Today’s headline notes Arsenal’s most notorious manager: Leslie Knighton. As a manager he was a complete disaster, just avoiding relegation for Arsenal twice in his short career at the club. But in retirement, he wrote an autobiography which although it was later shown to be a complete fantasy, became accepted by many (especially …
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Today’s headline reflects on the events of 9 May 1891, 1936 and 2010 Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: The hidden problem facing Arsenal Women Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year …
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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 Football today: Games against each other: the big seven The anniversaries 7 April 1900: Arsenal 5 New Brighton Tower 0. New Brighton …
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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 Football today: Losing was not a disgrace, but there was still ignominy for Arsenal 100+ Years: the complete story of …
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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 today: Arsenal lost, but it is all part of the drive toward long-term sustainability The anniversaries for 4 February… …
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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 Today at the Arsenal: Arsenal Women at noon, Tottenham v Arsenal at 4pm ———- 15 January 2022: “Tottenham have …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Special feature on the day: 5 December 1921 and 1960 5 December 1885 Millwall beat Eastern Wanderers 3-1 at Glengall Road. This game has significance because it gives us a record of Eastern Wanderers, playing in this area …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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I think we have covered every day of the year in this chart – except rather obviously 1 January. But we do have an article for that day and it will be published on 1st January. Meanwhile here are the rest of the tales January 1 January 1988: Tony Adams became Arsenal captain for a …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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