From beating Brighton Utd to beating Swansea: Arsenal anniversaries on 31 October

ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a …

31 October: A record crowd, five wins and a draw in six… but what season?

ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a …

All the Arsenal anniversaries for 30 October, plus over 350 Arsenal videos.

ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a …

30 October 2012: Reading 5 Arsenal 7

NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. —————————————————– Reading 5 Arsenal 7 Just looking at the score from this league cup match in 2012 …

All the Arsenal anniversaries for 29 October, plus over 350 Arsenal videos.

ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series …

29 October 1932: Arsenal and the first division, 89 years ago.

NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. ———————————————   29 October 1932 – by Tony Attwood On 29 October 1932 the score came in on …

28 October 1939: ten Arsenal goals from two members of the same family

NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year, in date order.  For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives …

All the Arsenal anniversaries for 27 October

The Arsenal video collection is now available in date order throughout the year.  Please see here. We also have a video collection arranged by the clubs Arsenal played against.  That’s here. Our three most popular and most detailed series are Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in …

Arsenal’s history on this day in …. 1919

The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order – and we are nearly at the end.  Click here to see the nearly finished index Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal …

Arsenal against Leeds – videos of the best goals through history

For details of our various series and collections see the home page 14 October 1995: Leeds United 0 Arsenal 3 16 April 2000: Leeds 0 Arsenal 4   21 August 2001 21 August 2001: Arsenal 1 Leeds 2.  League Match 2 of the third double season – after a 4-0 away win on the opening day …

26 October: the day football’s first rules were created – plus Arsenal’s anniversaries

Here is a list of all the main Arsenal anniversaries for today, plus a few others along the way. The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order.  Click here to see how far we have got. Elsewhere Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. …

26 October 1863: Arsenal and the beginning of football

  By Tony Attwood You may well have heard the tale about a youngster called William Webb Ellis picking up the ball during a football match and running with it, thus creating rugby.  That is supposed to have happened in 1823. The problem is football (in terms of a game in which the ball is …

One year ago – the first signs of Arsenal’s new tactics. Today’s AFC anniversaries

The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order.  Click here to see how far we have got. 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story following Arsenal’s promotion in 1919 The anniversaries today… 25 October 1919: Arsenal 1 Bradford C 2.  League debut for Fred Pagnam, the man …

Celebrating the Life and Career of Gunners Hot-Shot Paul Mariner

    Former Arsenal, Ipswich and England striker Paul Mariner passed away on 9th July 2021 at age 68, following a brief battle with a brain tumour. Mariner spent two-and-a-half seasons with the Gunners, acting as an aerial focal point for Don Howe’s Arsenal forward line. Arsenal could do with a classic number nine right …

Arsenal History: Sammy Nelson made his Arsenal debut on this day in 1969

by Tony Attwood Sammy Nelson: made his Arsenal debut on this day in 1969 On 25 October 1969 Sammy Nelson made his debut in a 0-0 draw with Ipswich.  He went on to play 245 league games for the club plus 10 appearances as a sub, and scored 10 league goals. His misfortune with Arsenal …

All the Arsenal anniversaries for 24 October

  24 October 1883:  George Allison born in County Durham.  Bernard Joy said “he lacked the professional’s deep knowledge of the game”.  But he still managed to win the FA Cup and the League twice and from 1910 onwards had a continuous and deep engagement with the club up to 1947.  24 October 1896: Arsenal …

Arsenal open the new east stand at Highbury: today in Arsenal’s history

On 24 October 1936, The East Stand, Highbury opened for the game against Grimsby.  Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of that, but this is a picture of the north bank being built in 1913 – the nearest thing I’ve found! The East Stand had cost the club £130,000; less than the weekly wage of …

The Key Games of The Invincible’s Season

The Key Games of The Invincible’s Season Truly Invincible   The 2003/04 season will live long in Arsenal fans’ memories, and will also forever be written about in the annals of English football history. It may be repeated, but the likelihood is that, if it ever is, it won’t be until most, if not all …

23 October 1994: Freddie Ljungberg started his footballing career

On 23 October 1994, Freddie Ljungberg made his debut for Halmstads – the start of his senior footballing career.  In all he played 79 games for the team before moving to Arsenal in 1998.  As such he was one of Mr Wenger’s early appointments, and the story quickly circulated that the manager signed Freddie without …

23 Arsenal anniversaries for 22 October

Over the years we’ve changed things around a little, and we’re doing that once again.  We’ve published a video of every day of the year for which we could find a video of Arsenal, and those videos remain on line. There are several indexes of the videos The videos in date order.   This index isn’t …

22 October: Happy birthday Mr Wenger

By Tony Attwood On 22 October 1949 Arsène Wenger was born. Happy birthday Mr Wenger. He went on to become Arsenal’s first permanent non-British manager, the club’s  longest serving manager, the Arsenal manager who won the most trophies, the manager with the highest win rate for Arsenal, the record holder for FA Cup wins, and the …

15 Arsenal anniversaries from this day throughout history

Over the years we’ve changed things around a little, and we’re doing that once again.  We’ve published a video of every day of the year for which we could find a video of Arsenal, and those videos remain on line. There are several indexes of the videos The videos in date order.   This index isn’t …

Arsenal on this day in history: 21 October 1922. Newcastle 1 Arsenal 1

By Tony Attwood, AISA Arsenal History Society 21 October 1922: Newcastle United 1 Arsenal 1 1922/3 was Arsenal’s third season at Highbury, and their third season back in the first division after the league was expanded at the end of the first world war. However under the management of Leslie Knighton the club was stuttering …

Historic video of the day: Freddie scores against Man U on his debut.

Today’s video Freddie scores against Manchester United on his debut 20 September 1998 The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order.  Click here to see how far we have got. Arsenal in the summer – over 50 articles on Arsenal’s summer games and transfers. The First League Season, including a review …

Today’s historic Arsenal video: beating Red Star

Video of the Day We are building an index of videos in day order.  Click here to see how far we have got. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed …