AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
The events following the game between Arsenal and Celtic in the Champions League on this day in 2009 are among a group of happenings which show that there most certainly is something very underhand and nasty going on in football. The BBC’s online report of the event read, “Eduardo was the central figure when Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal player banned retrospectively to the delight of the media.”
Considering that the media endlessly tell us who Arsenal are secretly negotiating with, who is going to be bought, and who is going to be sold, when it comes to the test, their knowledge is generally woefully lacking. Each summer between 85 and 110 players are tipped as coming to Arsenal, while the entire first …
Read More “Do the media really know anything at all about negotations and transfers?”
No matter what records a club establishes in football there is always a strong chance that one day someone will come along and overtake that record. But one footballing record looks secure for many years to come – if not for all time… the record for the most FA Cup wins by a manager. The …
Sometimes pre-season games can be enough to show the board that the manager is not going to be able to deliver during the coming nine months. And so it was on this day in 1996 when for the last time to date Arsenal sacked their manager, leaving the club theoretically managerless for the rest …
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The answer to our question comes in the entry for 11 August 2003, and I really don’t want to spoil the fun by telling you who it was. But I’ll give you a clue. He later became a notorious critic of the club. Here are the anniversaries for today. 11 August 1923. It was common …
Read More “Only one person predicted Arsenal’s unbeaten season. But you’ll not guess who!”
Today is Robin van Persie. It comes just at the moment when he is moving into TV work with BT Sport, a task he seems well suited for since his memory of his own career seems a little hazy, as he has of late been speaking of his time with Manchester United as if he …
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Below are today’s anniversaries including the anniversary of the extraordinary transfer of Overmars to Barcelona, which knocked up the amazing statistic of £4m a game. You might also like to note that the Arsenal in the Summer series has itself now been updated to include seasons up to 2018 – you can find the latest …
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Today is the anniversary of the moment in 1910 when Henry Norris took over Woolwich Arsenal FC. There were no other deals on offer at the time, and without Norris’ engagement with the club, it would have ceased trading and been wound up. Norris subsequently cleared Arsenal’s debts, moved the club to Highbury and made …
Read More “The day Arsenal just avoided going out of business”
From 1959 to 1970 Terry Neill was an Arsenal player, and for some of that time Arsenal’s captain, playing 241 league games for the club. After that he moved to Hull City as player manager as well as being part time manager of Northern Ireland before moving on to be manager of Tottenham.# At Hull, …
By Tony Attwood In tracing the history of Arsenal FC I often find myself asking one simple question: “why?” Today’s anniversaries provide a perfect example of this, for on this day in 1939 the Football League voted to allow numbered shirts, having previously forbidden their use. You’ll find this change of mind mentioned in many …
Read More “Why were numbered shirts banned in English football (and other funny events).”
If people remember the name Charlie Buchan today is it perhaps as the inside forward who earned his former club £100 for each goal he scored in his first season at Arsenal – 1925/6. Then there is the story that Arsenal paid more for the player because of that deal, than if they had paid …
Read More “Did Chapman and Buchan invent the withdrawn centre half tactic?”
Chasing down the history of players after they have left Arsenal is always fascinating not least because by and large we generally know very little of the player beyond what we see on the pitch. I never saw Nelson Vivas as a desperately violent or hotheaded player while at Arsenal, so it is interesting to …
Read More “The Arsenal man who leaped into the stands and attacked a fan”
Until the publication of John Sowman’s “The Long Sleep” no one had ventured to write a proper history of Arsenal between 1953 and 1970, simply because Arsenal achieved nothing during that spell. After all the titles that had gone before, no one really saw this coming, but a series of disastrous decisions by the board …
Read More “The first Arsenal trophy in 17 years, and 18 in a row”
by Tony Attwood You probably know that in addition to editing these Anniversary files I also run Untold Arsenal – and a while back a number of supporters of that site paid for a banner to be made and erected at Arsenal Stadium. It is still there for all to see with its Wengerian message, …
Read More “The first St Totteringham Day, and Untold Arsenal’s banner gets on Match of the Day”
One of the interesting effects in gathering together all the Arsenal anniversaries for a single day is the contrasts it can offer up. In 1977 under Terry Neill’s management Arsenal had seven consecutive league defeats – the all time club record. But also during this run Arsenal lost (on this day in the FA …
Read More “7 league defeats in a row plus exit from the cup. And beating Tottenham 5-2”
The Anniversaries … 2015: One of many matches in which Mr Wenger refused to play his team the way his critics claimed he always played. Details below. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on …
The Anniversaries … Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. You will also find links to the month by month listing of anniversaries in the right hand column of this …
Read More “Arsenal: Eight games, no wins, two goals. And it wasn’t that long ago!”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. Today’s headline comes from 1914.An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under …
Here are the anniversaries, our headline comes from 1921: a moment that led to 50 years of discrimination. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the …
Read More “The blackest day in the history of the FA – and still they won’t apologise.”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “Arsenal found guilty of raising 20% of its income by illegal means.”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “A defence living “as dangerously as a chain smoking petrol pump attendant.””
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “Arsenal kick the ball out for an injury, Spurs keep it and go on and score. When?”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “Who played 472 games for Tottenham and 327 games for Arsenal?”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all …
Read More “Wenger accuses Riley of cheating; Ferguson gets a pizza; Arsenal players get immortality”
Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in the Summer of 1926: the summer tour and the start of the bus affair The next article in the series will be published later today. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete …
