Woolwich Arsenal Subbuteo team
156: John ‘Tim’ Coleman (Military Medal)
Tim Coleman being painted
Kit season: 1906/07
Position: inside forward.
476: Melvyn “Mel” Charles 1935-2016
Mel Charles: the Arsenal 1959-62
Mel Charles was the 476th player to appear for Arsenal. A Welsh international captain, he was at home at centre forward, centre back or wing half. A free scoring versatile player his time at Arsenal was marred by injury.
Sol Campbell
Arsenal 2 Real Mallorca 0
Kufstein, Austria
Sol Campbell
A full 15 years ago. How time flies!
…On this day in 1937
“Butcher” Boulton downed most of the Arsenal defence
Frank Boulton puts paid to Herbie Roberts’ season and Arsenal’s slim title challenge in just three punches during a League game against West Brom.
Frank Boulton: The Arsenal goalkeeper 1936-1938
In an unprecedented series of events he managed to not only hospitalise Roberts, but knock out Hapgood and hit Crayston.
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Dennis Brian Close 1931-2015
Brian Close: The Arsenal 1950-1952
A proud and courageous cricketing Yorkshireman he spent a couple of years in red and white at Highbury in the junior sides before his reversion to full whites.
The Gunners in Whites
On the day the Ashes starts here is a brief history of Arsenal’s relationship with cricket, which adds to our previous article The Arsenal Cricketers.
Check out Charlie’s hat, and Bertie’s sunglasses!
RECORD BREAKERS!
We’re sure that most of you are aware that David O’Leary has played most first team games for Arsenal and that Thierry Henry is the club’s record goalscorer. But what about before them? Which players previously held those records? Read More →
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
This is a three-part article that is probably the most important that we will write. It explains how we found a discrepancy in Arsenal’s early history that snowballed until we realised that much of what has been written about the club before the First World War is inaccurate and incomplete.