Royal Arsenal: Champions of the South
By Mark Andrews, Andy Kelly and Tim Stillman.
Brian Whitehouse: 1935-2017
Brian Whitehouse: The Arsenal Youth Manager 1969-1971
Brian Whitehouse was Arsenal’s FA Youth Cup winning manager of 1971, but he left soon after with Don Howe to return to his home team, West Bromwich Albion after the board’s slight at Howe’s role in Arsenal’s historic double winning season.
The Arsenal Sensory Room – a visit from TheArsenalHistory.com
Viewing Room – view of the pitch
Last season having been invited to the Sunderland Sensory room when we played at the Stadium of Light, I wrote this blog – Arsenal play catch up…as Sunderland lead the way!!!
Well, just over a year has passed and Arsenal have most definitely caught up and indeed surpassed the original brilliant idea from the north eastern family, the Shippeys, whose campaign has been growing to increase the opportunities for autistic children to watch football. Information about their mission to make football grounds even more accessible to children and young people with autism, can be found at the @shippeycampaign
Arsenal Season Tickets
A look at the history of the Gunners through the treasures found in the Arsenal Museum: Very Early Season Tickets
Arsenal season tickets from the 1890’s. Arsenal Museum. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
Arsenal Pennants
A look at the history of the Gunners through the treasures found in the Arsenal Museum: Pennants
The Arsenal Museum. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
Joe Mercer – A Remarkable Captain
A look at the history of the Gunners through the treasures found in the Arsenal Museum: ThePlayer of the year award 1950
Joe Mercer Footballer of the Year Award from the Football Writers Association. Arsenal Museum. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
Michael Thomas’ tatty boots
“A good ball by Dixon, finding Smith, for Thomas, charging through the midfield! Thomas, it’s up for grabs now! Thomas! Right at the end!”
Michael Thomas’ Boots – The Arsenal Musuem. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
“Merson to take it … Andy Linighan has won the cup for Arsenal”
So said Martin Tyler at the end of the Gunners’ fourth visit to Wembley in 1993.
The Arsenal Musuem. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / David Price.
Albert Craig, the Surrey and Arsenal Poet:-
Albert Craig the first Arsenal programme editor and writer – (by Rheinhold Thiel of London – Roger Mann Collection (1))
“Born of illiterate parents in a remote Yorkshire community, he became one of the most celebrated figures on the cricket and football grounds of London and the South”. (2)
George ‘Geordie’ Armstrong’s Cannon
On 5 February 1974 at Elland Road, Leeds, Arsenal’s George ‘Geordie’ Armstrong became the first player to play 500 competitive games for the Gunners. Before this match Armstrong was presented with a set of candelabras and champagne for his landmark achievement. The closest that any player had previously come to this number was Bob John who had amassed 470 appearances during the 1920s & 1930s.
