The Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
161: Stephen “Steve” William Theobald
Steve Theobald: a true Arsenal stalwart
Kit from 1908/1909 season
Position: half back
The Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
67: Caesar Augustus Llewellyn Jenkyns
Jenkyns framed
Kit from 1895/1896 season
Position: centre / half back
John Ollerenshaw 1925-2020
John Ollerenshaw: The Arsenal 1945-1950
John Ollerenshaw was a post-World War Two addition to the club, who made a couple of first team appearances during the transition wartime season, but unfortunately for John these games are not classed as first class matches. Thereafter, he appeared almost exclusively for the ‘A’ team.
Theodore Cornelius Foley 1937-2020
Theo Foley: The Arsenal 1986-1990
The right-hand man of George Graham who played a huge part in the resurgence of Arsenal in the 1980s. Read More →
Alan Leslie Bass 1929-2020
Alan Bass: The Arsenal 1960-68
The Arsenal medical adviser for much of the 1960s, Alan Bass worked at Arsenal with managers George Swindin, Billy Wright, and Bertie Mee.
Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
135: Harry Robert “Joe” Murrell
Joe Murrell in his Kent cricket cap
Kit from 1899/1900 season
Position: full back
Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
199: Joseph Ebenezer ‘Joe’ Shaw
Joe Shaw with his sleeves rolled up
Kit from 1912/13 season
Position: full back
Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
190: Hugh Laughlan MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald being framed
Kit from 1909/10 season
Position: goalkeeper
Arsenal Football Programme Collectors Handbook
The latest instalment in Leonard Evans’ series of Arsenal Football Programme Collectors Handbooks covers home and away reserve and youth team matches between 1980 and 2020.
Why did Tottenham poll so few votes in 1919?
If you’re not already aware, following the end of World War One the members of the Football League decided to increase the size of both the First Division and Second Division by two teams. At a meeting held on 10 March 1919, Chelsea were unanimously elected back into the top flight as it was felt that they had been unjustly relegated due to an incident of match fixing between Liverpool and Manchester United players.