ISLINGTON 100
Through 2012/13 The Arsenal History Society is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the move of Arsenal from the Manor Ground to the Gillespie Road ground (Highbury).
The full story of the move to Islington and the two years at the ground under the name Woolwich Arsenal can be found in the volume: Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football.
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1 Jan 2005: Emmanuel Ebouejoins Arsenal from Beveren
2 January: Arsenal play in the fifth qualifying round of the cup
3 January: A star is signed for £1500 – Dennis Evans
5 January 1939 Ted Platt signed for Arsenal
6 Jan 1934 - Herbert Chapman died of pneumonia aged 55.
7 January 1956: Arsenal 2 Bedford 2
8 January 1887: Royal Arsenal play Erith on Plumstead Common. Possibly the first game of the club – certainly the first undisputed game.
11 January 1979: Brian Talbot signs
12 January 1928: Chapman sells Andrew Kennedy
13 January 1891: Fred Groves born
13 January 1945: Peter Simpson both
13 January 1975: Graham Rix signed as a professional for Arsenal
13 January 1979: Brian Talbot plays first game for Arsenal
13 January 1995: John Hartson signs from Luton Town
14 January: The Walsall Experiment
15 January 1913: Arsenal win their first home game of the season
16 January 1909: Croydon Common 1 Arsenal 1 and the link between the clubs
16 January 1920 – Walley Barnes born in Brecon, Wales.
17 January 1920 - Wally Hardinge makes first appearance for Arsenal’s first team
1 March 1913: ISLINGTON 100 Football League reject appeals by Tottenham to prohibit Arsenal from moving to Gillespie Road. 1913.
2 March 2000: Arsenal beat Deportivo 5-1
3 March: Two games against Birmingham, and our worst runs without a trophy
4 March: It’s Arsenal Day. The day it was confirmed that we were moving to Highbury – and thus starting the long journey of the modern club.
5 March 1966: Gus Caesar born
6 March 1935. Tottenham 0 Arsenal 6, as Arsenal proceed to three league wins in a row.
7 March 2012. Arsenal 3 Milan 0
8th March 1890 – Royal Arsenal Players: Richard Horsington, and the London Senior Cup final
9 March 1935 – Arsenal’s biggest crowd at Highbury
10 March 1913 – Arsenal elected to the first division, where they have stayed ever since
11 March 1981: Peter Nicholas signs for Arsenal
12 March 1900: Arsenal recall their biggest ever league win
13 March 1924: Andrew Neil signed from Brighton and Hove Albion
13 March 1926: Andrew Neil sold to Brighton and Hove Albion.
13 March 1957: George Allison dies
14 March 1908: Torpedo Boys set fire to Nottingham Forest stand with fireworks
14 March 1912 - Cliff Bastin born in Heavitree, near Exeter.
14 March 1934: Ted Drake signed from Southampton for £6500
15 March 1913: Woolwich Arsenal’s last win at Plumstead
16 March 1896: Arsenal’s first floodlit game
16 March 1062: Billy Wright named Arsenal manager
17 March 1949: Pat Rice born
17 March 1964: Lee Dixon born
17 March 1981: Debut of Peter Nicholas
17 March 1900: Last appearance of Roger Ord
18 March 1910: Woolwich Arsenal go into liquidation
18 March 1992 – Jack Kelsey died in London aged 62 (or 19 March as shown on Arsenal’s site).
19 March 1966: Last league game for Billy McCullough
19 March 1994: Final appearance for Anders Limpar
20 March 1914: Highbury closed as wall collapses
20 March 1926 Jack Rutherford played his final game for Arsenal v Man City aged 41 yeas 159 days – the oldest player in the history of the club.
21 March 1896: Arsenal’s first international player
21 March 1964: John Radford made his Arsenal debut away at West Ham United.
22 March 1950: Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the FA Cup semi-final with both Compton brothers in the team.
23 March 2000: Ray Parlour scores hat-trick against Werder Bremen.
24 March 1994: George Graham sold Anders Limpar to Everton for £1.6m.
24 March 1928: Arsenal’s fourth FA Cup semi-final – lost to Blackburn
24 March 1934: Ted Drake plays his first match for Arsenal
24 March 1951: Dave Bowen makes his first team début for Arsenal
25 March 1988: Brian Marwood joined Arsenal from Sheffield Wednesday for £600,000.
26 March 1948 Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0 in the league.
27 March 1987: Steve Morrow transferred to QPR.
28 March 1931: Arsenal win 5-2 at Middlesbrough on way to first title
29 March 1973: Marc Overmars was born in Emst, Holland.
29 March 1975: Last game for Bob McNab
30 March 1895: Woolwich Arsenal met Newton Heath (later Man Utd) for the first time.
30 March 1897 – Arsenal’s First Manager Takes Office
30 March 1894: Joseph Toner born
30 March 1929: Arsenal 7 Bury 1
30 March 1985: Last first team appearance for Raphael Meade
30 March 1988: Debut of Brian Marwood
30 March 1912: Alexander Graham’s first team debut
31 March 1971: Arsenal reached the F.A. Cup Final by beating Stoke City 2-0 in the semi-final replay.
31 March 1906: Arsenal play in FA Cup semi final for first time
31 March 1971: Arsenal 2 Stoke 0 in FA Cup semi final replay
31 March 1973: Last appearance of Frank McLintock
31 March 1979: Arsenal beat Wolverhampton W in our 14th FA Cup semi final
31 March 1998: Arsenal beat Bolton away with 10 men, and Seaman kept a clean sheet for Arsenal for 150th time.
??? March 1914: . London County Council grant planning permission for the Gillespie Road stadium, seven months after it opened
April
1 April 2006: Arsenal beat Aston Villa 5-0 with goals from Adebayor, Henry (2), Van Persie and Diaby.
1 April 1949: Sammy Nelson born*
1 April 1966: Sammy Nelson joins Arsenal*
2 April 1927: Joe Hulme made his England debut v Scotland in Glasgow. England won 2-1.
2 April 1914: Gillespie Road stadium re-opened after repairs to the leaning wall were complete. Arsenal Res v Fulham Res
3 April 1914: The word ‘Woolwich’ was officially dropped from the team name. We became ‘Arsenal’.
4 April 1913 – ISLINGTON 100: Highbury Defence Committee joins with Islington Council and pushes through a vote against Arsenal moving to the Gillespie Road ground.
4 April 1993: A Tony Adams header won the F.A. Cup semi-final against Spurs.
5 April 1929: Herbert Chapman resigns from Arsenal
5 April 1987: Two goals from Charlie Nicholas won the Littlewoods Cup
5 April 1930: David Jack is the first Arsenal player to captain England.
6 April 1914: Islington Gazette reports (not completely accurately) that “Woolwich Arsenal” had become “The Arsenal”
6 April 1895: Woolwich Arsenal beat Crewe Alexandra 7-0. We then beat Walsall 6-1 just six days later.
6 April 1927: Newcastle 6 Arsenal 1
6 April 1929: Final game for Billy Blyth- Arsenal’s first film star
6 April 1959: First Arsenal game for Mel Charles
6 April 1965: Tommy Baldwin’s first Arsenal game
7 April 1952: Arsenal reached the F.A. Cup Final by beating Chelsea 3-0 in the semi-final replay.
7 April 1967: First game for Pat Rice
7 April 1973: FA Cup semi-final: 2-1 to Sunderland
7 April 1979: Steve Brignall becomes the Arsenal player with the shortest ever career
7 April 1980: Arsenal début for Paul Davis
7 April 1980: Arsenal asked Tottenham to rearrange the local derby. And then…
8 April 1978: Arsenal beat Orient 3-0 in FA Cup semi-final – our 13th appearance in semis.
8 April 1922: Last senior game for Angus McKinnon
8 April 1939: Last senior game for Alex Wilson
8 April 1986: Last senior game for Paul Mariner
9 April 1921: Arsenal 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1
9 April 1924: Arthur Shaw born
9 April 1943: James Ashcroft died. He made 300 appearances for Arsenal.
9 April 1980: Arsenal draw 1-1 with Juventus in the Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final 1st leg, despite Tottenham (see 7 April)
9 April 1988: Steve Williams final senior appearance
10 April 1948: Arsenal win the First Division Championship by drawing with Huddersfield 1-1.
10 April 1914: Arsenal inaccurately calls itself “The Arsenal” for the first time on the programme for the match against Stockport. 1914.
10 April 1954: Final appearance for Joe Mercer.
11 April 1992…Paul Merson netted a hat-trick against Crystal Palace as Arsenal ran out 4-1 winners.
11 April 1936: Last appearance for Tiger Hill
11 April 1962. Fulham 5 Arsenal 2
11 April 1998: Arsenal 3 Newcastle Utd 1
12 April 1994…We reached the final of the Cup Winners Cup by beating PSG 1-0 in the semi-final 2nd leg.
12 April 1913 – Woolwich Arsenal relegated
13 April 1957: John Barnwell’s league debut
13 April 1962: Peter Simpson signs professional contract
13 April 1998…Arsenal won 4-1 at Blackburn Rovers on the way to the Double.
14 April 1919: Arthur Hutchins and Ernie Williamsonsigned from Croydon Common
14 April 1934: Frank Moss makes his international debut.
14 April 1934: Cliff Bastin scores for England against Scotland
14 April 1936: George Swindin signed
14 April 1958: Geoff Strong turns pro with Arsenal
14 April 1964: John McClelland final appearance
14 April 1991: Arsenal lose to Tottenham in Cup Semi-final
15 April 1912: George Leavey resigned from the board of Woolwich Arsenal after 14 years with the club.
15 April 1899: Jack Robson born
15 April 1905: Last game for Thomas Briercliffe
15 April 1950: Last game for Archie Macaulay
15 April 1953: Bill Dodgin plays his first game for Arsenal
15 April 1970: Arsenal lose to Ajax but win overall to reach first Euro final
15 April 1971: Arsenal draw 1-1 with Stoke in Cup Semi-Final with Radford in goal
16 April 1892: Arsenal sign Archie Cross
16 April 1912: Ted Drake was born. See also Ted Drake Day
16 April 1983. Arsenal lose to Man U in their 16th Cup semi-final appearance
17 April 1892: Henry White born
17 April 1939: George Marks first appearance in friendly v Tottenham
18 April 1993: Tony Adams drops Steve Morrow
18 April 1927: first league game for Herbie Roberts
18 April 1960: Last league game for Gordon Nutt
18 April 1998: Arsenal 5 Wimbledon 0
19 April 1972…Arsenal reached the F.A. Cup Final by beating Stoke City 2-1 in the semi-final replay.
20 April 1995…Arsenal reached the CWC Final after beating Sampdoria on penalties in the semi-final.
20 April 1973 – Eddie Hapgood died in Leamington Spa aged 64.
21 April 1963: Jock Rutherford died
21 April 1930 Leicester City 6 Arsenal 6 all time record top league score, 21.04.1930
22 April 1893: Committee of Royal Arsenal sign articles of association to create Woolwich Arsenal, and agreement to rent the Manor Field.
22 April 1905. Last game for James Jackson
22 April 1908 James Sharp transferred to Rangers for £400
22 April1912: Andy Ducat’s final game
22 April 1933: Chelsea 1 Arsenal 3 and as a result Arsenal are champions.
22 April 1970. Anderlecht 3 Arsenal 1 European Fairs Cup Final First leg
23 April: First FA Cup Final – lost to Cardiff
23 April – acceptance of the special resolution by the board to officially change the club to The Arsenal Football Club Ltd at a board meeting. (The name was formally changed on 10 May 1915)
23 April 1980…Arsenal became the first British club to win at Juventus in a competitive match. Score: 1-0.
24 April 1915…Arsenal’s last game in second division: Arsenal 7-0 Nottingham Forest.
24 April 1915: Last game for Joseph Lievesley, and Percy Sands
24 April 1074: First game for Jimmy Rimmer
24 April -1976: Final game for Terry Mancini
24 April 1988: League Cup final – Arsenal 2 Luton 3
25 April 1891: Arsenal’s first substitute
25 April 2004. We won the League, at White Hart Lane, again.
26 April Anniversary of the rebirth of the club
26 April 1930. Arsenal win their first ever F.A. Cup 2-0 v Huddersfield.
26 April 1913: ISLINGTON 100. Last ever game at the Manor Ground (drew 1-1) 1913
26 April 1930: First major trophy – beat Huddersfield in FA Cup Final
27 April 1973 Double-winning captain and wing-half Frank McLintock was sold to QPR for £25,000.
27 April 1851: George Lawrence, the first benefactor, born
28 April 1970 Fairs Cup Final; our first Euro trophy
29 April 1893. Final game of Royal Arsenal – lost 0-1 to Stoke.
29 April 1950: Arsenal their 3rd F.A. Cup 2-0 v Liverpool.
29 April 1961: Last game for David Herd
29 April 1899: Final game for Adam Haywood v Tottenham in United League
29 April 1929: Cliff Holton born
30 April 1898: Gavin Crawford’s last game
30 April 1910: Last game for Archie Cross
30 April 1959 Ian McKechnie signed as professional for Arsenal
30 April 1964: Ernest Williamson died in Norwich
30 April 1965: Eddie McGoldrick born in Islington
30 April 1974: Last game for Ray Kennedy
30 April 1974: Last game for Bob Wilson
1 May 1902 Tim Coleman joined Arsenal from Northampton
1 May 1902: Roderick McEachrane joined Arsenal from West Ham
1 May 1920: Last senior game for David Greenaway
1 May 1937: Last game for Alex James
1 May 1953: Arsenal win the league on goal average
1 May 1962: Final appearance of Jack Kelsey
1 May 1971: Arsenal play Stoke, with just one league game left – away to Tottenham
1 May 1980 Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 in third replay of cup semi final
2 May 1921: Last game for John Peart
2 May 1931: Arsenal conclude their first ever League Championship season
2 May 1990: Brian Marwood’s last game
2 May 1992: Last game for David Rocastle
3 May 1971: Beat Tottenham 0-1 at WHL to win the league 1971
3 May: 1893 Royal Arsenal formally becomes Woolwich Arsenal
4 May: we win the Cup Winners Cup
5 May 1893: the name Woolwich Arsenal FC formally announced
5 May 1928: Charlie Buchan’s last game
5 May 1934: Arsenal win league despite death of Herbert Chapman
5 May 1934: Last game for David Jack
5 May 1945: Last game for Ted Drake
5 May 1990: Last game for Martin Hayes
6 May 1914: William Blyth joins Arsenal
6 May 1939: Last appearance for Eddie Hapgood
6 May 1939: Arsenal 2 Brentford 0 – used to film Arsenal Stadium Mystery
6 May 1968: Ray Kennedy joins as an apprentice
6 May 1972: Lost cup final to Leeds
6 May 1974: Kettering v Arsenal to celebrate opening of new stand
6 May 1978: Lost cup final to Ipswich
6 May 1991: Arsenal, get guard of honour from Man U and sing one song all the way through the entire Arsenal 3 Man U 1 game.
6 May 1998: Liverpool 4 Arsenal 0, and Arsenal celebrated all night long.
7 May 2003. Arsenal 6 Southampton 1. The start of the 49 match unbeaten run. The most wonderful anniversary in the history of Arsenal
7 May 1883: Joe Shaw born
7 May 1929: Charlie Preedy signed
7 May 1938: Arsenal 5 Bolton 0 – Arsenal win the league for fifth time in 8 years
7 May 1949: League début for Ray Daniel
7 May 1988: First game for Kevin Campbell
7 May 1988: Last game for Kenny Sansom
7 May 1994: Final game for Alan Miller
8 May 1910: George Male was born in West Ham
8 May 1923: Jimmy Brain transferred
8 May 1934 Charlie Jones left Arsenal to become Notts County manager
8 May 1942: Terry Neil born
8 May 1963: George Eastham made his international debut
8 May 1969: John Roberts league debut
8 May 1971 Arsenal won the Double for the first time, beating Liverpool in the FA Cup, having secured the League at White Hart Lane And….
8 May 1985: Pat Jennings farewell game
8 May 2002 Arsenal won the League in Manchester by beating Manchester United. We win the league and the FA Cup
9 May 1891: Royal Arsenal FC vote to become a professional side, making them the first professional team in the south of England.
9 May 1891: Dr James Paterson born
9 May 1922: Andrew Kennedy joins Arsenal from Crystal Palace
9 May 1931: Dan Lewis transferred to Gillingham
9 May 1935: Reg Lewis joins from Margate
9 May 1936: Bernard Joy is last amateur player to play for England in full international
9 May 1954: Derek Tapscott plays first international for Wales
9 May 1965: Peter Storey first senior game
9 May 1973: League debut for David Price
9 May 1978: Last appearance for Alan Hudson
9 May 1978: Last appearance for John Matthews
9 May 1981: Last game for Frank Stapleton
9 May 1987: Last game for Viv Anderson
10 May 1899: James Jackson signed
10 May 1908 David Greenaway signed
10 May 1923: First appearance of Samson Haden
10 May1962: Danny Clapton last senior game
10 May 1966: Charlie George signed apprentice forms
10 May 1969: Dennis Bergkamp born
10 May1908: Arsenal lose FA Cup final to West Ham
10 May 1995: Arsenal lose 1-2 to Real Zaragoza in injury time in CWC final
11 May 1925: Advertisement for new Arsenal manager appears after sacking of Knighton.
11 May 1948: Final game for George Male
11 May 1959: Jimmy Magill signed
11 May 1985: Brian Talbot’s last game
11 May 1988: Last game for Graham Rix.
11 May 1993: Pal Lydesen final appearance
11 May 1997: Paul Merson last appearance
11 May 1998: Arsene Wenger named Manager of the Year
12 May 1945: Alan Ball born
12 May 1979 – FA Cup We win the cup against Man U
12 May 2001: Arsenal lose cup final 2-1
13 May 1904: Archibald Gray joined Woolwich Arsenal
13 May 1933: Eddie Hapgood made international début
14 May 1910 The Times reports that the new share issue in Woolwich Arsenal had failed.
14 May 1935: Mel Charles born
14 May 1937: Alf Kirchen scored on his international début
14 May 1960: Bill Dodgin last senior appearance
14 May 1964: Don Howe’s first game for Arsenal
14 May 1971: Arsenal Cup Final record entered the charts!
14 May 1975: Christopher Wreh born
14 May 1980: Arsenal v Valencia, cup winners cup final
14 May 1983: Last appearance of Vladimir Petrovic
15 May 1971: John Roberts makes his international début
15 May 1979: Final appearance of Malcolm Macdonald
15 May 1990: David Seaman purchased from QPR for record fee.
15 May 1993: FA Cup Final, Arsenal 1 – Sheffield W 1
16 May 1910: Rumours circulate that Tottenham and Chelsea and Rangers FC are trying Woolwich Arsenal FC.
16 May 1934: Jack Crayston joned from Bradford
16 May 1962: Jack Kelsey injures his back and ultimately retires
16 May 1993: Arsenal’s song “Shouting for the Gunners” enters the charts!
16 May 1997: Matthew Upson signed from Luton Town
16 May 1998: Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0. The second double is complete. (The story continues in part 2 and part 3
17 May 1901 Thomas Briercliffe signed
17 May 1929 Cliff Bastin signed
17 May 1939 Eddie Magill signed
17 May 1983: Final appearance of John Devine
17 May 1983: Final apperance of John Hollins
17 May 1993: David O’Leary farewell game v Manchester United
17 May 2003: David Seaman last game in FA Cup Final victory
18 May 1899: James Tennant born
18 May 1910 Woolwich Arsenal meet Football League. Norris offers to buy Woolwich Arsenal and pay off the creditors creating Fulham Arsenal in its place or allow Arsenal to play at Craven Cottage. After both ideas are rejected Norris agrees to fund Woolwich Arsenal at Plumstead for one year.
18 May 1899: James Tennant joined from St Bernards
18 May 1928: Charlie Jones signed form Nottingham Forest
18 May 1930: Dennis Evans born in Ellesmere Port
18 May 1939: Eddie Hapgood plays last game for England
19 May 1907: Budapest 0 Arsenal 9
19 May 1931: Frank Tiger Hill bought from Aberdeen
19 May 1940: John (Jack) McClelland born in Lurgan
19 May 1955: Joe Wade ends his Arsenal career
19 May 1958: Jack Crayston resigns As manager
19 May 1980: Liam Brady’s last match for Arsenal
20 May 1982: Danny O’Shea makes his first appearance
20 May 1993: Arsenal 2 Sheffield W 1 (FA Cup final replay)
20 May 1995: Paul Davis final game (friendly in Hong Kong)
20 May 1997: Matthew Rose joins QPR
21 May 1897: Fergus Hunt joined
21 May 1923: Ernest Williamson wins the first of two caps in three days
21 May: Ritchie Powling born
21st May 2005Arsenal Win The FA Cup
22 May 1902: Jack Lambert born
22 May 1914: Christopher Buckley signed
22 May 1931: Final senior appearance of Jimmy Brain
22 May 1946: Leslie Jones transferred to Swansea
22 May 1953: Paul Marriner born
22 May 1971: Frank McLintock played last game for Scotland
22 May 1986: Danny Clapton died.
23 May, 2006. Tomas Rosicky transferred from B Dortmund for £6.8m
23 May 1923: Joe Shaw makes his final appearance as player
23 May 1918: Dennis Compton born
23 May 1948 Archie Macaulay wins last cap for Scotland
23 May 1973: Ritchie Powling first appearance in friendly against Toronto
23 May 1998: Arsenal recording of “Hot Stuff” enters the top 10.
24 May 1890: Ernest Williamson born
24 May 1899: Horace Cope born
24 May 1935: Bernard Joy joined Arsenal
24 May 1939: George Male and Wilf Copping make final appearance for England
24 May 1953: Last appearance for Ray Daniel
24 May 1975: Alan Ball plays 72nd and last game for England. England 5 Scotland 1
24 May 2010. Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote denies moving to buy a 15.9% stake in Arsenal.
25 May 1929: Billy Blyth transferred to Birmingham
25 May 1935: Dennis Compton signs professional forms with Arsenal
25 May 1944: Joe Wade joined Arsenal
25 May 1948: Charles Sattethwaite died.
26 May 1913 ISLINGTON 100. Tottenham’s demand for an EGM of league clubs to stop Arsenal’s move defeated at League’s AGM
26 May 1938 both Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin score in final England appearance
26 May 1989 Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2
26 May 1968 Nigel Winterburn signed
26 May 2013: Arsenal Ladies win FA Cup for sixth time in eight years
27 May 1933: Alex Wilson purchased from Greenock Morton
27 May 1948: Doug Lishman signed from Walsall for £10,500
27 May 1953: Final game for Freddie Cox DFC
27 May 1973: Final game for Peter Marinello
27 May 1998: Ian Wright and Martin Keown play for England
27 May 1998: Remi Garde and John Lukic sign one year extensions
27 May 1998: Scot Marshall and Chris Kiwomya released
27 May 1987 Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi (Gervinho) born
28 May Frank Bradshaw signed from £verton
28 May 1934: George Allison becomes manager of Arsenal
28 May 1937: Reg Lewis first senior appearance in friendly v Copenhagen
28 May 1956: Johnny Petts signed as a professional
28 May 1976: Jimmy Rimmer makes only appearance for England
29 May 1914: Matthew Thomson transferred to Swindon
29 May 1931: Arsenal beat AIK 5-0 away from home in a post-season friendly.
29 May 1949: First team debut in Friendly v Flamengo for Peter Goring
29 May 1949: Final appearance of Ronnie Rooke
29 May 1949: Brian Kidd born
29 May 1959: Steve Gatting born
29 May 1968: Sammy Nelson first team debut v Japan
29 May 1990: Martin Hayes transferred to Celtic for £625,000
30 May 1952: Alex Forbes makes 14th and last appearance for Scotland
30 May 1995: Death of Ted Drake – the man who scored 42 goals in 41 games
31 May 1893: Woolwich Arsenal elected to Division II of the Football League.
31 May1884: Frank Bradshaw born
31 May 1907 Norman Sidey born
31 May 1937: First appearance of Lawrie Scott
31 May 1961: Peter Storey joined Arsenal as an apprentice
31 May 1967: Don Howe’s final game as a player
31 May 1980: Alan Sunderland played for England
31 May 1980: Brian Talbot wins final cap for England
1 June 1929: Alexander Wilson James signed from Preston
1 June 1953: Alex James died on 24th anniversary of his signing
?? early June 1893: Woolwich Arsenal purchased the Manor Field
??? June 1913: William Hall resigns as director of Fulham
June 2 1934: Wilf Copping joined Arsenal from Leeds United
June 2 1947: Tom Whittaker becomes manager
June 2 1968: Last appearance for Jim Furnell
June 2 1980. Raphael Meade given professional status.
2 June 1991: Gus Caesar moved to Cambridge United, free transfer.
3 June 1939 Jimmy Logie was signed from Lochore Welfare.
3 June 1939: Bobby Gould transferred to Wolverhampton
3 June 1988 Steve Bould arrived at Highbury from Stoke City
4 June 1949: Last appearance of Bryn Jones
4 June 1977: Alex Manninger born in Salzburg
4 June 1983: Emmanuel Eboue was born in Abidjan.
6 June 1930: John Butler sold to Torquay United
6 June 1937: Final game (v Feyenoord) of Alex James, arguably our greatest ever player.
7 June 1947: Arsenal lost 1-2 to Sheffield United away in the final league match of the season – the only time AFC have played a league match in June (due to the extremely harsh weather between 21 Jan and mid-March)
7 June 1928: Dave Bowen born
8 June: 1982: Tony Woodcock signed for Arsenal from Cologne
8 June 1954: Lionel Smith sold to Watford
8 June 1899: Duncan McNichol signed from St Bernards
8 June 1905: Jimmy Sharp signs for Woolwich Arsenal from Fulham
8 June 1936: Arsenal fined for fielding weakened teams.
9 June 1986: Martin Keown sold to Aston Villa. He later saw the error of his ways.
9 June 1984: John Mackie died
9 June 1933: Dr James Paterson summons Kate Rotchell in court
10 June 1946: Tommy Baldwin born
10 June 1936: Arsenal release Frank Hill and Ehud Rogers
11 June 1925: Herbert Chapman becomes manager
11 June 1971: Liam Brady joined Arsenal as apprentice professional. See also here and then again here
12 June 1945: Pat Jennings born
12 June 1946: Bobby Gould born
12 June 1951: Final appearance for Ian McPherson
12 June 1980: Clive Allen signed from QPR in one of the strangest transfers ever
12 June 1998. Emmanuel Petit plays for France in their opening world cup game.
12 June 2012: Sylvain Wiltord retired from playing football
13 June 1910: Woolwich Arsenal come to within five minutes of extinction.
13 June 1966: Billy Wright finally resigns
13 June 1988: Steve Bould signs for Arsenal
14 June 1973: David O’Leary signed for Arsenal
14 June 1973: Peter Storey makes his last appearance for England
14 June 1974: Ian Selley born
14 June 1990: John Lukic leaves Arsenal for Leeds for £1m
15 June 1935: Arsenal sign Jackie Milne
15 June 1995: Bruce Rioch becomes Arsenal manager
15 June 1912: Andy Ducat sold to Aston Villa
15 June 1995: Steward Houston resigns as manager
16 June 1982: Rix and Sansom first Arsenal players for England in world cup final stages
16 June 1994: Lee Harper signed from Sittingbourne
16 June 1934: Margate becomes Arsenal’s feeder club
17 June 1895: William Blyth born
17 June 1952: Gerry Ward signed as an amateur
17 June 1953: Ray Daniel sold to Sunderland
18 June 1962: Andy Linighan born
18 June 1993: Edie McGoldrick signed from Palace
18 June 1979 Paul Davis signed professional forms for Arsenal.
19 June 1913: Wally Hardinge joined from Sheffield United
19 June 1944: Death of Herbert Roberts
19 June 1998: David Grodin signs
20 June 1949: Ronnie Rooke transferred to Crystal Palace to become player-manager
20 June 1987: Ian Allinson released
20 June 1998: Marc Overmars becomes first Arsenal player to score in world cup final stages
21 June 1951: Alan Hudson born
20 June 1998: Overmars becomes first Arsenal player to score in world cup group games.
20 June 1966 Bertie Mee becomes manager
21 June 1958 George Swindin becomes manager
22 June 1893: First AGM of Woolwich Arsenal under Jack Humble 1893
23 June 1976: Patrick Vieira born
26 June 1972: Frank Stapleton signs from school as apprentice
28 June 1913: Woolwich Arsenal gain possession of the Gillespie Road site and have 10 weeks before the first match of the season to make it ready. (This date taken from a comment in the programme for that first match)
3 July 1995: Dennis Bergkamp signs for £7.5m – a record
? July 1904 Phil Kelso becomes Woolwich Arsenal manager
5 July 1939: Football League finally allows numbered shirts
9 July 1976: Terry Neil becomes Arsenal manager
10 July 1956: Frank Stapleton born, Dublin
12 July 1958: Steve Williams born in London
12 July 1974 Ray Kennedy sold to Liverpool
12 July 1974: Brian Kidd purchased from Man U
12 July 1995 George Graham found guilty of misconduct
12 July 1998 Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira become the first Arsenal players to appear in a World Cup Final, and the first to win the World Cup, and Petit becomes the first Arsenal player to score in a World Cup final. Dennis Bergkamp wins the World Cup Goal of the Tournament
13 July George Graham banned from football for a year.
13 July 1998 Ian Wright having become the club’s all time record goal scorer leaves Arsenal to join West Ham
14 July 1992 John Jensen signed from Brondby
14 July 1995 David Platt joined from Sampdoria
15 July 1979 John Hollins joined from QPR
16 July 1946 John Hollis born
16 July 1962 Joe Baker joins Arsenal
16 July 1963 Bob Wilson signs
17 July 1940 Joe Baker born
19 July 1954 Joe Haverty signed
20 July 1943 Bob McNab born
21 July 1953 Brian Talbot born in Ipswich
22 July 1934 Danny Clapton born
22 July Arsenal beat Varberg Bois 2-0 in a friendly. Andy Linighan and David Seaman make their debuts.
22 July 1992 David Rocastle sold to Leeds
23 July 1942 – Andy Ducat, Woolwich Arsenal star and only man to die while at the crease at Lords.
23 July 1865 – Henry Norris born
23 July Jon Sammels born in Ipswich
23 July 1973 Liam Brady signed as a pro for Arsenal
23 July 1984 Viv Anderson signed from Nottingham Forest
23 July 1988. Arsenal beat Yeovil 5-0 in Alan Skirton’s Testimonial, with Steve Bould making his first start.
24 July 1966 Martin Keown born
24 July 1910 Woolwich Arsenal Football and Athletic club taken over by Norris and Hall
24 July 2012: Arsenal play Malaysia on what seems to be a ploughed field. Eisfeld scores his first goal.
25 July 1987 Arsenal beat Morton 1-0 in Nigel Winterburn’s first game
25 July 1988 Steve Williams leaves for Luton Town
26 July 1950 Dave Bowen joins from Northampton for £1000
26 July 1973 After all the hope and hype Peter Marinello sold to Portsmouth for £80k
26 July 1977 George Armstrong makes his fist appearance in a friendly against Red Star
26 July 1984 Paul Merson signs apprenticeship forms
26 July 1966 John Lukic returns from his sojourn in Leeds on a free.
27 July 1935: Billy McCullough born
27 July 1971: John Matthews joins as an apprentice
28 July 1951: Ray Kennedy born
28 July 1989: Siggi Jonnson signed from Sheffield Wednesday
29 July 1976: Malcolm MacDonald signed from Newcastle for £333,333
30 July 1934: Lt Colonel Sir Henry Norris - the man who rescued Arsenal in 1910, built Highbury in 1913, and brought in Herbert Chapman as manager, died.
31 July 1971: Benfica 2 Arsenal 0
1 August 1980: Liam Brady transferred to Juventus for £514,000
1 August 1980: Arsenal beat Celtic 1-5 in a friendly in Glasgow
3 August 1999: Thierry Henry signs for Arsenal for the first time
4 August 1938: George Allison breaks UK transfer record signing Bryn Jones from Wolverhampton for £14,000
6th August 1977 Pat Jennings signed for £45,000
6th August 1989: Arsenal beat Independdiente in the Zenith Data Systems Challenge Trophy in Miami but have Gus Caesar and Gary Lewin sent off.
7th August 1910: Alf Common signed
7th August 1982: Tony Adams first appearance in friendly away to Colchester
7th August 1991: Arsenal beat Watford in a friendly which was Ray Parlour’s first game
8th August 1977 One day after Pat Jennings signs, Jimmy Rimmer plays his last game – a 1-0 victory over Aldershot in a pre-season friendly
9th August 1914. Joe Mercer born – Joe also died on this day in 1990
9th August 1944. George Armstrong born
9th August 1969 – 9 August is just about the earliest the league has ever begun. In 1969 e campaign Arsenal lost 0-1 at home to Everton
9th August 1997 - Overmars, Petit and Grimandi all start their first game with the latter two getting booked. Drew 1-1 with Leeds, managed by G Graham.
10 August 1968. League kicks off with away fixture at Tottenham. Arsenal win.
10 August 1991. Arsenal 1 Tottenham 1 in Charity shield at Wembley*
10 August 1977. Don Howe returns as manager, six years after leaving
11 August 1953. Danny Clapton signs
11 August 1979. Arsenal lose to Liverpool in Charity Shield
11 August 1982. A tribunal forces Arsenal to pay £500,000 for Lee Chapman after Arsenal offer £100,000
12 August 1989 Arsenal lose Charity Shield final to Liverpool
13 August 1980. Clive Allen goes to Crystal Palace, Kenny Sansom joins Arsenal
13 August 1988. Party time for everyone there as Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-0 in a pre-season tournament at Wembley.
14 August 1996. Remi Garde and Patrick Vieira join Arsenal. Remi comes in on a free from Strasbourg, Patrick for £3.5m
15 August 1970. Everton 2 Arsenal 2. The first match in what might be called an eventful season.
15 August 2009. Everton 1 Arsenal 6 - we achieve this remarkable score against Everton for the second time away from home
15 August 1983. Ian Allison signs on a free following a cock-up by Colchester over his contract.
16 August 1912. Ted Drake born
16 August 1925 – Arsenal FC finally buy Highbury Stadium.
16 August 1980. Kenny Sampson plays for the first time for Arsenal v WBA
17 August 1909. Wilf Copping born
18 August 1979. Brighton and Hove Albion start their first ever match in the first division with a 4-0 defeat.
18 August 1992. Perry Groves last game v Blackburn (a 0-1 defeat). He was sold to Southampton on August 21.
19 August 1946. Ray Daniel signed
19 August 1966. George Eastham transferred to Stoke
20 August 1913 – ISLINGTON 100: Arsenal practice match played at Craven Cottage as the new Gillespie Road ground was still being built
21 August 1981. Frank Stapleton transfers to Manchester United
22 August 1953. Gerry Ward becomes the youngest ever Arsenal player in the League.
25 August 1928. For the first match of the new season Chapman introduced numbers on the players’ shirts.
27 August 1913 - ISLINGTON 100: Arsenal play a practice match at The Den (see 20 August)
29 August 1925. Chapman’s first match – a 0-1 home defeat to Tottenham.
30 August 1919: Arsenal start the longest run in the top division in the history of English football. 2012/13 marks season 93 in this continuing run.
30 August 1913 – ISLINGTON 100: the first ever match played at the Gillespie Road ground (Highbury). A practice match behind closed doors.
30 August 1939 – Arsenal wear officially sanctioned numbered shirts for the first time in a league match.
31 August 2011: The mad transfer day in which Arsenal act to compensate for the forced sale of Fabregas and Nasri.
1 September 1893: Kentish Mercury reports Jack Humble had presented the new Manor Ground to the press, with an updated list of Division II fixtures.
2 September 1893: First ever league match 1893. Drew 2-2 with Newcastle. Also see this report And the original reportsin the press
3 September 1921. After an opening day 5-1 reverse we win 4-1 and then on this day 6-1 against Sheffield United
3 September 1932. Arsenal start an amazing 18 match run in which they won 15, drew 2 and suffered one defeat scored 66 goals in the process (3.66 a game)
4 September 1975 – Walley Barnes died aged 55.
4 September 1923 Jock Rutherford – the oldest man ever to play for Arsenal, joined the club for the second time
4 September 1937 – Arsenal beat Wolverhampton 5-0 to give a dream start of 3 straight wins and 12 goals, but then it started to go wrong – just for a while.
5 September 1970. Arsenal 2 Tottenham 0 to make it 3 wins 3 draws and a defeat. No one knew what was to come next.
6 September 1913 – ISLINGTON 100: First match at Highbury 1913. Beat Leicester F 2-1. 20,000 present See also The Day it Began and Season Ticket Prices
6 September 1958. Arsenal beat Everton 6-1 away. Looking back it seemed like a freak result, until 15 August 2009
7 September 1896 Arsenal 3 Rushden Town 2 United League. An error on Wikipedia perhaps?
9 September 1969. Arsenal 3 Glentoran 0. Fairs Cup 1st round 1st leg. The start of the road to the first Euro trophy
10 September 1947. Arsenal beat Bolton 2-0 to complete six straight wins at the start of the season for the first time ever. Arsenal were not beaten until game 18 on November 29.
10 September 1958. David Jack dies.
11 September 1893. First ever league win. Woolwich Arsenal 4 Walsall TS 0
19 September 1951 – first floodlit match at Highbury
20 September 1913: First use of “Victoria Concordia Crescit”
21 September 1925 – Chapman finally sees Arsenal win at home – we beat West Ham 3-2.
23 September 1912 – crisis over?
24 September 1908 – Eddie Hapgood was born in Bristol.
24 September 1965 – Anders Limpar born
29 September 1911 – Bernard Joy was born in Fulham.
October 1912 – ISLINGTON 100. Athletic News report (wrongly) that Arsenal are moving to Harringay Park.
1 October: Arsene Wenger takes over as manager 1996
6 October 1973: Liam Brady plays first match for Arsenal as a sub against Birmingham City.
7 October 1909: Notts County v Arsenal
9 October 1909: Arsenal 0 Nottingham Forest 1
10 October 1950 Charlie George born
10 October 1966. Tony Adams born
13 October: Arsenal smash the world transfer record
14 October 1893: Arsenal’s record FA Cup score in their first FA Cup match as a league club beating Ashford 12-0
24 October 2004. The 49 match run ends
26 October 1903. Arsenal win their 8th match in a row from the start of the season beating Leicester Fosse 8-0
26 October 1863. Representatives of several football clubs the London area met in Covent Garden and formed the Football Association.
28 October 1922, Bob John league debut
?? November 1912: - ISLINGTON 100. Henry Norris takes decision to move Arsenal to Highbury, 1912.
1 November 1913: Jock Rutherford signs for Woolwich Arsenal.
5 November 1932: Gillespie Road tube station became Arsenal (Highbury Hill)
19 November 1887: Tottenham beat Royal Arsenal in first ever game between the two clubs.
1 December 1886: the forerunner of Royal Arsenal FC formed at the Royal Oak.
1 December – 5 December 1919, The Arsenal FC became Arsenal FC
4 December 1933 – second attempt by Arsenal to introduce numbered shirts
4 December 1991 – Cliff Bastin died in Exeter aged 79.
9 December 1961: Paul Davis born
11 December 1886: Arsenal’s first game
13 December 1997: After the home defeat by Blackburn Ian Wright was warned by the police about his abusive behaviour towards a group of Arsenal fans.
14 December 1935: Ted Drake scores seven in the 7-1 away win against Aston Villa.
15 December 1926: Harold Peel, a stop gap signing by Chapman, arrived at Arsenal
16 December 1991. Michael Thomas signs for Liverpool!
19 December 1912: Alf Common sold to Preston North End for £250.
21 December 1985. Gus Caesar plays first League match
Arsenal’s Christmas reviews: 1904 and 1905; 1890, 1891 1892.
22 December 1900. Arsenal 2 New Brighton Tower 1 – a game against one of the artificial clubs of football.
22 December 1971. Alan Ball joins Arsenal
23 December 1978. Tottenham H0 Arsenal 5
26 December 1992: Jack Crayston dies
26 December 1902: Bill Linward plays his first game for Arsenal, and then immediately went on to play his second match on the following day
27 December 1930: George Male first game for the first team. Arsenal 7 Blackpool 1
28 December 1939: Frank McLintock born
28 December 1940: Arsenal 8 Luton Town 1, Southern Regional League
29 December 1894: Woolwich Arsenal 1 DresdenUnited 0
29 December 1888. Iona 1 Royal Arsenal 5 (Kent Senior Cup). If you have any information about Iona FC please write to Tony.Attwood@aisa.org
30 December 1893: First ever away win in the league. Ardwick 0 Woolwich Arsenal 1
30 December 1961: Charlie Nicholas born
31 December 1994: John Jensen scores – Arnseal 1 QPR 3
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Source note:
The dates in this file are being added to all the time, and come from a whole variety of sources. If you notice an error please write to Tony.Attwood@aisa.org
I would particularly like to mention Richard Lerman and David Brown, and their wonderful (but now tragically out of print) volume “The Gunners: Day to Day Life at Highbury”, which is a mine of information. Also thanks of course to Andy Kelly, who has not only supplied dates and information, but who was involved in the “Day to Day Life” volume, and quite rightly is acknowledged therein.
If you know of any anniversary dates not yet listed, please do write in and add them. Not only are new dates being added, but slowly, very slowly, links are being added to articles on this site, relating to the events in question.
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