Beating Tottenham 3-1 on this day…. the video

Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the …

Arsenal beating Huddersfield in the FA Cup on this day – the video

30 January 1893: Royal Arsenal 3 Sherwood Foresters 0.  It was part of a three-win run but at the start and end of the run Arsenal lost games to university teams suggesting Arsenal still had a way to go to get to Football League standard. 30 January 1897: Woolwich Arsenal 7 Ilkeston Town 0.  Despite …

Arsenal beat Villa 3-2 on this day in 2012: the video

  The anniversary files are below Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the …

Watch Arsenal knock in five against Southampton without reply on this day

28 January 1888: Royal Arsenal 6 Champion Hill 0.  There’s no record I can find of Champion Hill FC, although Dulwich Hamlet moved to the Champion Hill ground in Southwark in 1912.  Dulwich Hamlet was formed in 1893, and it is possible that this match was between Arsenal and the club that preceded Dulwich Hamlet. …

Saka and Eddie showing their stuff last season: watch the video

Apologies – the timing system on this post didn’t work for some reason, so it didn’t get posted yesterday.  But better late than never.   The anniversaries for the 27th along with the video are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” …

On this day: knocking three past Brighton and Hove

The anniversaries for today along with the video of today’s game from Arsenal’s history are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There …

Arsenal beat Farnborough in the Cup on this day, extended highlights

The anniversaries for today along with the video of today’s game from Arsenal’s history are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There …

Arsenal go top on this day; watch the sublime Henry and Pires

The anniversaries for today are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in …

See how excited everyone gets when WHU score. Pity for them about the rest

The anniversaries for today are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in …

Van Persie scores three a misses a penalty against Wigan: the video

There is a pause at the start of the video with the commentary running but no action – allow it to run for a few seconds and it will pick up.  And it is worth it for the goals. The anniversaries for today are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended …

Watch Arsenal beat Man U on this day and Sir A look rather miffed

On this day… Here are the anniversaries. 21 January 1893: Sunderland 6 Royal Arsenal 0 (FA Cup).  Arsenal had won through to the first round proper for the first time, but then saw the difference in quality between league and non-league teams. 21 January 1899: Adam Haywood scored the only goal of the match against …

Watch Theo Walcott’s first ever goal for Arsenal.

This is the anniversary of Theo Walcott signing for Arsenal.  So to celebrate, here’s his first goal for us… 20 January 1896: Debut for Adam Haywood.  He was one of our early stars but was sold to Glossop for £50.   Woolwich Arsenal was his first professional club and in all he played 91 times …

Beating Chelsea 2-0, and making it look easy. The video on this day

—— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on …

On this day, Man C 0 Arsenal 2. The foul that gives the penalty is an utter classic.

18 January 1894: Arthur Worrell’s first game in a friendly against Accrington which Arsenal won 2-0 in front of a crowd of 2,000.  This was the start of three appearances in five friendly matches before on 3 February he got his League debut in a game away to Lincoln which Arsenal lost 3-0. 18 January …

“Nothing is impossible when Henry is on the ball.”

Today’s video: I’m lacking an interesting video for this day, so given that we beat Bolton on this day here is the home game against Bolton from the unbeaten season. And the anniversaries… 17 January 1891: Football resumed for the first time since 13 December 1890, with all matches in the interim postponed because of …

Arsenal on 16 January, and Arsenal in 1970/1 (according to ITV!)

Those of us of a very distinctly senior vintage will probably agree that ITV never really liked Arsenal, preferring to show any other club on their TV programmes in preference to Arsenal.  Indeed the fact that their football show from 1985 to 1992 was called “Saint and Greavsie” gives a clue as to just how …

Watch Arsenal beating WHU 0-3 away on this day

West Ham 0 Arsenal 3, the video The anniversaries are below. Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the …

14 January: goal after goal after goal as Henry equals Bastin’s record

The anniversaries are below. Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most …

Watch Arsenal beating Aston Villa away 2-1

This is one of those days where I just can’t find a video of Arsenal playing and winning on this day.  But we do have on this day the anniversary of Arsenal beat Aston Villa away 2-1 on 13 January 2014. I can’t find that but I did find Arsenal beating Villa away by the …

The entire Arsenal team are banned or injured and we still win 4-0: the video

The anniversaries are below. Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most …

Arsenal swatting away Stoke on this day: watch the video

Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the …

On this day, Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 4-1. Here’s the video

Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the …

Watch Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-6 away on this day

Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the …

It’s time for the “Oooo” commentary. Arsenal against Leeds in the cup

I can’t find a decent video for an Arsenal match played on this day so I’ve chosen an FA Cup 3rd round tie https://youtu.be/Zodj1QAsc2Y It’s a good game, but it also has the wonderful Ahhh Ohhhh co-commentary from a Leeds fan as co-commentator who says nothing. Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended …

Watch Arsenal knock in five past Sheffield U and a totally bonkers penalty

  Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on …