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Day: 22 March 2017

Arsenal in the summer 1939

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood Arsenal finished the 1938/9 season in fifth place (not their worst since 1930, but still rather disappointing for the reigning champions). They then set off on a post season tour which took in six Scandinavian games and a seventh against the Belgian national side. Writing of this tour Bernard Joy called it …

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