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AISA Arsenal History and Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything ———————————- By Tony Attwood Victor George Groves commonly known as Vic was born on November 5th, 1932 in Stepney. He started out at Leytonstone, and those two points might make you think, “haven’t I read this before?” …
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Perry Groves turned out for 155 league games for Arsenal scoring 21 goals, starting in 1986, having previously played for four years with Colchester United. Leaving Arsenal in 1992 he was at Southampton for two years but only played 15 games, before brief spells with Dagenham and Redbridge, Canvey Island and Guilden Morden FC …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal had just won their first trophy since 1979, by winning the league cup on 5 April 1987, but even before that win Arsenal had tried to reform their major crisis: a complete lack of goals. Thus on 26 March 1987 Alan Smith signed and was then loaned back to Leicester for the remainder …
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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 this day …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: How an ex-Arsenal player is scoring more goals now and why it doesn’t matter Join Arsenal Independent Supporters Association for free – see below. Arsenal anniversaries on 7 March. Today’s headline comes from 2007 7 March 1891. Arsenal won the London Senior Cup It was at the time the most prestigious trophy …
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Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. The full index of November’s anniversaries is available here. 5 November 1889: One of the earliest reports ever of a floodlit game. Woolwich Arsenal was not involved but the club soon followed the …
Today’s headline comes from 2001. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail. The full index of November’s anniversaries is available here. 4 November 1893: FA Cup 2nd prelim round: Arsenal beat Clapton 6-2 in front of 2,500. The club finally went out …
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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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Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: Which teams have improved the most and which have got worse this season? The anniversaries 19 April 1864: Birth of George Davie, the Arsenal player who sued the Royal Arsenal Committee, and in losing …
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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 Arsenal today: How best to explain why Arsenal are top of the league 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. Day by Day the stories – a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year Arsenal today: The figures from Arsenal v Man U are extraordinary and misleading 24 January 1891: Jimmy Boyle who played as centre …
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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 The result on this day was Arsenal 3 Man U 2, Arsenal making it six wins and two …
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Today’s anniversaries are below. Meanwhile you might also like to note the collection of club videos (each article bringing together a series of videos of our famous matches against each individual club) and our videos of the day, celebrating a match from Arsenal’s past. You will find full details and links on our home page. The …
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230+ historic videos and lots of anniversaries. Arsenal v Fulham: the history in videos There are links to our most recent videos on the home page. An index of 230+ 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 …
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There are links to some of our recent videos on the home page. A full index of our historic videos is here The anniversaries are below… 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 the …
Read More “On this day… Arsenal beat WHU. One of over 180 Arsenal videos on this site”
The anniversaries for today are below —— Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk You can read extended details of one of today’s stories on “Today of All Days” 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 the series here. Arsenal in …
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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 of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the mauve headline at the top of the screen on the right, which will take …
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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 of this page under “Recent Posts” or by clicking on the mauve headline at the top of the screen on the right, which will take …
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When I first started to create the Arsenal anniversary files on a daily basis, I wondered if there was indeed an Arsenal anniversary for every day of the year, but time has shown that even in the summer there are anniversaries galore. It was only later that I thought of adding a few dates of …
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by Tony Attwood There would, I imagine, be uproar of the first order with demands that the manager be sacked, for most of the players in the team never to play for Arsenal again, and for the owners to go if we lost 7-0 in any game this season, or indeed next season. Fortunately in …
On this day in 2017 Gedion Zelalem, for a long time predicted to be one of the young players who would come through Arsenal’s ranks and do extremely well with the club, was loaned to VVV Venlo. He had seemed to be making a major comeback from injury when on August 24, 2015, he started …
5 November contains a mixture of curious Arsenal anniversaries. The first report of an Arsenal floodlit match – in 1889! – Arsenal bottom of the league in 1921 with the local press pointing out that abuse of players and the manager is not a constructive argument (clearly the message didn’t sink home), and the last …
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The wartime league programmes during both world conflicts are rarely remembered these days, but at the time they did produce some interesting matches with extraordinary results. The fact that Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 5-0 on this day in 1939 does not sound too unlikely, but considering that it followed victories with scorelines 7-0, 8-4 and …
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Arsenal’s debts as a result of building their new stadium, later renamed the Emirates, were well documented, as was the effect they had on the plans of Arsene Wenger in the transfer market. But what of Highbury; did the club have similar financial problems after moving there in 1913? In fact when Arsenal moved …
