Today’s Arsenal anniversaries: 21 March

21 March through the years has been the date on which the first player ever got an international cap while playing for Arsenal, and is the anniversary of the day the club started its final downward slide into the second division. Elsewhere the great Jimmy Brain made his last appearance on this day while the …

March 1978, Arsenal pushing for league and cup

By Tony Attwood 21 March 1978 Birmingham City 1 Arsenal 1 Football League Division 1 Attendance: 22,087 The period February 11 to March 27 was unbeaten for Arsenal in the League – involving 9 games, of which this was the sixth.  It was also a period that included wins in the 5th and 6th rounds …