John ‘JT’ Murray MBE 1935 – 2018
John Murray: The Arsenal 1953-56
An England cricketer, he made a couple of appearances for the Gunners ‘A’ team before choosing the summer sport over football. Read More →
Edmund ‘Eddie’ Davies 1927 – 2018
Eddie Davies: The Arsenal 1948-1950
A reserve and ‘A’ team forward just after the Second World War in Tom Whittaker’s reign as manager. Read More →
Branko Kubala 1949 – 2018
Branko Kubala: The Arsenal 1965
Reverse of the press photograph above.
A teenager who trained at Highbury playing in the youth and ‘A’ teams during Billy Wright’s time as manager. Read More →
Arsenal Book List by the Highbury Librarian
On twitter recently talk turned to books and The Highbury Librarian offered to send out his list for fellow book enthusiasts to mull over.
Here it is and for the record my favourite autobiography is Peter Storey’s.
If you know of any other Arsenal books, let us know and we will add them to the list to make it as comprehensive as possible. Read More →
The Arsenal in Plumstead
To coincide with Arsenal’s first game on 11 December – The Arsenal History will be holding an event to celebrate Arsenal’s time in Plumstead.
Arsene’s Double Double: A Cool Cat In His Magic Hat – published by Legends
A poetic tribute by Dave Seager, illustrated by Poorly Drawn Arsenal
“The long-standing record equalled and surpassed, A modern Arsenal legend replaced one from the past”
Liam Brady in discussion at AISA
Liam Brady and the authors at a recent AISA event celebrating Liams’ career and theArsenalhistory.com.
Over the next couple of months, we have arranged a number of events to publicise our two recently released books. These events give you the opportunity to have a chat with us, meet some like-minded Arsenal fans but, more importantly, get your books signed by some proper Arsenal legends. Read More →
A book review of our recent – Royal Arsenal Champions of the South
By renowned Arsenal Twitter and Gunnerstown blog writer – Darren Berry
Available now from Sports Publisher: Legends Publishing
Royal Arsenal: Champions of the South – Book Signing at the Gunners Pub
League Winner – David Hillier played 143 times for the Gunners in the 90s.