AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Arsenal showed genuine dominance throughout the 2025-26 Premier League season, and when the final whistle blew on matchday 38, they had done something remarkable: winning their first top-flight title in over two decades. It was a moment that sent the Emirates into pure euphoria and validated everything Mikel Arteta had been building since taking the …
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This series tells the story of Arsenal’s early years in the Football League from 1893 onwards. The first episode is here. By Tony Attwood Look at the league table for 1906/7 and you will see a club at the top of the league that can hardly surprise you if you have been considering …
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This is part of the history of Arsenal from its first joining of the Football League through to its election to the first division in 1913. You may be interested to note that we have already published a series covering the extraordinary achievement of 100 consecutive seasons in the top division – the …
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Recent articles in this series Arsenal finally gain promotion to the First Division Arsenal at the start of the 20th century: the first promotion to Division 1 Arsenal 1899/1900: keeping professional football alive in the south As we have seen in the last episode of this series, finally on 3 September 1904 Arsenal, having …
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Note: this series serves as an introduction to Arsenal’s great achievement of 100 consecutive years in the top division of the Football League. You can find an index to that series (which is now complete) on this website here. This series follows on from … Why Arsenal joned the Football League rather than the …
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Recent articles in this series… Arsenal 1899/1900: keeping professional football alive in the south 1898/9: Home form is great but why is away form so dodgy? Arsenal’s early seasons: 1897/8 Arsenal’s greatest achievements: the strugle to break even and rise up the league How Arsenal Matchday Culture Changed Over Time By Tony Attwood 9th, …
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Recent articles…. 1898/9: Home form is great but why is away form so dodgy? Arsenal’s early seasons: 1897/8 Arsenal’s greatest achievements: the strugle to break even and rise up the league How Arsenal Matchday Culture Changed Over Time By Tony Attwood The title of the last episode says it all 1898/9: Home form is …
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Recent posts in this series Arsenal’s early seasons: 1897/8 Arsenal’s greatest achievements: the strugle to break even and rise up the league How Arsenal Matchday Culture Changed Over Time Arsenal’s greatest achievements: part 3 – marginal improvements 1895/6 What have been Arsenal’s greatest acheivements? (Part 2) By Tony Attwood I mentioned in the last …
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This website traces the history of Arsenal FC from its easiest days. We are currently looking at the period when the club had reached the league but was still playing in South London. Recent posts… Arsenal’s greatest achievements: the struggle to break even and rise up the league – 1896/7 Arsenal’s greatest achievements: part …
Why Arsenal joined the Football League rather than the Southern League Just what have been Arsenal’s greatest achievements? What have been Arsenal’s greatest achievements? (Part 2) Arsenal in the 1896/7 season Arsenal entered the Football League in the 1893/4 season, going into Division 2, as the only London team there. As we have noted …
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Explore how Arsenal matchday culture evolved from Highbury traditions and North London rituals to the Emirates and today’s global digital fan experience. ======================================================================== How Arsenal Matchday Culture Changed From Highbury to the Digital Era Approaching an Arsenal match decades ago meant navigating Islington’s compact streets towards a largely hidden ground, surrounded by thousands …
Just what have been Arsenal’s greatest achievements? What have been Arsenal’s greatest acheivements? (Part 2) 1894/5 In my previous articles I have been buildng up the case that Arsenal’s greatest achievement was to survive in Plumstead, south London, for the simple reason that there were no other clubs around them. This didn’t mean …
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