June 2018 – The History of Arsenal

Arsenal in February 1924: Under Knighton’s guidance the club is sinking fast

Posted on 30 June 201830 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood The month began with a statement by the country’s new Labour government that it was going to do things differently. For the first time since the revolution seven years earlier, the UK recognised the Soviet Union as the legitimate government of what had previously been Russia. In the world of football, Cardiff’s …

Arsenal Anniversaries: The day when young hopefuls are released into the wild

Posted on 30 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Below are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can be found in the left column of this site under “Pages” …

Jan 1924: Arsenal slip dangerously while Cardiff, Bolton and Huddersfield march upwards

Posted on 29 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood We have noted in earlier chapters that during the 1920s Sir Henry Norris had been taken seriously ill, had recuperated in Italy and France (where he had had a house built), and had withdrawn from politics. He had still been able to show his feisty side in successfully taking on a libel …

Cech makes Mourinho unhappy: Arsenal anniversaries, 29 June

Posted on 29 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

How Highbury Stadium was built in just ten weeks.

Posted on 28 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal in Dec 1923. Misreporting in the press, Chapman appears, Norris’ political career

Posted on 27 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood At the start of December 1923 Arsenal League table at start of the month in 16th, four points above the relegation places. Pos Team P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Cardiff City 16 8 7 1 27 16 1.688 23 2 Huddersfield Town 16 9 4 3 23 12 …

When a pre-season game was abandoned due to fighting

Posted on 27 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

When Arsenal announced 11 departures at once!

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

The passing of Buchan and the leaving of Henry

Posted on 25 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal to beat the world record transfer fee? The club’s history: November 1923

Posted on 24 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood As seemed to happen so often during the Knighton reign at Arsenal in the early 1920s, in November 1923 Arsenal started a month in the bottom section of the league, sitting not too far away from their two London rivals in the first division: Tottenham and Chelsea. Pos Club P W …

He didn’t make it at Arsenal, refused to play for Mexico and now is the star of the show

Posted on 24 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

After all the myth making, he admitted he’d already re-signed for Leicester

Posted on 23 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Woolwich Arsenal begins, Chapman arrives, our first benefactor dies

Posted on 22 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

October 1923: Arsenal learn variable tactics as the vultures circle over Henry Norris

Posted on 21 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood For Arsenal the month of October 1923 began with a game against Manchester City at Maine Road on the 6th. The League table printed in the programme for the game showed both clubs as needing to win to rise up the league and find safety althoughwith City in a slightly worse position …

So awful did the press think him, they ran a weekly column on his mistakes. Arsenal signed him.

Posted on 21 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Very early example of a reserve team programme

Posted on 20 June 201820 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood Paul Matz of the AISA Arsenal History Society has one of the most extensive and extraordinary collections of Arsenal memorabilia including of course a wide range of programmes. And yesterday I was privileged to see what might well be the oldest Arsenal reserve programme in existence – for a match on April …

The second Arsenal physio to become Arsenal manager and win the League.

Posted on 20 June 201820 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Here are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can be found in the left column of this site under “Pages” The current …

A career horribly hampered by injury; a life cut short by war.

Posted on 19 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

The first man to score at Highbury, and first man to be carried off injured at Highbury.

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

“If you think you can do a better job at Arsenal than me, just take the club over.”

Posted on 17 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

When Arsenal took over a non-league team as its official feeder club.

Posted on 16 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Arsenal in September 1923: recovery after a terrible start; a new insight into Henry Norris

Posted on 15 June 201815 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood After a home defeat to Newcastle by 1-4 and a 0-1 away defeat to West Ham in August 1923, Arsenal and their supporters were desperate for the team not to fall into the early downward spiral that had beset them across recent seasons in the opening games, leaving them with a relegation …

Arsenal buy Highbury, Rioch becomes manager

Posted on 15 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

The Anniversary Files Here are the Arsenal (and occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the Anniversary files can be found in the left column of this site under “Pages” The current historical …

Selling the best player to pay the bills: its almost as old as Arsenal itself

Posted on 14 June 2018 by Tony Attwood

Norris knighted, Wright sacked, English teams banned, Bould signed

Posted on 13 June 2018 by Tony Attwood