Here are the Arsenal anniversaries for 25 July – including the answer to the question above: who was the only player to play in every game for the Invincibles.
These are the stories from the Arsenal History Society Archives for Arsenal FC on 24 July. There is more about our archives at the foot of the page.
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 first round replay on 16 January 1908 in which Swindon Town beat Sheffield United. It was Swindon’s first win in the FA Cup proper for 20 years. He later played in goal for the last ever Woolwich Arsenal match.
25 July 1983: John Lukic signed for the first time. He transferred to Arsenal for £75,000 as a replacement for Pat Jennings and stayed at Arsenal until 1990 returning in 1996
25 July 1987: Arsenal beat Morton 1-0 in Nigel Winterburn’s first game. He went on to play 440 league games for Arsenal.
25 July 1988: Steve Williams left Arsenal for Luton Town. He was replaced in the team by Michael Thomas.
25 July 1992: First game for John Jensen and Ian Selley in friendly v Byafossen. Selly showed a lot of promise, but when he suffered a broken leg it affected his subsequent game and he spent his later career playing in non-league football.
25 July 1998: David Grondin signed from St Etienne. He made one Premier League, two League Cup and one UEFA Champions League appearance before going on loan to Cannes Beveren and Dunfermline Athletic for whom he finally signed.
25 July 1998: Double winners Arsenal drew 1-1 away to Luton, making it two draws and one defeat in the first three pre-season games.
25 July 2003: Jens Lehmann signed from Borussia Dortmund for £1.5m. He went on to become the only goalkeeper ever in the top division to go a whole league season undefeated.
25 July 2003: Arsenal beat Austria Wien 2-0 to record their first pre-season win after a defeat and two draws. Bergkamp and Jeffers scored the goals.
25 July 2012: Pedro Botelho transferred to Atlético Paranaense. He never played a league game for Arsenal but went on five separate loan deals after signing in 2007, prior to this transfer.
25 July 2015: Arsenal beat Lyon 6-0 in the Emirates Cup with goals from Giroud, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi, Ramsey, Ozil and Cazorla.
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