AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
A list of earlier articles in this series celebrating 100 seasons of Arsenal in the top division can be found at the end of this piece By Tony Attwood Leslie Knighton was an inexperienced manager when he came to Arsenal in 1919, and it is certainly possible to argue that moving from having had …
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To follow this series from the start go to Celebrating 100 consecutive seasons of Arsenal in the top division. You will see at the top of the page on the right side a link to “100 Seasons in the top Division: The Election”. That’s the second article. And from there on look at the …
100 seasons in the top division: It’s time for us to hope history repeats itself 100 seasons in the top division. 1: The Election 100 Seasons in the top Divison. Part 2: The opening season 100 seasons in the top division: Part 3 – the first north London league derby 100 Season in the …
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By Tony Attwood 100 seasons in the top division: It’s time for us to hope history repeats itself 100 seasons in the top division. 1: The Election 100 Seasons in the top Divison. Part 2: The opening season 100 seasons in the top division: Part 3 – the first north London league derby 100 Season …
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By Tony Attwood 100 seasons in the top division: It’s time for us to hope history repeats itself 100 seasons in the top division. 1: The Election 100 Seasons in the top Divison. Part 2: The opening season 100 seasons in the top division: Part 3 – the first north London league derby Leslie …
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By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: 100 seasons in the top division. Part 1: The Election 100 Seasons in the top Division. Part 2: The opening season In the last article we took a look at Arsenal in 1919/20 – the first post war season, and the first season that Arsenal were back …
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By Tony Attwood; AISA Arsenal History Society As we noted in the previous article (The election), upon the expansion of the First Division at the resumption of football after the First World War, Arsenal applied for one of those two new places in the top league, and got by far the biggest number …
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By Tony Attwood 2025/26 is the 100th anniversary of the appointment of Herbert Chapman as Arsenal’s manager. Our series commemorating the 100th anniversary began with our article on approaching the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Chapman and continued recently thereafter. There’s an index to the main 25-part series at the end ot this …
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By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: 100 consecutive seasons in the first division: An Arsenal and a football record We have recently noted that Arsenal have been in the top division for 100 consecutive seasons (the 2025/26 season being number 100). We have also noted that Everton are currently running a rather …
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