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.
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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.
Bob Benson: 9 February 1883 – 19 February 1916
Bob Benson
99 years ago on this day, an Arsenal player died playing for the club. Bob Benson left the field of play after an hour, collapsed and died of a burst blood vessel in the dressing room during a wartime game against Reading at Highbury.
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.
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Last year, Northbank1969 wrote about his and his mates’ journey to see Arsenal play Middlesbrough in the FA Cup in 1977. I believed that one of his party was my brother who I knew had gone to the game. It turned out it wasn’t. Another group of North London lads organised their own trip up north to watch the game. Here is their story as told by Mick Kelly.
The Arsenal pre-season team photo
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
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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!
Having recently tweeted the question: “What did John Barrett do 752 times for Arsenal between 1968 and 1997?”, we thought we’d pay homage to Arsenal’s prolific crossword compiler. Below are John’s first and last puzzles.
13 August 1968 (click to enlarge)