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Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Henry Norris at the Arsenal: There is a full index to the series here. Football Today: Untold Arsenal Due to a …
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Please join our supporters’ association: it’s free! See details below 15 September 1890: Arthur Hutchins born. He played for Croydon Common of the Southern League before the 1st world war, a club that Henry Norris was possibly associated with. Hutchins then played as a guest for Arsenal during the war, over 100 times, …
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Arsenal History Society: The Woolwich Walk and visiting Arsenal’s first ground Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Arsenal History Society: The Woolwich Walk and visiting Arsenal’s first …
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Preface: it appears that a statue to Arsene Wenger will be installed at the Emirates Stadium any moment now. Today is the 13th anniversary of a meeting in which we first put the idea of statues to Arsenal’s then managing director, Ivan Gazidis. Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal …
Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Here are the anniversaries 1 July 1916: Arsenal’s annual report was published showing Henry Norris as being owed £7196 …
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Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: Clubs are starting to be challenged over their loses Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. The anniversaries… 22 May 1902: Jack Lambert born. He played local …
Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: Clubs are starting to be challenged over their loses Day by Day the videos– An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. The anniversaries… 19 May 1905: Edwin Bateup signed …
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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. On this day two key men in Arsenal’s …
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: Newcastle poach top Arsenal coach or maybe not The anniversaries 13 April 1895: Harry Storer played on this day …
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: Does Spending on Transfers Automatically Bring Success? The anniversaries for 28 January 28 January 1888: Royal Arsenal 6 …
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Arsenal Today: Does having the bulk of possession help in Premier League matches 7 January 1887: The Woolwich Gazette reported a meeting that was held to make the Dial Square football club, (that had broken away from Dial Square Cricket club), open to everyone in the area, rather than just the employees of …
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2023: Today’s headline: 56 players incoming: the latest transfer rumours 6 January 1903: Tommy Shanks signed from failing Southern League club Brentford. He went on to be a star striker at Woolwich Arsenal, but then just as Arsenal got promotion to the first division he went back to Brentford, at the height of his …
The Arsenal news for today can be found on Untold Arsenal Today’s historic video – 1 January: It’s Scorpion Anniversary Day. Watch Giroud again 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 …
by Tony Attwood Ask most Arsenal supporters how many times Arsenal have done the double, and you will almost certainly be told three. Because we think of The Double as being a victory in the FA Cup and the League Championship in the same season. And yes we have won three of those doubles. But …
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By Tony Attwood The anniversaries for each day of November are to be found here. You might also be interested in… 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 …
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 series is still under construction – stories are listed from 1 December onward). 100 Years: the complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. On 23 October 1994, Freddie Ljungberg made his debut for Halmstads – the start of his senior footballing career. In all, he played 79 games for the team before moving to Arsenal in 1998. As …
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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 Watch Gilberto score after 20 seconds: Gilberto Aparecido da Silva: a million memories, the Invisible Wall. Those short passes mopping up, and seemingly the nicest of guys. But then tragedy as on 27 September 2004: Gilberto Silva’s scan …
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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 1989 gave Arsenal its most famous end of season triumph of the modern era – replicating the achievements of 1 May 1953 by …
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Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north by Tony Attwood This event was patronised by 400 people and was organised by the club’s first great benefactor George Lawrence. It was quite possibly the first ever excursion of its type for …
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Where it all happened: Ever fancied visiting the site of Arsenal’s first ever match? Arsenal in July: All the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club Arsenal signed Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for around £30m on this day in 2014. He became an immediate success being the club’s top scorer in his first season …
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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 May – all the anniversaries day by day The Arsenal videos: club by club ———– Huddersfield Town 0 Arsenal …
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by Tony Attwood On 11 April 1977 with 47,432 in the crowd the score was Arsenal 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0. The result edged Tottenham closer to the second division and took Macdonald, who scored, a little closer to the Daily Express’ prize of £10,000 to be given to the first player to get 30 …
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