Day: 20 August 2018

When Manchester Utd v Arsenal was played at Anfield. But why?

Posted on by Tony Attwood

The Arsenal Anniversary Files Today’s headline anniversaries come from 1971 Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society When Arsenal’s 15 year plan to become the biggest club in the league, came to fruition. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files …

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When Arsenal’s 15 year plan to become the biggest club in the league, came to fruition.

Posted on by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood In our last episode we saw Arsenal manager Leslie Knighton either resign or be sacked from Arsenal immediately the 1924/5 season was over, and then rather peculiarly seemingly work out two week’s notice.   During that time an advertisement appeared in Athletic News advertising the post of manager at Arsenal. We also considered …

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