AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
John East Hawley is one of those players who when he gets mentioned in reports linking him with Arsenal is described as one of the men who never really made it in an Arsenal shirt. Such an attitude, in my opinion, is mistaken – he was brought to Arsenal by a management that was in desperation, …
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By Tony Attwood Bob Buchanan (full name Robert John Buchanan) was born in 1868 in Johnstone (Paisley). He started out with his local team Johnstone (not to be confused with St Johnstone who played in Perth), before moving to Abercom (a Scottish League team until 1915, local rivals to St Mirren), Sunderland Albion (a breakaway …
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By Tony Attwood The story of Arsenal during the barren years of the mid to late 1950s and on through the 1960s is told in the superb book, Arsenal the Long Sleep. There are full details of this volume, which is available worldwide as a paperback, and via Amazon on Kindle on the Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal from 1953 to 1980, the overview of an era.”
By Tony Attwood So, the series on Arsenal in the 70s is ended. But what happened in the 70s overall? Season Posn FAC Lge C Europe Rnd Manager 1969-70 12 3 R3 Fairs Cup W Mee 1970-71 1 W R4 Fairs QF Mee 1971-72 5 RU R4 Euro QF Mee 1972-73 2 SF QF Mee …
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By Tony Attwood There is an index to this series of articles at the foot of the page. Arsenal finished the 1970s in fourth, not only eight points behind the leaders, but also with a significantly lower goal scoring rate than the clubs above. P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Liverpool 22 …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s part 25: Jan to June 1980. Farewell Liam Brady.”
By Tony Attwood Below is a list of all the managers in the history of Woolwich Arsenal, The Arsenal and Arsenal FC. The second column shows when that person (or in the case of the first time around, the committee) took up the job, and what happen in their first season. The “first season” …
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By Tony Attwood If you have read the book, Woolwich Arsenal: the club that changed football, (and there are details at the end of this article if you haven’t) you will know that Arsenal FC began its life as a professional football club by being split in two. For between 1891 and 1893 the …
Why Mesut Ozil can inspire Arsenal to the title next season by Ray Hobbs It would be fair to say that things haven’t quite gone as planned for Arsenal this season. The Gunners are slipping out of contention for the Premier League title, have been knocked out of both the FA Cup and Capital One Cup …
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By Tony Attwood The pre-season started off in a most curious manner with the signing on 15 July 1979 of John Hollins who joined from QPR. He played initially for Chelsea (with a spell as captain) and in 12 years knocked up 436 appearances including 167 consecutive games and then had four seasons at QPR before moving to Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s, part 24 July to Dec 79. One pace forwards, one pace back.”
by Tony Attwood January 1979 started in the traditional fashion with an FA Cup 3rd round tie; on this occasion it was Sheffield Wednesday away on 6 January, and the result was a 1-1 draw. 33,635 were in the crowd, and the team was Jennings, Rice, Walford, Price, O’Leary, Young, Brady, Sunderland, Stapleton, Gatting, Rix. It …
Read More “Arsenal in the 70s part 23. Jan-June 79. The trophy drought is over”
