For this classic match we go back to Arsenal’s worst ever season since World War Two. This game would turn out to be the biggest highlight of the campaign..
Click on the cover to read the whole programme (with Barbara Windsor & Arthur Mullard!)
The Archery Tournament – Or Was It?
Those of you that have read an Arsenal history book will, more than likely, have noticed that the club organising an archery tournament in 1903 to raise funds. Arsenal handbooks throughout the 1970s included this statement within the club’s chronology:
Now, Edwardian England may seem a long time ago, but the medieval art of archery was very much in the decline, if not virtually non-existent at this time. On top of this, £1,200 was more than one fifth of Woolwich Arsenal’s turnover at the time. To put this into perspective, it is similar to a tournament bringing in £40 million today.
So, how was it that a tournament of this nature could greatly swell the club’s coffers? Read More →
For today’s game the manager and whole team must call upon the fighting spirit of Arsenal’s most pugnacious boss in its history. He stood up to the Manchester police as his team won away in 1906 to reach the Gunners first ever FA Cup semi-final.
Today Arsenal need the Phil Kelso spirit.
As you know we have been reproducing our programme work on the blog this season, well here is a match report in a slightly different format to those of this season, written for last season’s quarter-final programme against Everton. A prescient match up of the first FA cup tie between the two most successful teams in the competition’s history!
Manchester United v Arsenal – FA Cup quarter-final 10 March 1906
This classic match saw a record broken, but it wasn’t Arsenal who broke it. It was also the last game played by a legendary forward.
We don’t have a copy of the programme for this game, but there is one available on the excellent Everton Collection website. Click on the programme cover read it at the Everton Collection.
Programme cover
Arsenal v France 14 February 1989
“Robson, Robson pick them all…Robson pick them all”, sang the North Bank as Arsenal outplayed and defeated the French international team.
Click on the picture to read the programme
Davidson: A Prototype Marinello?
Bobby Davidson made his debut on 20 February 1935, and scored with a header in a routine 2-0 win over Stoke at Highbury, and everything looked rosy for the new Gunners forward.
For this classic match report we go back to the 1930s for a historic game that rarely gets mentioned.
Many thanks to Middlesbrough fan Steve Roberts for providing a copy of the programme for this article.
Click on the programme cover to read it.
For this classic match we go back 30 years to a season that saw Arsenal play some scintillating football early doors but lost their way in November. Once again, we have the whole programme for you to read. This has been reproduced with the kind permission of Leicester City FC. There’s also a quiz question at the end of the article to test your knowledge.
Matchday programme
Click to read the whole programme
By Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
“On the pitch, on the pitch, on the pitch…” sang the North Bank, as they prepared to “help” Aston Villa fans in their championship revelry!
Geordie Armstrong on the Wing: AISA meeting
Yesterday Andy and myself travelled to the Arsenal media centre for the AISA book event of Geordie Armstrong on the Wing by Dave Seager and Jill Armstrong.
This was meant to be held prior to Christmas but had to be cancelled, and was well worth waiting for as paying tributes to Geordie were Frank McLintock, Eddie Kelly, Dave Seager and Tom Watt as compere.
Frank, Eddie, Dave and Tom