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by Tony Attwood This post was updated 14 Dec 2016 with the addition of international matches and 16 Feb 2017 with clarification of Moss’ injury. January 1936 ended with Arsenal recognising that any chance of holding the title for the fourth successive season had slipped away, and so their focus turned to the FA Cup. …
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By Tony Attwood This article is part of a series on Arsenal in the 1930s. You can see a full index up to the publication of this article at the foot of the page. An index of all the articles in the series appears here. By the start of 1936, Allison’s second season in charge …
Read More “January 1936: the league won’t be won, but what about the FA Cup…”
By Tony Attwood This post was updated on 17 Dec 2016 with the addition of the England match. Arsenal entered December in fourth position – exactly where they had been at the start of November. But the gap behind the league leaders had grown… P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Sunderland 12 …
This article is part of the Arsenal in the 30s series. Details of all the articles in the series thus far can be found below. By Tony Attwood Arsenal entered November with a patchy record but they were still only three points behind the leaders. P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Sunderland 12 …
By Tony Attwood The league table at the end of September read… P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Huddersfield Town 8 5 3 0 14 6 2.33 13 2 Manchester City 7 5 1 1 15 5 3.00 11 3 Middlesbrough 8 5 1 2 28 12 2.33 11 4 Sunderland 8 …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal had opened the season with a solid home win, and with the second match scheduled to be away against Grimsby, there were strong hopes that this would be the start of a solid run. But to everyone’s surprise the match ended as a 0-1 defeat. The general comment was to the …
Read More “September 1935: After three successive championships things get sticky”
By Tony Attwood In the spring of 1935 Arsenal had done what only one team had ever done before them – won the league three times in a row. More than that they had done this under three successive managers: Herbert Chapman, Joe Shaw, and George Allison. The last game of the season on 4 …
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1934-35 season statistics and a comparison with the previous seasons By Tony Attwood The quote is oft repeated that George Allison was the luckiest football manager that ever lived – for he inherited the Chapman team, and just had to watch them play. To see how reasonable an analysis this is, or to consider whether …
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By Tony Attwood Here’s the top of the table at the end of March 1935 P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Arsenal 35 19 10 6 97 39 2.49 48 2 Sunderland 34 17 11 6 75 40 1.88 45 3 Manchester City 34 18 6 10 66 50 1.32 42 4 …
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