Day: 26 October 2021

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 …

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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. …

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  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 …

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