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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 September: Over 600 Arsenal events day by day 100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division 4 September 1956 by Tony Attwood Donald George Beaumont Roper was seen as a schoolboy by Southampton, playing for Bitterne Nomads, …
Latest news: We are developing our own video channel. It’s still at the experimental stage but you can get a feel here… Untold Gooner News Phil Brown, the football manager, seemed something of a curious fellow when he was managing in England. On 17 March 2009 as Hull City’s manager he claimed that he had …
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Don Roper: the key dates… 14 December 1922 Don Roper born in Botey, Hampshire 11 August 1947: Dan Roper signs from Southampton (See background article here) 23 August 1947: League Debut for Archie Macauley and Don Roper. Arsenal 3 Sunderland 1. 4 September 1956: Final Arsenal match for Don Roper 8 January 1957: Don Roper …
The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. 17 September 1894: Arsenal 0 WBA 1. In 17 days at the start of the season Arsenal played six games, three of them friendlies as was this one. Arsenal won two of the friendlies but lost …
. The bottom of the table clash was on 14 September 1974 when hooliganism was the great discussion point in the media. Details are below – and links to our main series are given at the foot of the page. 14 September 1891: Billy Heath took the first-ever penalty in a league game, scoring …
Some of our major series are detailed below. There are more on the home page. The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the …
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The Arsenal anniversaries for 11 August. Prepared by Tony Attwood. For details of other series please see the end of the article. 11 August 1923. It was common at this time to play just two warm up matches prior to the season – in Arsenal’s case the Reds against the Blues (primarily the …
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Earlier today the Untold Arsenal site went down, and while it was being fixed I published the article that was due to be on Untold, on this site. Untold Arsenal is now back and running and so the article has been moved to its proper place: The Worse the Clubs Were Last Season…. …
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Today’s headline relates to 1910 (when Henry Norris saved Arsenal from liquidation), 1921 (when Arsenal made its first profit and 2019 (Saliba signed). 25 July 1883: Joseph Lievesley born. He played in goal for Poolsbrook United, and Sheffield United and was the unfortunate keeper to be in goal in an FA Cup …
Today’s anniversaries 10 July 1916: The Princess Royal, colonel-in-chief of the 7th Dragoon Guards (the Princess Royal’s Own), opened a new building in the grounds of Fulham’s board of guardians’ infirmary. The building was to be used by the military for the duration of the war, and Captain Henry Norris, Arsenal chairman, was part …
2 July 1970: Steve Morrow born. He joined Arsenal just after his 17th birthday in July 1987 and went out on loan to Reading, Watford and Barnet, playing his first Arsenal game proper on 8 April 1992. In 2008 he returned to Arsenal as International Partnerships’ Performance Supervisor, managing Arsenal’s international partnerships, including Colorado Rapids of Major …
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Arsenal anniversaries for 1 July 1 July 1916: Arsenal’s annual report was published showing Henry Norris as being owed £7196 by the club, while the builders of the main stand were owed £18087 (about £2.5m today) – this sum guaranteed by Henry Norris personally. It also showed that the club had bought some …
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If you are a regular Untold Arsenal reader and have come here looking for an explanation, we have an upgrade going on, with Untold Arsenal and it is causing some problems. We hope to be up and running again shortly. Meanwhile here are the anniversaries for 17 June 17 June 1895: William Blyth, the man who …
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Today’s headline comes from 4 June 1925 4 June 1902: Joseph Williams born in Rotherham on 4 June 1902, He started playing for Rotherham County and in September 1929 moved to Arsenal making his Arsenal debut in the 5–2 defeat by Aston Villa on 25 September 1929. 4 June 1915: Henry Norris launched a recruitment campaign …
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Today’s headline comes from this day in 2009 Please join our association: it’s free! If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you …
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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 1915 …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: How Arsenal outsmarted all of the media in one clever move Today’s anniversary comes from 1992. Join AISA for Free. If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: How Arsenal are already managing the rest of this season Today’s headline comes from 1969 Join AISA for Free. If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s history please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: Arsenal v Porto No one comments on the ref so we can only hope How the new Arsenal system has put Arsenal top of the league Arsenal are top so time for the media to start knocking them Arsenal anniversaries on 12 March. Today’s headline comes from 1900 12 March …
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Today on Untold Arsenal: Could Burnley’s home scoring bonanza help save them against Arsenal? Today’s headline comes from 1974. Below are the Arsenal anniversaries for today. 16 February 1886: Andy Ducat born. It was his transfer from Arsenal after 175 league games that signalled that the club would sell any player in order …
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Arsenal Anniversaries of the Day for 1 February: the strange case of Aubameyang 1 February 2022: After a prolonged dispute with the club Aubameyang had his Arsenal contract terminated and the player was moved to Barcelona. He made just 18 appearances for them before being moved again to Chelsea the following day where …
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By Tony Attwood The present system of transfer windows was introduced for the 2002/03 season and at first there was little fuss made about the closing of the window on 31 January 2003. In fact, Arsenal made one purchase that day: Guillaume Warmuz coming in from Lens. The whole issue of transfer windows …
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Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0; 29 January 2008 This match saw Arsenal go top of the league, and was part an unbeaten run that started on 16 December 2007 when Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0. The one defeat of the season so far had come against Middlesbrough on 9 December 2007 (2-1 away), and the …
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On 27 January 1934 Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 7-0 in the FA Cup. The crowd was recorded as 56,177. Alex Wilson played his first game for Arsenal on this day, and the result was not especially remarkable for on that day five of the FA Cup games had six goals or more in …
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The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division – the only complete and detailed history of Arsenal’s election. 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 Join …
Read More “17 January 1976: Arsenal relegation a distinct possibility”
