Arsenal on 2 December throughout history

        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 2 December:   Gilberto Silva captains Arsenal to wonderful win over Tottenham: the video 2 December: Par Rice …

22 October: It’s Arsène Wenger’s birthday

      Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order.  On 22 October 1949 Arsène Wenger was born. Happy birthday Mr Wenger. He went on to become Arsenal’s first permanent non-British manager, the club’s longest-serving manager, the Arsenal manager who won the most trophies, the …

30 September: Arsène Wenger appointed as Arsenal manager.

30 September 1996 Arsène Wenger was formally appointed as Arsenal manager. Mr Wenger had played football for four clubs: Mutzig, Mulhouse, ASPV Strasbourg and RC Strasbourg, and then before coming to Arsenal he managed Nancy, Monaco, and Nogoya Grampus Eight in Japan. Of course you’ll know a lot about him already, including perhaps that he …

17 August: when the start of the season tells you nothing

Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in August: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division 17 August 1971: West Ham 0 Arsenal 0 Match 2 from the first Double season thus making it played 2, drawn 2, showing …

15 August: The anniversary of the start of the first double season

Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in August: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division By Tony Attwood Context is everything.   After the misery of mid-table hopelessness and 3rd round exits from the FA Cup, manager Bertie Mee …

14 August 1996. Arsenal sign Patrick Vieira for £3.5m

Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in August: All the anniversaries day by day  100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division By Tony Attwood The first Arsène Wenger signings were made on this day: Remi Garde (on a free transfer) who was signed to be Mr …

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, …

23 June: It’s Patrick Vieira’s birthday

by Tony Attwood 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 June – all the anniversaries day by day  The Arsenal videos: club by club Patrick Vieira born in Dakar, …

16 May 1998: Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0. FA Cup final. Video and report

By Tony Attwood On this day in 1998 the second double was completed.  And there was a big shock in the team for without Bergkamp, Arsenal played Christopher Wreh as centre forward rather than Ian Wright.   Wreh had scored the only goal of the semi-final against Wolverhampton in the semi-final. But it could so easily …

20 April 2018:Arsène Wenger announced his departure from Arsenal.

By Tony Attwood Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. 100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division The simplest way to measure a manager’s success or …

31 December 1994: on this day John Jensen scores

by Tony Attwood On this day, John Jensen scores – Arsenal 1 QPR 3 John Jensen was a defensive midfielder, a cult hero, and the man whose transfer ultimately brought down George Graham. When we bought him he had already been Danish Player of the Year, and played in a UEFA cup semi final with …

One year ago – the first signs of Arsenal’s new tactics. Today’s AFC anniversaries

The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order.  Click here to see how far we have got. 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story following Arsenal’s promotion in 1919 The anniversaries today… 25 October 1919: Arsenal 1 Bradford C 2.  League debut for Fred Pagnam, the man …

22 October: Happy birthday Mr Wenger

By Tony Attwood On 22 October 1949 Arsène Wenger was born. Happy birthday Mr Wenger. He went on to become Arsenal’s first permanent non-British manager, the club’s  longest serving manager, the Arsenal manager who won the most trophies, the manager with the highest win rate for Arsenal, the record holder for FA Cup wins, and the …

Victories in Europe on this day: the videos

We have two videos today, and there is a sound issue on each.  The first one the sound is very soft, and in the second it is in French. But still the pictures are there! Here are the anniversaries… Our indexes of videos by date is here The index of videos by major clubs and …

One year ago today the new season opened with a bang: the video

Fulham 0 Arsenal 3: the video from one year ago today. You can read more about what is on this site on our home page And the anniversaries… 12 September 1878: Jimmy Ashcroft, Woolwich Arsenal’s first England player, born.  He played for Wilbyn’s United, Garston Copperworks, Everton and Gravesend United, before reaching Woolwich Arsenal.   He …

The media called it a bizarre free for all. We called it beating Tottenham

Tottenham v Arsenal 10 September 1988 There will be a new video tomorrow, as always. Latest development We’ve started work on an index of our videos in the order of the date of the year to make it easier to look up the selected match for any particular day.  It is growing day by day …

Arsenal beat Southampton on this day: the video

There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal …

Arsenal beat Valencia to make it to the Europa final – the video

There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 260+ historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal …

Arsenal and Villareal: watch the videos

I don’t have a video for a match from 7 April, but here’s Jens Lehman’s save against Villareal who we did play on this day in 2009 https://www.facebook.com/Arsenal/videos/10154884942092713 And here is our home game https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=964690063946433 220+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index …

Chelsea 1 Arsenal 3 the video – and how players used to celebrate

130 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 130 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to …

On this day – beating Villa away (the video) and all the annivesaries

2002: Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 2 – the video 100 historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 100 historic videos is here Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry …

Beyond bizarre: Newcastle 4 Arsenal 4 on this day: see the video

Or the most bizarre refereeing of all time? Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal …

Watch Arsenal beating WHU 0-3 away on this day

West Ham 0 Arsenal 3, the video The anniversaries are below. Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the …

Arsenal knock in three on this day: watch the video

ontact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. You …