Arsenal deemed to have boosted income illegally; manager fined.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …

12 men played football and cricket for England. 3 of them played for Arsenal.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …

Arsenal in the summer of 1918. The new league planned as the end of the war approaches.

By Tony Attwood May 1918 saw the end of the third wartime football season which we have covered in previous articles.  Arsenal ended up fifth in the ten team league, and after a very healthy start the level of the crowds had fallen significantly. But then football was hardly a major issue during that part …

When the entire Arsenal squad was almost wiped out in a plane crash

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …

Two forgotten men leave Arsenal

  This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. …

Henry torments Man U keeper for catastrophic errors

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …

It was over 3 years since Arsenal had beaten Tottenham. And then along came Mr Wenger.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.  I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …

When the League had no idea who was top of the league, and an asteroid named Arsène Wenger

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1888 and 2007 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November …

Arsenal bottom of the league

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1909 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 20 20 …

April 1918: the third wartime league ends; Ireland rebels against conscription.

By Tony Attwood As we have seen, the 1917/18 London Combination season was something of an up and down league from Arsenal’s point of view.  By the end of February Arsenal had won 13, lost 10 and drawn five of their games in the league.  Most frustratingly, there had been no sense of putting a …

The Arsenal player who sued Arsenal and changed football’s approach to contracts

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1892 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 17.  19 …

He died playing for Arsenal – the club he loved.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1913 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 17.  18 …

Norris at the Arsenal: March 1918, crowds drop, rationing, the war turns

  by Tony Attwood The war that was going to be over by Christmas 1914 was still laying waste to much of Western Europe in the spring of 1918, and killing its young men.  America was in the war, which helped the Allies, but French troops were wavering.  Russia was no longer in the war …

Recovering from cancer he made a joke about Tottenham and then we won 2-0.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1980 17 November 1902: Woolwich Arsenal 2 Tottenham 1.  London League Premier Division.  The result saw Arsenal firmly in place at the top of the …

When Henry ran two miles after scoring against Tottenham and Mr Arsenal died

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1952 and 2002   Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  …

The first ever goal to be scored from a corner. Maybe.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1924   Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 15.  …

The actual moment in history that triggered the club that became Arsenal FC

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1920.  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 14.  14 …

Arsenal have the worst injury list in the league ever. Official.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1920.  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 13.   13 …

Arsenal in 1918: Chapman’s downfall, votes for women, schooling for all, Arsenal erratic

by Tony Attwood Through the first part of the 1917/18 – the third season of the London Combination wartime league, Arsenal had had a topsy turvy time, starting off brilliantly and then slumping to a series of defeats and draws. By December they had recovered to a moderate middle-of-the-table form with 3 wins 2 draws …

When the referee put out his own team against Arsenal!

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1894 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 12.   12 …

How Arsenal showed the football world how to remember Armistice Day

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.     By Tony Attwood The notion that football should do something for the veterans of the first world war was a Herbert Chapman idea.  It was both typical of the man, and …

The Arsenal men who make a living out of attacking Arsenal

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 2014 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 10.   10 …

Arsenal at the end of 1917. Crowds collapse, results poor, the war drags on.

By Tony Attwood And so the war ground on, and the crowds at the football matches being played in the London Combination grew smaller and smaller.  Quite why this was so I have not been able to find out.  Was it because Arsenal were now losing games?   That is certainly possible because by the end …

The first ever London derby in the football’s top division.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1907 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 9. 9 …