AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
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 March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club On 16 March 1962 Billy …
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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 March – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club He was Arsenal’s first-ever match …
Read More “13 March: George Frederick Allison died on this day in 1957 aged 73.”
There are mistakes that one can make and get away with, but publishing the wrong anniversary article on the wrong date is about the silliest of them all. The article for 23 February “Tottenham demand that Arsenal stay put in Plumstead” was actually published yesterday, and I could blame technology but actually, it was me. …
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 Is the idea of having three clubs with grounds close to each other a good idea or a …
Read More “23 February 1913: Tottenham demand that Arsenal stay put in Plumstead”
By Tony Attwood For details of our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article According to the book “The Gunners: Day to Day Life at Highbury”, Royal Arsenal played Millwall Rovers at the Manor Ground, Plumstead on 11 February 1888. This was (they say) the …
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For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes below the article We have noted before that Leslie Knighton, the manager who came to Arsenal to take over after the first war world, was in many ways doing what others were all over football were doing: bringing …
Read More “4 February 1922: The Duke visits Arsenal, and asks for a cup of tea”
by Tony Attwood For details our Free Video Collection, and the “Arsenal Day by Day” series please see the notes at the foot of this article. Can you run a football club by committee? Certainly, in the early days of Arsenal it was thought so, and indeed thought so strongly enough, that the committee rejected …
Read More “29 January 1896: Arsenal’s general meeting calls for appointment of a manager”
For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. Without the events of 100 years ago today, there would be no Arsenal 22 January 1910 is a date that should be remembered by every Arsenal supporter, and yet somehow it is just …
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By Tony Attwood For more on the Arsenal History Society and our free video collection, please see the notes at the foot of this article. In the early days of the FA Cup when there were only two divisions in the Football League, the amateur and other non-league teams would play in a set …
Read More “21 January 1893: The end of Royal Arsenal in the FA Cup”
For more information on the History Society, our free video collection and what else is on the site, please see the notes at the foot of this article. By Tony Attwood Despite calls for it to be abandoned by the media, the 1914-15 Football League season was played out in full. And by this day …
Read More “11 January 1915: Launching the Footballers’ Battalion”
By Tony Attwood Leslie Knighton was Arsenal’s first manager at Highbury, and the first manager in the current 1st division run which has lasted over 100 years. He stayed for six years in which Arsenal came 10th, 9th, 17th, 11th, 19th and 20th. To give a context to this, the 21st and 22nd clubs were relegated each season. He …
Read More “10 January 1925: Arsenal manager drugs his own team”
b7y Tony Attwood To read about the free Arsenal video collection and about the new Arsenal Day by Day series, please see the note at the foot of this article. Arsenal as defending FA Cup holders, and the team that had won the cup three times in four years and a record number of times …
By Tony Attwood To read about the free Arsenal video collection and about the new Arsenal Day by Day series, please see the note at the foot of this article. The defeat of Arsenal by Wrexham of the fourth division on 4 January 1992 was not just portrayed as a big piece of giant-killing, it …
Read More “Arsenal on 4 January 1992: History don’t mean nothing”
by Tony Attwood To read about the free Arsenal video collection and about the new Arsenal Day by Day series, please see the note at the foot of this article. We are all familiar with Arsenal winning the league on the last match of the season. George Graham’s team beating Liverpool 0-2 away, and Bertie …
Read More “3 January 1953: the start of the journey to winning the league on the final day”
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 …
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. The speed of Arsenal’s collapse after the 1971 double is something often ignored by those of us who remember the events. But it was real enough. In the …
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9 December 1973. On this day, as far as I can tell, we saw the first-ever mention of an Arsenal back four who were drilled to move forward and back together to catch the opposition offside. On 8 December Arsenal played Derby County in a mid-week game with a 2.15pm kick off. It was Arsenal’s …
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. ——————————————————————————————————– . ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent …
Read More “17 November 2004: the Arsenal man who took English coaching abroad”
——————————————————————————————————– ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. The Arsenal History Society is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association …
Read More “16 November 1927: Arsenal are told a simple truth: but who listens to the truth?”
ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a …
Read More “All the Arsenal anniversaries for 30 October, plus over 350 Arsenal videos.”
ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the order we published them, plus our 21 golden great videos please see here. Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to the series …
Read More “All the Arsenal anniversaries for 29 October, plus over 350 Arsenal videos.”
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 …
Read More “One year ago – the first signs of Arsenal’s new tactics. Today’s AFC anniversaries”
Over the years we’ve changed things around a little, and we’re doing that once again. We’ve published a video of every day of the year for which we could find a video of Arsenal, and those videos remain on line. There are several indexes of the videos The videos in date order. This index isn’t …
Today’s video Freddie scores against Manchester United on his debut 20 September 1998 The video collection series We are building an index of videos in day order. Click here to see how far we have got. Arsenal in the summer – over 50 articles on Arsenal’s summer games and transfers. The First League Season, including a review …
Read More “Historic video of the day: Freddie scores against Man U on his debut.”
You can read about football today at Could it be that Newcastle’s success isn’t quite as guaranteed as some imagine? And if you want something else to read… Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. Here are the anniversaries… 10 October 1896: A 5-1 home defeat to Millwall Athletic showed that …
