29 June: Don Howe left Arsenal having helped guide the club to the Double as first team coach.

Ater playing for Arsenal Don Howe moved on to WBA where he stayed until 1975 before a year at Galatasaray SK after which he returned to Arsenal as manager.  His record between December 1983 and March 1986 was played 117 games with 46.15% won. Don was born on 12 October 1935,and played with West Bromwich …

26 April 1975: Watch Arsenal beat Tottenham in a relegation battle

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 April – all the anniversaries day by day  by Tony Attwood The end of the 1974/5 season was not exactly exciting …

19 April 1975: On this day in history – QPR 0 Arsenal 0; Arsenal 17th in the league

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 in the First Division At a time when many fans are complaining about Arsenal being …

18 February 1978: Arsenal v Walsall

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 This would hardly be a game to be remembered, for it was a routine win against lower league …

23 December 1978: Brady scores the wonder goal, Tottenham smashed, father happy.

By Tony Attwood To read about the free Arsenal video collection and about the Arsenal History Society, please see the note at the foot of this article. 23 December 1978: Terry Neill was the manager of Arsenal, and Tottenham were finding their feet again in the first division, having come up from Division 2 at …

All the Arsenal anniversaries for 24 October

  24 October 1883:  George Allison born in County Durham.  Bernard Joy said “he lacked the professional’s deep knowledge of the game”.  But he still managed to win the FA Cup and the League twice and from 1910 onwards had a continuous and deep engagement with the club up to 1947.  24 October 1896: Arsenal …

Arsenal beat Newcastle in their pre-Saudi days: the video

We never play on 9 October because of internationals so instead here is a video of Arsenal beating Newcastle You can read about football today at Compare: Kroenke blood sports TV channel and Mohammed Bin Salman on human rights And if you want something else to read… 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete …

Freddie scores against Man U on his debut

Freddie scores against Manchester United on his debut 20 September 1998 Our indexes of videos by date is here The index of videos by major clubs and a list of many of our videos is here Indexes to many of our major series are also on the home page and in the right hand column under “Pages” …

An extraordinary Vieira goal, and seven others on this day! The video

Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a match from Arsenal’s past. You will find full details and links on our home page. The Arsenal …

On this day Arsenal start a new season with a new manager. The video: 1995

Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a match from Arsenal’s past. You will find full details and links on our home page. The …

Thierry Henry takes on Newcastle: and wins. The video

A different form of video today – hope you find it makes an interesting change. Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a match …

A touch of argybargy on this day against Fulham: the video

And a rather curious cut and paste job for another game on this day against Koln. Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a …

Arsenal beat Liverpool in the Community Shield on this day: the videos

We’ve got two approaches to our Community Shield game on this day – the full match or via the Facebook link just the goal (but no build up at all). https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=621222985244997 Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of …

Arsenal beat Huddersfield in a friendly on this day: and the videos of other victories

6 August 2008: Arsenal beat Huddersfield 1-2 for the Chapman Cup with goals from Sanchez Watt and Nacer Barazite.  Unfortunately I can’t  find a video of the game from that day, but we’ve not covered these Huddersfield games before, so here are two victories over Huddersfield. Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to …

Kolo Toure talks about Arsene Wenger and coming to Arsenal – the video

Our video of the day is normally from a match, but at this time of year we don’t have many to choose from – and very curiously the Emirates Cup games are not available – I would have thought that would a be a standard part of the Emirates marketing campaign for their name and …

On this day in 2015: 6-0 in the Emirates Cup. The video

Today’s anniversaries are below.  Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a match from Arsenal’s past. You will find details and links on our home page.    Today’s anniversaries …

The day the League allowed numbers on shirts

The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent years – and adding some new ones to the …

One year ago on this day, Arsenal started their return to form: the video

The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent years – and adding some new ones to the …

The anniversary of the day Dennis Bergkamp arrived from Italy

The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent years – and adding some new ones to the …

The anniversary of the strangest Arsenal transfer ever

Today’s anniversaries are below… The list of the 270+ videos we have gathered commemorating events on individual days are to be found via this link.   We are also developing our video collection series in which we are gathering together the best videos we have against each club we have played in recent years.   Here is the list …

How to beat Newcastle: watch the video

240+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos and the club series on the home page. An  index of 240+ 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 …

Farewell old friend: Mr Wenger’s farewell and the last Highbury derby

240+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. Arsenal v Everton – the historic games on video There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An  index of 240+ 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 …

Arsenal smash the Tiny Totts 5-2. This is how you do a commentary!

The anniversaries are below… 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 in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue …

On this day, Man C 0 Arsenal 2. The foul that gives the penalty is an utter classic.

18 January 1894: Arthur Worrell’s first game in a friendly against Accrington which Arsenal won 2-0 in front of a crowd of 2,000.  This was the start of three appearances in five friendly matches before on 3 February he got his League debut in a game away to Lincoln which Arsenal lost 3-0. 18 January …