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What makes Bertie Mee so interesting is that he had huge success but with a team that was actually assembled by his predecessor, Billy Wright. In the articles that follow we record when the player arrived and how many games he played for each manager.
The man
Bertie Mee – the life and times: The trophies, ballroom dancing, left hook and OBE
The prelude
The Prelude: When 4,554 turned up to watch Arsenal and a reign ended
Swindin, Wright, Mee: Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
Events
When Arsenal were bottom of the league
History Special: The flavour of football in 1973 – fights bookings and the end of civilisation
The players
He made it for Mee but was signed by Wright: – Bob Wilson
The players he let go, and the signings Bertie Mee made
Bob McNab – one of the first Mee signings and a key player
Peter Storey – the man to whom I would most like to say thank you.
Frank McLintock, brought in after great success at Leicester
John Radford, king of goal scorers
Peter Simpson: one club three managers
George Armstrong – signed by Swindin, a lifelong servant of Arsenal
Bobby Gould: Arsenal and elsewhere
Jimmy Rimmer: the three season hero
Liam Brady (this collection of articles covers both the Mee and Neil years)
The signing of professional forms
The last time Arsenal were bottom of the league
The end of the Mee era and the start of the Neil years
The achievements and the incidentals
The First Double: a series of five quizzes to test your knowledge on 1971
Two games against Birmingham, and the club’s worst runs
