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Anniversary research by Tony Attwood Arsenal anniversaries for 31 August. Today’s headline is from 2003. 31 August 1906: Percy Sands signed as a professional, although he had been playing with Arsenal as an amateur since 1902, while also working as a teacher. He played for the club for 17 years, playing 327 games. 31 …
On this day in 1919 Arsenal played the first match of the 1919/20 season, having been elected by other clubs in the league to join the expanded first division on its re-commencement after the first world war. A significant campaign across the years to try and suggest that there was something amiss …
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On this day Dennis Bergkamp scored the most amazing hattrick ever. The video is here A full list of August anniversaries can be found here. 27 August 551BC: Birth of Confucius. 27 August 1908: Newspaper talk shows Arsenal manager Morrell very satisfied with his team’s progress as they prepared for the first game …
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A full list of August anniversaries can be found here. Today’s headline comes from 1928. 25 August 1867: Death of Michael Faraday, the first man to understand electromagnetism. 25 August 1899. The chairman and benefactor of Woolwich Arsenal George Leavey warned his players about drinking too much before a match. “No man with a …
120 Years Ago: The only manager to relegate Arsenal takes up his first managerial job. 20 August 1904: George Morrell, the only manager who relegated Arsenal and who also was the first manager at Highbury, took up his first post prior to coming to Arsenal – as manager of Morton. 20 August 1913: Henry Norris used …
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120 years ago today 19 August 1904: Woolwich Gazette reported Archibald Leitch was engaged in work on the Manor Ground building refreshment bars utilising the back of the Abbey Wood End slope. It was probably the first job since the Ibrox disaster for the man who went on to design Highbury. 19 August 1939: On the …
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A day to celebrate in Arsenal’s history Just how important the Vieira / Wenger combination was can be seen in the simple statistic from the anniversary of this day in 2002 (see details below) with Vieira taking over as captain.. But also note that one year earlier again on this day Arsenal broke …
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On this day in 2003 Arsenal played the first game of the unbeaten season. Details are below. Here’s the full set of anniversaries. 16 August 1513: The Battle of the Spurs. It did not take place in Tottenham but at Thérouann, as part of Henry VIII attempt to fight holy wars. The “Battle of the …
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Today’s headline comes from 2009 15 August 1886: Charles Lewis born in Plumstead, (then a small town in Kent). He played for East Wickham, Eltham and Maidstone United before joining Arsenal in 1907 – making his debut on December 28. 15 August 1869: Charlie Booth born. He played in Arsenal’s first ever league game and was …
Here are the Arsenal anniversaries for today. Details of some of our series are provided at the foot of the anniversaries article. 130 Years Ago Today 14 August 1894: Jack Butler was born in Ceylon; he played 267 games for Arsenal and was the first Woolwich Arsenal player who was born outside of the British …
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13 August 1888: John Logie Baird, the inventor of the television, was born. 13 August 1910: Florence Nightingale died. 13 August 1911: Rioting took place in Liverpool as police and soldiers broke up a peaceful meeting of striking transport works. Two days later two men were shot dead in the city by the military …
12 August 1917: Frank Boulton born. He started out with Bristol City, before moving on to Bath City, from where he was transferred to Arsenal for £700 in October 1936. He then played in the 1937/8 title winning team 12 August 1933: Winston Churchill made his first speech warning of the dangers of German rearmament. …
The Arsenal anniversaries for 11 August. Prepared by Tony Attwood. For details of other series please see the end of the article. 11 August 1923. It was common at this time to play just two warm up matches prior to the season – in Arsenal’s case the Reds against the Blues (primarily the …
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The anniversaries for today are below the details of some of the main series that have appeared on this site. 10 August 1916: The official documentary propaganda film The Battle of the Somme was premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release 20 million people viewed it. However it was withdrawn …
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By Tony Attwood The headlines come from 1923 and 2009. 8 August 1917: it was formally announced that Captain Sir Henry Norris (chairman of Arsenal) had been promoted to Lt Colonel in the British Army (thus by-passing the rank of major), and had been made Deputy Director of Recruiting in support of the war effort. …
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By Tony Attwood Highlight of the day: Henry Norris at the Arsenal is probably the most comprehensive investigation we have ever undertaken – and it is most certainly the most comprehensive review of Henry Norris’ time at Arsenal. During his time at Arsenal he was a hero both for the club and in …
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Data compiled by Tony Attwood Today’s headline comes from 1981 and 1998 5 August 1914: The general mobilisation of troops was ordered. The final member Henry Norris’ touring party in Holland managed to get the party’s car on a boat and returned safely to England. 5 August 1946: Ian Buchanan McPherson joined from Notts County. …
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Earlier today the Untold Arsenal site went down, and while it was being fixed I published the article that was due to be on Untold, on this site. Untold Arsenal is now back and running and so the article has been moved to its proper place: The Worse the Clubs Were Last Season…. …
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By Tony Attwood I’m sorry to say that the Untold Arsenal website is down again, and just at the moment when our IT consultant is away for a day or four. So I’m publishing the article I would have published on Untold Arsenal, here. But there is some celebration to be noted, concerning France …
Today’s headline relates to 1934 2 August 1914, Henry Norris with family and friends continued their touring holiday by entering Belgium, while experiencing what one of the party later described as “a little difficulty”, (referring to the German invasion). 2 August 1917: Squadron Commander E. H. Dunning became the first pilot to land his …
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