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By Tony Attwood In the last article I listed a number of Arsenal players now in senior management position in clubs other than Arsenal. Dennis Bergkamp Remi Garde Tony Adams Martin Hayes Brian McDermott Vladimir Petrovic Now here is the second list, which hopefully gets us to near completion.., the total seems to be eleven [...] by Tony Attwood I recently asked on Untold Arsenal for details of any ex-Arsenal players currently working as managers or in other very senior positions in clubs. This came about following the news of Dennis Bergkamp‘s appointment at Ajax and Remi Garde‘s elevation at Lyon. The subsequent discussion gave me quite a few names, but [...] by Tony Attwood With Remi Garde in charge at Lyon we also now have Dennis Bergkamp as assistant manager at Ajax. I want to write a little about Dennis, but before I do I would like to consider who else from the Arsenal ranks is currently in senior management. I must admit my mind has [...] by Tony Attwood I have mentioned already that the start of the 21st century saw the start of serious doubts about referees where bizarre decisions started to cost us games – not least in the cup final of last season against Liverpool. 2001 continued the theme and again we looked at Liverpool as the team [...] by Tony Attwood In the last article I wrote about the foundations of the anti-Arsenal Arsenal – a grouping of “supporters” who felt that Arsène Wenger should be removed from the managership of the club. The main complaint of the AAA at this stage was that the latest crop of signings were poor (Stepanovs was [...] Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood From the moment they signed, I had the feeling that Gilles Grimandi and Rémi Garde were not just signed as players by Mr Wenger, but [...] Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Continuing the story of the 2000/2001 season in the series that reviews Mr Wenger’s time at Arsenal. By the end of 2000 we had lost [...] Untold Arsenal and Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Arsenal Index History of Arsenal with a new series on the Rioch year, and onto the Wenger years. Making the Arsenal – the book of Arsenal death and rebirth By [...] By Tony Attwood My feeling is that there are many people who claim to be Arsenal supporters who believe the mantra that “this is the worst Arsenal team ever”. My personal remembrance, backed up by videos of the pre-Wengerian seasons is that what we see now is several million light years ahead of what we [...] THERAPY – A GROUP EXERCISE With all this present day chit-chat about “Wenger Out!”, I’d like to offer a little perspective, stimulate some debate, and hopefully cheer everyone up a bit. You always read these polls about who were the best players to ever put on an Arsenal shirt, which always infuriate me: you’re always [...] By Tony Attwood Leslie Knighton was appointed manager of The Arsenal upon the return of the club to the first division at the end of the first world war, in 1919. Arsenal were promoted after refusing to back down on the match fixing scandal in the last pre-war season (which actually went on into the [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Wilf Copping was born in Yorkshire on 17 August 1909. He attended Houghton Council School and left to become a miner while playing for local teams Dearn Valley, Middlecliffe and Dartfield Rovers (of whom I can find no information.). [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Jack Crayston was born in Lancashire and played for his local school sides. It is also said that he played for Ulverston Town but I can’t find any details of that club (although the town is in the right [...] Continuing the series about players who played under George Allison, we come to Eddy Hapgood, who was signed by Herbert Chapman from Kettering Town, and played under both Chapman and Allison. Eddie has been the subject of a piece here before, when I wrote a piece about his autobiography The idea here is to complete [...] If you want a simple fact about Bob John it is that he played for Arsenal 470 times – more than any other player up to the cessation of football in 1939. Now here’s the detail. Robert Frederick John was born on February 3, 1899 in the Welsh town of Barry, near Cardiff. By 1920 [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony There are so many famous names from the Chapman / Allison era that is not surprising that one or two slip from the public mind despite their being players of enormous importance and stature in the history of the [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony In an era when people stay at clubs for just a few years it is wonderful to look back at George Male – a man who spent more than half of his life at Arsenal. As a player he [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony There’s no article about George Allison on the Arsenal official web site, other than a 70 word summary in the “Managers” section and yet even if he is judged simply by his record as a manager he is surely [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood This is the final entry in our series of articles about players who played 100 or more games for Woolwich Arsenal. This final article takes us to a group of players in the 100+ club who we have covered [...] This article is one of a series on the players who played 100 or more times for Woolwich Arsenal FC. There’s now an index of all the articles in this continuing series here. Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here James “Jimmy” Sharp played for Arsenal at left back [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here In our series of articles about the players who made over 100 appearances for Woolwich Arsenal we come to David Neave. David Neave was born in 1883 and played for Arsenal in two separate spells between 1904 and 1912, making 168 appearances [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Tony Attwood Charles Oliver Satterthwaite (known as Charlie) was born in 1877 and played for Arsenal from 1904/5 until the 1909/10 season. He made 141 appearances for the club of which 129 were in the league, and scored 48 goals (45 [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of this site, you’ll know that I have got very excited from time to time when we have been contacted by members of the family of those who played for the club, or [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Next up in our list of Woolwich Arsenal players who played over 100 games for the club we have Roderick John McEachrane (Roddy) who played 313 league games – and played 346 games in all – for Woolwich Arsenal. [...] Archie George Cross was born in Dartford, in 1880, and played 149 times for the club (132 in the league). He joined Dartford, before transferring to New Brompton and then Woolwich Arsenal in April 1900, playing throughout as a right back. The chances are that once again we have here a case of a footballer [...] |
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