728: Jose Antonio Reyes 1983-2019
Jose Antonio Reyes: The Arsenal 2004-07
The 728th first team player, Reyes was an Arsenal Invincible who, after leaving, picked up an amazing array of winners’ medals.
20: Alexander Sanders Robertson – 1891-92
A while ago Andy set a fiendishly difficult twitter question:
“Who was the first Invincible to sign for the club?”
After a number of incorrect answers that included the likes of Ray Parlour and Martin Keown, the correct player was named. Read More →
Donald Paul Rossiter 1935-2016
Don Rossiter: The Arsenal 1950-54 & 1955-56
A right sided forward, Don Rossiter was an Arsenal reserve team player for two periods in the 1950s. He later became a councillor for the Tories in the Medway area.
532: John Griffith Roberts 1946-2016
John Roberts: The Arsenal 1969-72
John Roberts was the 532nd player to appear for Arsenal. A Welsh international he was a more than useful member of the first team squad filling in the role of no-nonsense centre-half. He won a League Championship winners medal for his appearances in the 1970-71 campaign, during the double winning season.
…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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441: James Wright Robertson 1929-2015
Jimmy Robertson: The Arsenal 1948-1953
The 441st player to appear for the Gunners, James Wright Robertson made only one senior appearance but was a regular in the reserves during Tom Whittaker’s reign as manager.
Arsenal Players Remembered 1914-1918
This is the final post on the theme of Arsenal and WW1. The past few days have seen the Gunners at War and the Gunners at home
Today we pay tribute on Armistice Day to the players who before the war represented Woolwich Arsenal FC but who weren’t necessarily with the club at the beginning of the War. These men paid the ultimate sacrifice being Killed In Action or dying as a result of the war. We have also included players who received career ending wounds.
The Arsenal Cup – Oporto 1948
As Vic and Bob would say: Look at the size of that trophy !!!
Very recently the only one man still alive from the match, the Portuguese substitute Sanfins, currently aged 92, visited FC Porto’s museum to see the trophy he helped to win.
Classic Match Report: Tottenham v Arsenal – 4 March 1987
Littlewoods Cup semi-final replay
This match means so much to so many fans of a certain age (ie our own) that we felt it had to be the classic match. Spurs were undone on their own pitch after seemingly being so sure of qualification into the final.
Though there are others that could have been recorded most obviously the 1971 or 2004 League clinching performances at White Hart Lane, but they have recently been commemorated quite brilliantly by a hardy bunch of Arsenal chaps during this summer, on a stag do that looks like it was a lot of fun!
However, back to 1987! Read More →