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NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Two anniversaries for the price of one today. Monday, 5 December 1921 was a very black day in the history of football in England, for on this day the FA cited opinions (ie fantasies) about football’s unsuitability for females and instructed clubs belonging …
Read More “5 December 1921 & 1960: women’s football banned, and the London Cup final”
NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. In the match day programme for this day Sir Henry Norris threw down the gauntlet to the FA in public over the way it had treated our player Tom Whittaker, who had suffered a career-ending injury while playing for England …
Read More “4 December 1926: Henry Norris takes on the FA over its total lack of morals”
——————————————————————————————————– 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. The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters …
Read More “When the media claimed Arsenal players came onto the pitch smoking”
By Tony Attwood On this day Pat Rice made his debut as a sub in 1-0 defeat to Burnley but had to wait until 1970/71 to become a regular in the first team. Pat Rice MBE was born on 17 March 1949 and I feel very much moved to write about Pat because my dad told …
By Tony Attwood Ask most Arsenal supporters how many times Arsenal have done the double, and you will almost certainly be told three. Because we think of The Double as being victory in the FA Cup and the League Championship in the same season. And yes we have won three of those doubles. But in …
Read More “How many times have we done the double? (Hint it’s not 3).”
