31 July: Speculation mounts concerning Arsenal sacking its manager

31 July 1995: Celtic 2 Arsenal 1. Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years in the First Division Arsenal today: Untold Arsenal  This was not a pre-season game that one would normally remember or highlight, …

30 July, the Invincible Jose Antonio Reyes, left Arsenal.

Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years in the First Division Arsenal today: Untold Arsenal  by Tony Attwood He had just had a season long loan with Real Madrid, playing 30 games for them, having …

29 July: Malcolm MacDonald signed from Newcastle

Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years in the First Division Arsenal today: Untold Arsenal  On 29 July 1976 Malcolm MacDonald signed from Newcastle for £333,333. There was an argument about the price between the …

28 July: Scoring four in a pre-season friendly and “Profitable transfer day”

By Tony Attwood 28 July 2000, 2002, 2009. The days of the profitable transfers Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years in the First Division Arsenal today: Untold Arsenal  First let’s have a look at …

27 July: the first ever unbeaten pre-season

  Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years in the First Division Arsenal today: Untold Arsenal  by Tony Attwood It is very appropriate that on 27 July 2022 as Arsenal are heading for an unbeaten …

26 July: Arsenal History Society suggest three statues around the Emirates Stadium.

Pictures from Plumstead: the Arsenal pubs and clubs from the 19th century Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north 26 July 2010: the first suggestion of the statues Coming up with the idea of that there should be statues around the …

25 July: Beating Watford 2-0

Pictures from Plumstead: the Arsenal pubs and clubs from the 19th century Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north By Tony Attwood 25 July 1972: Arsenal 2 Watford 0 (Kelly, George). Playing Watford as the first pre-season game was a tradition …

24 July: Arsenal’s pre-season starts on a ploughed field.

Pictures from Plumstead: the Arsenal pubs and clubs from the 19th century Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north 24 July 2012 by Tony Attwood Arsenal played Malaysia on what seemed on TV pictures to be a ploughed field. Eisfeld scored …

Pictures from Plumstead: the Arsenal pubs and clubs from the 19th century

. . You can follow the researcher and author of this article via his Twitter account: hente @hente_afsc The article and photographs below, and the two illustrated articles that have come before it, have been published thanks to the extraordinary work of Arsenal supporter from Finland, Janne Niemikorpi, to whom we are all incredibly grateful. …

23 July: the birthday of the founder of the modern Arsenal FC

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day    23 July 1865: Henry Norris born Look around the Arsenal today and you will not find a single mention …

22 July: Arsenal sign Bolton’s Player of the Year Rob Holding for £2m.

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  by Tony Attwood It was on 22 July 2016 that the transfer was announced, and the transfer was met with …

21 July: the birthday of Arsenal’s fourth longest serving manager

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  21 July 1898: Tom Whittaker born. Tom Whittaker was born in Aldershot.   His prime interest in his early days …

20 July: Malcolm Macdonald retired from football.

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  Malcolm MacDonald was signed from Newcastle for £333,333 on 29 July 1976.  He was at Arsenal for three years and …

19 July: Barnet 1 Arsenal 2 (Simpson, Barazite)

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal Day by Day: the stories by Tony Attwood The 2008/9 pre-season had the usual level of comings and goings with Mathieu Flamini, who had had a superb season in 2007/8 moving onto Milan …

18 July: Arsenal reach cup final for record 21st time

by Tony Attwood Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Arsenal’s incredible improvement in form under new management was confirmed with Arsenal’s defeat of Manchester City 2-0 in the FA Cup semi-final in 2020.  Aubameyang scored in each half and the …

17 July 2004: the 10-1 win in the midst of the 49 undefeated

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north 17 July 2004: Barnet 1 Arsenal 10. It is, I think appropriate to look back to this pre-season friendly from 17 July 2004, since it was (I believe) one of the biggest pre-season friendly …

16 July 1962: Joe Baker signed for Arsenal.

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north Joe Baker was Billy Wright’s first marquee signing and Arsenal’s record signing at the time.  He had been Hibernian’s  top scorer for four years getting 102 goals in just 117 league games before moving …

15 July: two Arsenal victories; two Arsenal videos

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north   Our first video today comes from the pandemic year, when we beat Liverpool in a much delayed game during the delayed 2020 season, following the postponement of football due to the pandemic The …

14 July 1894: The first “Woolwich Arsenal Football Day Excursion” to Hastings

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north by Tony Attwood   This event was patronised by 400 people and was organised by the club’s first great benefactor George Lawrence.  It was quite possibly the first ever excursion of its type for …

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now?

By Tony Attwood You can follow the researcher who is behind this series of articles on Twitter: hente @hente_afsc You may recall that we recently published a couple of maps showing the exact locations where Arsenal were involved in their earliest matches. The question then arises: what do these historic places look like today? Now …

13 July: Phil Kelso becomes Arsenal’s 6th manager

  Where it all happened:  Ever fancied visiting the site of Arsenal’s first ever match? Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year On this day in 1904 (or at least very close to this day, the records are …

12 July: How far a club can go in three years

Where it all happened:  Ever fancied visiting the site of Arsenal’s first ever match? Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year By Tony Attwood 12 July 1995 & 1998. Two events which show how far a club can …

11 July 2003: Peterborough 1 Arsenal 0 – the prelude to greatness

  Where it all happened:  Ever fancied visiting the site of Arsenal’s first ever match? Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year By Tony Attwood The 2003/4 season has a certain ring to it.  Something about the …

10 July: Arsenal sign Alexis and get the best goalscoring of his career

Where it all happened:  Ever fancied visiting the site of Arsenal’s first ever match? Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club Arsenal signed Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for around £30m on this day in 2014.  He became an immediate success being the club’s top scorer in his first season …

9 July: Starting the Arsenal season with six goals

  Day by Day: the videos: An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  Day by Day: the stories: A key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club By Tony Attwood   The season 1999/2000 …