Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ————————— By Tony Attwood By this question about Arsenal’s first ever trophy we don’t …
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Refs should be blamed on the Arsenal run in 2007/2008 season Abdulaziz Alfarhoud Last week, I took a look at the Arsenal season review of 2007/2008 because it was the nearest trophy to Arsenal on these 7 trophy-less years. And in doing this I noticed many refereeing decisions which were harsh and against Arsenal. These …
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Iconic moments in the history of Arsenal By Tony Attwood It is a general, and generally unspoken, rule, that Arsenal does not comment on the comments in the media – no matter how wrong, misleading and downright vile they are. But there was a moment during the 1970/1 double season when Arsenal felt moved to …
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By Tony Attwood This week the AISA Arsenal History Society will be publishing the second in a series of reviews of Arsenal’s history – this one covering the start of the Norris Era, and the move from Plumstead to Highbury. As with the first publication in the series the publication contains revelations about Arsenal’s history …
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—————————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here When Arsenal and Fulham almost merged to become one club. Read the story in “Making the Arsenal” ————————- Tom Whittaker wins the league By Tony Attwood Tom Whittaker is one of the great …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Tony Attwood In 1932/3 Arsenal won the league under Herbert Chapman. Chapman died in January 1934 and Joe Shaw took over and we won the 1933/4 league under him. In the summer of 1934 …
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———————————- Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here ———————————– By Tony Attwood It is not unknown for Arsenal fans not fully versed in the club’s history to believe that Herbert Chapman won three consecutive championships with Arsenal, having done the same with …
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By Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly After our last post regarding shareholdings we were sent some very interesting 1910, 1911 and 1914 registers of shareholders. While various sources on the net have alluded in the past to Glasgow Rangers holding shares in The Arsenal, these lists show that they did purchase 2 shares sometime in the latter part of 1910 and early 1911. …
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