AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
All told Paul Davis played 447 times for Arsenal and scored 37 goals. Paul left Arsenal in 1995 and had a spell in Norway before making a final bow with five appearances for Brentford, retiring in 1995. The following season he joined Arsenal as a youth coach and stayed in that position until 2003 when …
Lauren (Laureano Bisan Etame-Mayer) was, of course, one of the invincibles during the unbeaten season. In all he played 159 league games for Arsenal, having played previously for Utrera, Sevilla, Levante, and Mallorca. He left Arsenal in 2007 and moved to Portsmouth for two seasons before playing a final five games for Cordoba. He also …
Arsenal hold the record for the longest unbeaten away run in top flight football of 27 games, starting from 5 April 2003. There were the inevitable moans at the previous away league game on 15 March when Arsenal lost 2-0 to Blackburn, a result which was followed by an away defeat to Valencia in the …
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4 April 1896: Grimsby 1 Woolwich Arsenal 1. A goal for Boyd gave him 13 for the season and made him top league scorer as Arsenal moved towards 7th position in the final league table in the club’s third league season. He became our most prolific goal scorer ever. 4 April 1903: Woolwich Arsenal …
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Remi Garde, whose birthday it is today, was Arsene Wenger’s first signing as Arsenal manager. He played 31 games for Arsenal before retiring as a player in 1999. He then worked on French television before returning to Lyon as coach, and later assistant manager. In 2010 he became the director of Lyon’s training complex, and …
On this day in 1951 there was a match at Highbury involving The Boxers v The Jockeys which when you come to think of the size of the average boxer and the size of the average jockey seems a bit unfair. This match was used in order to test out Highbury’s new floodlights. We don’t …
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Here are the Arsenal anniversaries for 1 April. 1 April 1889: Debut of David Howat, Arsenal 6 – 2nd Rifle Brigade 1. He became a league regular in 1893/4 and 1894/5 but then suddenly moved to Third Lanark, and we know no more of him. 1 April 1897: Reflecting Woolwich Arsenal’s change of status within …
