Arsenal in the 70s, part 7: The remains of 1971/2, revival and defeat.

By Tony Attwood ———– Derby literally took the fight to Arsenal with O’Hare at one stage punching and kicking Graham repeatedly.  As players tried to pull O’Hare off, the referee checked with the linesman and then spoke to Gemmill and Simpson.  It was that sort of display. ———– The story so far… Arsenal in the …

Arsenal in the 70s part 6. The winter of blossoming hope. Nov 71 to Jan 72.

The story so far… Arsenal in the 70s, part 1: the re-birth of the club. 1969/70 Arsenal in the 70s, part 2: preparing for the impossible.  (July to December 1970) Arsenal in the 70s, part 3: The Golden Treble Arsenal in the 70s, part 4: What went so right in 1971, and why did it …

Enquiries about Arsenal documentary short ‘The Team’ during World War 2

By Jaume Giró. I am a former media student and for many years I have been researching the history and films of the former film studio, Welwyn Studios. The studio was based in my home town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and during the time when the building operated as a film studio, between 1928 to …

Arsenal in the 70s, part 5. After the double, double doubts.

By Tony Attwood A link to the earlier articles in this series, which starts with the 1969/70 season, can be found at the foot of this piece. Note: Apologies the wrong league table was originally published at the end of this article.  This has now been corrected. ————– There was a feeling that Arsenal had …

Arsenal in the 70s, part 4: What went so right that we won the Double and why did it then go so wrong?

By Tony Attwood So, we won the League and the Cup in 1971; an amazing achievement.  Which raises the question: why did it happen then, and why was it that we didn’t go on and build on that amazing achievement? First off, in the Double season we had amazing luck with injuries.  Of course some …

Arsenal in the 70s, part 3. The Golden Treble

Arsenal in the 70s, part 1: the re-birth of the club. 1969/70 Arsenal in the 70s, part 2: preparing for the impossible.  July to December 1970 By Tony Attwood Thus Arsenal had finished 1970 in a solid position in the league, still in the Fairs Cup, and of course ready for the opening of another …

Arsenal in the 70s part 2: preparing to do the impossible.

By Tony Attwood. (Amended 1 June 2017) Although Arsenal entered 1970/71 season on a high having won a European competition for the first time, they were still often reminded by a belligerent press that they had not won any major domestic competition since the league trophy of 1953.  Worse, they were the nearly men, the …

Arsenal in the 70s, part 1: the re-birth of the club. 1969/70

By Tony Attwood I’ve already written a brief summary of the Curious story of 1968/9 – in this article I want to do a deeper review of what happened as 1968/9 came to an end, and of the following season, a season that will always be remembered both as the first season in which Arsenal won a …