Ernie Collett: the reserve player who stayed with the club for 37 years
By Tony Attwood Ernest Collett known universally as Ernie, was born on 17 November 1914 in Sheffield. He started out playing for Oughtibridge Working Men’s Club, a club that is still extant playing in the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior Football League. Ernie joined Arsenal in April 1933 and won the Football Combination six times …
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