The Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
165: Percy Robert Sands
Kit from 1903/1904 promotion season
Position: centre/half back
Kit from 1903/1904 promotion season
Position: centre/half back
We’ve written before about how Arsenal’s famous clock moved around Highbury on a number of occasions during the 1930s. We were never 100% certain of when it first appeared at the back of the North terrace / Laundry End / North Bank; the best we could manage was some time during December 1931. We’ve now come across some more information, including a photograph from the first game when it re-appeared.
Kit from 1908/1909 season
Position: half back
Kit from 1895/1896 season
Position: centre / half back
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.
The right-hand man of George Graham who played a huge part in the resurgence of Arsenal in the 1980s. Read More →
The Arsenal medical adviser for much of the 1960s, Alan Bass worked at Arsenal with managers George Swindin, Billy Wright, and Bertie Mee.
Kit from 1899/1900 season
Position: full back
Kit from 1912/13 season
Position: full back
Kit from 1909/10 season
Position: goalkeeper