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This is part of a series of articles not just on what happened to Arsenal in the 1970s but why it happened. There is an index to the articles published thus far at the foot of the page, and the index is updated on the site’s home page. By Tony Attwood Arsenal approached the 1974/5 …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s part 13: July 74 to Dec 74. Relegation beckons.”
By Tony Attwood We left Arsenal 16th in the League at the end of December, 16 points off the leaders, Leeds, and only 7 points above the third relegation spot – newly created for this season, plus knocked out of the League cup by Tranmere. Some serious improvement was needed – and quickly. Unfortunately this …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s Part 12: Jan to June 74. Farewell Bob, hello Liam.”
By Tony Attwood This page has been modified to correct the report of the Barcelona game. Before this season started, the question was, could Arsenal get back to their best? The club had appeared in cup finals for five consecutive years, as well as being runners up last year. Could this be the …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s: Part 11: July-Dec 73, as the world falls apart.”
By Tony Attwood We ended the last piece on the 1970s at the end of 1972 with the league table looking like this P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Liverpool 25 16 6 3 49 26 1.89 38 2 Arsenal 26 14 7 5 34 24 1.42 35 3 Leeds United 24 …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal returned to training in July 1972, without a new trophy in the cabinet. But in the past five years they had won the league, the Fairs Cup, and the FA Cup. They had twice been beaten finalists in the League Cup Final, and once beaten in the FA Cup final. It …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s part 9: July to Dec 1972. The time of indiscipline and invasions.”
By Tony Attwood When Tottenham Hotspur achieved what all commentators of the era had believed to be the impossible – the League and FA Cup Double – in 1961, they maintained their position of prominence by winning the FA Cup again the following year, while slipping to third in the League. In the next season …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s, part 8 – the lessons learned and the lessons ignored 1967-73”
