Matthew Connolly: Arsenal academy man who won the Championship 3 times.

Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly was born on 24 September 1987 in Barnet, and joined Arsenal Academy, graduating through the academy teams, becoming captain of the senior academy team, and then moving into the League Cup team for whom he played on 24 October 2006, in the match against West Brom. Having made his breakthrough on 23 November …

27 December: from the man who saved the stadium to the man who saved the season

Today’s stories from the Arsenal Anniversary Files 27 December 1902: Arsenal start their record breaking 10 match unbeaten run with 5-1 home defeat of Burnley 27 December 1904, Nottingham Forest (away).  One of five games in eight days.  We won two of the five including this one (0-3) but lost our next three without scoring a goal, …