AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
Making the Arsenal – the Xmas present for people with everything Arsenal Arsenal History on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ————————————– By Tony Attwood Dennis Evans was a stalwart for Arsenal, playing 207 games (189 in the league) and scoring 12 goals (10 in the league). He was a left back who only played left back …
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——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————- By Tony Attwood This series of articles considers the Swindin/Wright period of Arsenal’s history in which we not only won nothing, we also failed even to enter the top four in the 1st division. Having looked at Swindin himself …
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—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————– By Tony Attwood 1958/9 was the last season that Arsenal made it into the top four until Bertie Mee achieved this in 1968/9. Not only was Arsenal outside the elite challenging clubs, we also failed to win either the FA Cup or League Cup …
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Arsenal History and Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————————- The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything By Tony Attwood Today it is seen as an undeniable truth that the barest minimum for Arsenal to achieve each year is 4th position in the Premier League. No matter that other teams have far more money …
By Nigel Tremlett My father took me to my first game at the age of seven and I can remember it so well: a 3-1 defeat to Luton Town in March 1957. Our goal was scored by Derek Tapscott, who drilled it in from the edge of the area, but I cried all the way …
Read More “Arsenal v West Brom, Jan 1964. A personal memory”
Compiled 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 Details of our other series can be found on the home page Today’s headline comes from 1971 26 …
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Today from Untold Arsenal: At this moment all we can do is pray Today’s anniversary headline comes from 1896 26 March 1896: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3. The crowd was 3000; the largest so far for a game between the two teams – but within three years a crowd of 14,500 was recorded for this …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: How Arsenal outsmarted all of the media in one clever move Today’s anniversary comes from 1992. Join AISA for Free. If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being …
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Today’s headline comes from 2006 The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. 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 …
Read More “13 January: On this day Abou Diaby joined from Auxerre for £2m”
If you enjoy our approach to Arsenal and football you might like to become an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work not just in recording Arsenal’s history but also in engaging with the …
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Ensure that your voice is heard within Arsenal If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work not just in recording …
Read More “Arsenal anniversaries 3 October. 6-0 down at half time: the invention of WM”
Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: Manchester City v Arsenal: how the mighty have utterly collapsed Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. 26 April 1893: Sevenoaks 0 Arsenal 11. …
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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: As the investigations grow, the finances of football clubs look somewhat odd The anniversaries 4 April 1896: Grimsby 1 …
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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: The form of the Palace and what did it for Patrick The anniversaries 19 March 1898: First play-off …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. And the Anniversaries… On this day, 104 years ago, the Football League began discussions on how professional football should be resumed after the war. They were discussions which would lead to Arsenal being elected to the first division …
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Featured series of the day: 100 years in the first division The video collection series Videos in day order . 300+ videos – the index The history Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the summer – now over 50 articles. The First League Season, including a review of …
Read More “Ian Wright get at hattrick on this day – against Hartlepool!”
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 and all of September is available. See The Arsenal Video Index We also have the video …
The victory on this day left Tottenham in what we might call a dodgy position. Pos Team P W D L F A GAvg Pts 15 Arsenal 41 13 11 17 47 48 0.979 37 16 West Ham United 41 12 13 16 57 59 0.966 37 17 Birmingham City 41 14 8 19 53 …
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The video: https://youtu.be/0w-PrJGboC4 200+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An index of 180 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 …
Read More “Happier days: Arsenal 4 Liverpool 1 and a stunning Ozil free kick”
This is one of those days in which Arsenal have played very few games – in fact since 26 March 2000 we haven’t played a competitive match on this day at all. So, videos are hard to find for this day. But on 26 March 2019 we did play a friendly against Al Nasr. 150 …
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111 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 Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to …
Read More “Beating Everton 0-2 away on this day – the video”
We have only got a video of one of the three goals that beat Coventry in 1992 – but it is still worth watching You can find the latest video each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column …
Read More “Ian Wright scores a cracker on this day – watch the video”
We publish a new Arsenal match video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site. You can also find videos for previous days by clicking the articles in the left column of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the mauve headline …
Read More “Wright gets a hattrick on this day. Watch the video”
Interesting in this video to hear the strong criticism of the referee – something that is not allowed by commentators these days. We publish a new video each day with the anniversary list. You can find the latest each day on the home page of this site.You can find videos for previous days by clicking …
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The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association – a body which gives positive support to the club, and has regular meetings with directors and senior officials of the club to represent the views of its members to the club. You can read more about AISA on its website. Below you will find …
