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Continuing the series about players who played under George Allison, we come to Eddy Hapgood, who was signed by Herbert Chapman from Kettering Town, and played under both Chapman and Allison. Eddie has been the subject of a piece here before, when I wrote a piece about his autobiography The idea here is to complete [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Tony Attwood We play Huddersfield Town rarely, so now that we have one of those moments it is worth, I think, having a look at the eternal link that binds the two clubs together: Herbert Chapman. In this [...] If you want a simple fact about Bob John it is that he played for Arsenal 470 times – more than any other player up to the cessation of football in 1939. Now here’s the detail. Robert Frederick John was born on February 3, 1899 in the Welsh town of Barry, near Cardiff. By 1920 [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony There are so many famous names from the Chapman / Allison era that is not surprising that one or two slip from the public mind despite their being players of enormous importance and stature in the history of the [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony In an era when people stay at clubs for just a few years it is wonderful to look back at George Male – a man who spent more than half of his life at Arsenal. As a player he [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony There’s no article about George Allison on the Arsenal official web site, other than a 70 word summary in the “Managers” section and yet even if he is judged simply by his record as a manager he is surely [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood I should start by making a confession (well not much of a confession because what I am going to confess is undoubtedly patently obvious if you have been reading through my jottings over the past couple of years. It [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood This is the final entry in our series of articles about players who played 100 or more games for Woolwich Arsenal. This final article takes us to a group of players in the 100+ club who we have covered [...] This article is one of a series on the players who played 100 or more times for Woolwich Arsenal FC. There’s now an index of all the articles in this continuing series here. Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here James “Jimmy” Sharp played for Arsenal at left back [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here In our series of articles about the players who made over 100 appearances for Woolwich Arsenal we come to David Neave. David Neave was born in 1883 and played for Arsenal in two separate spells between 1904 and 1912, making 168 appearances [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Tony Attwood Charles Oliver Satterthwaite (known as Charlie) was born in 1877 and played for Arsenal from 1904/5 until the 1909/10 season. He made 141 appearances for the club of which 129 were in the league, and scored 48 goals (45 [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of this site, you’ll know that I have got very excited from time to time when we have been contacted by members of the family of those who played for the club, or [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Next up in our list of Woolwich Arsenal players who played over 100 games for the club we have Roderick John McEachrane (Roddy) who played 313 league games – and played 346 games in all – for Woolwich Arsenal. [...] Archie George Cross was born in Dartford, in 1880, and played 149 times for the club (132 in the league). He joined Dartford, before transferring to New Brompton and then Woolwich Arsenal in April 1900, playing throughout as a right back. The chances are that once again we have here a case of a footballer [...] |
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