League win against the FA Cup holders for the Gunners
Woolwich Arsenal versus Manchester City: Saturday December 10th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
The final Football League match played by the Gunners and the Saints prior to the inception of the Premier League.
More poignantly it was the final game played with the North Bank as a terrace, on which fans had stood on since 1913.
This was the season when Arsene Wenger declared he was convinced that the club could win the Champions League.
This game was chosen for yesterday’s programme as it was the first time the teams had played each other in a competitive match.
Our classic match report for the Manchester United programme is the one that kicked off a rivalry that lasted the best part of two decades and would see a number of controversial incidents. Again, we’ve included a copy of the programme, in which you can read about the plans to develop the Clock End.
Our classic match for this game is described by many who were there as their most memorable Arsenal game ever. It was certainly a rollercoaster of emotions with Arsenal having been three goals down at one point in the tie (in contrast to yesterday when the team were three goals up!) and facing defeat at the final hurdle for the third season in a row. But…
1989 wasn’t the first time Arsenal had played a Friday evening game needing a win to secure the League title. We take you back 36 years before that night at Anfield to an equally tense game at Highbury.
In what was to become a landmark season for The Arsenal Football Club, they struggled to overcome a dogged Hull City team who were on their way to be being relegated from Division Two (that’s The Championship to our younger readers). We tell the story of a very feisty FA Cup semi-final replay.