “10 Arsenal games without victory and 6 without scoring. But who was the manager?”
Our quiz based on last week’s anniversaries asked these questions In each case we gave four possible answers… 1: In Britain in the era after the first world war an issue arose several times which caused away teams in London significant difficulty in completing their away fixtures. What was it? 2: In the 1930s Arsenal …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 7 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in November 1921: the fog, the goal rush, the resignation. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man …
Read More “When Arsenal asked Tottenham to change the date of a game, and they said no”
Every day we publish an array of Arsenal anniversaries. But have you been taking notice of the AISA Arsenal History Society daily anniversary files? Indeed, maybe you feel you know all there is to know about the history of football and don’t need to. So if that is the case, here are five questions based …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 6 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Arsenal in November 1921: the fog, the goal rush, the resignation. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man …
Read More ““Arsenal season in ruins”. Press headline on this day in the Unbeaten season”
By Tony Attwood One question hangs over the opening of the 1920/21 season and the fact that Arsenal won only two of their first 12 games in the league from August up to the end of October. What was the cause of such a decline in a club that had ended the previous season in …
Read More “Arsenal in November 1921: the fog, the goal rush, the resignation.”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 5 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… When Arsenal hit rock bottom of the League. October 1921 The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who …
Read More “The day Chapman resigned from Arsenal and was told to go back to work”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 4 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… When Arsenal hit rock bottom of the League. October 1921 The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who …
Read More “Poor crowds at Arsenal? 30 years ago today 19,341 turned up at Highbury.”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 3 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… When Arsenal hit rock bottom of the League. October 1921 The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who …
Read More “When Arsenal played Tottenham at home but the Arsenal fans didn’t turn up”
By Tony Attwood This article is dedicated with the deepest love and affection to the memory of my mother and father Arthur and Margaret Attwood, who many, many, many years ago, when I was a schoolboy, gave me my first ever book of historic league tables. Quite why this article in particular is selected should …
Read More “When Arsenal hit rock bottom of the League. October 1921”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 2 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life …
Read More “Have you heard the story about the lowest league crowd? It’s not quite as a it seems.”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 1 April The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life …
By Tony Attwood One of the points I have tried to bring across in this history of Henry Norris’ time at Arsenal is the amount of turmoil there was in UK during the post-war era we’re now looking at. Mass strikes, demonstrations, revolt in Ireland, unemployment on huge scales… And on 1 September one more …
Read More “The Arsenal collapse of autumn 1921: Knighton’s curious positional strategy”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 31 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 30 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” …
Read More “When Sunderland threatened to sue Charlie Buchan if he went to serve his country in 1915”
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 29 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” …
Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 28 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest articles on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the …
Read More “Six consecutive games without scoring, and Pires tackles Vieira!”
