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Arsenal, teddy boy boots and a siege

28 January 2025 arsenalcollection 2 Comments

One of the joys of digging around in Arsenal’s past is finding a photograph or an article that looks reasonably…

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A tribute to Leroy Rosenior: the man who did so much for Arsenal

11 January 2025 arsenalcollection 1 Comment

by Andy Kelly “Why on Earth are you writing about Leroy Rosenior on an Arsenal history site?” you are probably…

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Posted in: 1988-89 Filed under: 1988-89, West Ham United

The First Arsenal Crest – The Origins

29 November 2024 arsenalcollection

The First Arsenal Crest Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly

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Posted in: Arthur Kennedy, Kits, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal Star Suspended – Involved With Betting Organisation

16 November 2024 arsenalcollection 1 Comment

Proven Innocent Not Good Enough For The FA In the mid-1920s a legendary Arsenal player was suspended by the Football…

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Arsene Wenger – 20 years at Arsenal Could Have Been Just Six Weeks

10 November 2024 arsenalcollection 4 Comments

Arsene Wenger Gives The Media A Bloody Nose Today, Arsene Wenger celebrates 20 years as Arsenal manager. It’s been an…

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Posted in: Arsene Wenger, Directors, The Arsenal

Sandy Robertson – Arsenal’s First Invincible

30 October 2024 arsenalcollection

20: Alexander Sanders Robertson – 1891-92 A while ago Andy set a fiendishly difficult twitter question: “Who was the first…

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Posted in: Players - R, Royal Arsenal

Arsenal Deliberately Lose to Relegate Tottenham

22 May 2024 arsenalcollection 3 Comments

Except it’s a load of old cobblers One of the stories about Arsenal that Tottenham fans like dredge up due…

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Posted in: Games, Herbert Chapman, The Arsenal

Chido Joins The Arsenal Elite

27 April 2024 arsenalcollection

Arsenal players with seven or more goals in a game Followers of Arsenal’s academy can’t help but have noticed schoolboy…

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Posted in: Directors, The Arsenal, Woolwich Arsenal

Did Henry Norris Really Buy Arsenal?

10 March 2024 arsenalcollection 6 Comments

Owner, majority shareholder or something else? If you’ve read any books that tell the history of Arsenal (or even Chelsea…

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Posted in: Directors, The Arsenal, Woolwich Arsenal

THE MAGNIFICENT ARSENAL CUP – OPORTO 1948

20 February 2024 arsenalcollection

The Arsenal Cup – Oporto 1948 As Vic and Bob would say: Look at the size of that trophy !!!

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 1947-48, Porto

Arsenal Chairman Resigns – Arsenal’s Board Meeting Minutes 1927-8

18 January 2024 arsenalcollection

The Dawning of a New Era We have been given permission by Arsenal FC to publish the minute books for…

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Posted in: 1927-28, Minute books Filed under: 1927-28

Megs Wilson – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

1 January 2024 arsenalcollection

Megs Wilson Born on 30 May 1942 Margaret “Megs” Wilson (née Miles) was the co-founder with Bob Wilson of the…

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John Hollins – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

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John Hollins MBE Born on 16 July 1946 in Guildford, Surrey, Jonn William Hollins was the 576th player picked to…

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Fred Ollier – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

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Fred Ollier Born in Crewe, Fred first visited Highbury in 1946 and regularly attended matches thereafter. He began his statistical…

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Peter Davies – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

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Peter Davies Born on 8 March 1936 in Dafen, Wales, Peter played for Dafen and then Llanelly before being signed…

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David Hogwood – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

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David Hogwood David was born on 22 January 1944 in Islington, he started his career at Arsenal with the youth…

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Kevin Connolly – The Arsenal Obituary 2023

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Kevin Connolly Kevin edited the Arsenal programme from August 1983 to November 1998. At that point he was the second…

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Arsenal’s Youngest Goalscorers

4 December 2023 arsenalcollection

Following on from our other lists, we now have a list of Arsenal’s 32 youngest goalscorers in a competitive first…

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The Origin of Arsenal’s Red Shirts – A New Twist!

3 November 2023 arsenalcollection

Who gave who a set of shirts? One of the many mis-told stories in Arsenal’s history is that of the…

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Arsenal and the Archery Tournament That Wasn’t

2 July 2023 arsenalcollection

The Archery Tournament – Or Was It? Those of you that have read an Arsenal history book will, more than…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 1902-03, Harry Bradshaw

Classic Match Report: Manchester City v Arsenal – 1 September 1906

23 June 2023 arsenalcollection

A City player really did come onto the pitch with a Monty Python D.P. Gumby style handkerchief on his head…

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Posted in: Games, Phil Kelso, Woolwich Arsenal

How Arsenal’s Name Changed – Arsenal

28 April 2023 arsenalcollection

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews In the fifth part of our series we look at a subtle change to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 1919-20

How Arsenal’s Name Changed – The Arsenal

23 April 2023 arsenalcollection

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews We continue our series of Arsenal’s name changes by explaining what happened following the…

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How Arsenal’s Name Changed – Woolwich Arsenal

20 April 2023 arsenalcollection 1 Comment

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews In part 3 of our series we look at the events that led to…

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How Arsenal’s Name Changed – Royal Arsenal

17 April 2023 arsenalcollection

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews In this series we explain when and why the football club now known as…

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Posted in: Dial Square, Royal Arsenal

Arsenal’s Hat-trick Heroes

15 April 2023 arsenalcollection

Complete List of Arsenal Players to Score Three or More Goals in a Game Following the Arsenal v Basel Champions…

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How Arsenal’s name changed – Dial Square

14 April 2023 arsenalcollection

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews With the recent proposed name change of Hull City to Hull Tigers* a discussion…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dial Square

Every Arsenal Goalscorer In Chronological Order

30 January 2023 arsenalcollection

As regular visitors to our website will be aware we have a list of every Arsenal player to have played…

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Ted Drake’s Great Grandson and Arsenal Togetherness

26 January 2023 arsenalcollection

Liam Harding, great grandson of Arsenal Legend Ted Drake, took part in The Arsenal Togetherness project which has resulted in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ted Drake

Every Arsenal Player In Chronological Order

1 January 2023 arsenalcollection

Whenever a new Arsenal player makes his debut, the question “how many players have played for Arsenal?” usually gets asked.…

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Dave Smith – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

31 December 2022 arsenalcollection

Dave Smith, 1972-1974 Dave Joined Arsenal on 12 July 1971 as reserve coach in what can only be described as…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dave Smith

Steve Braddock – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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Steve Braddock 1964 – 2022 Born on 6 February 1964 in Hatfield, Steve was one of the most influential football…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Steve Braddock

Terry Neill – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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485: William John Terence ‘Terry’ Neill – 1959-1970 and 1976-1983 Ulsterman Neill was something of a cup specialist during his…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Terry Neill

Ray Barr – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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Raymond ‘Ray’ Barr 1949-1952 Ray was born on 5 June 1931 in Dromore, County, Down, Northern Ireland, who was spotted…

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Steve Rowley – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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Steve Rowley 1980-2017 Born on 2 December 1958 in Romford, Steve spent 37 years at Arsenal as assistant youth development…

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Con Sullivan – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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452: Cornelius Henry ‘Con’ Sullivan 1954-59 Born on 22 August 1928 in Bristol, Con was a Gloucestershire youth football player,…

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Steve Burtenshaw – The Arsenal Obituary 2022

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Steve Burtenshaw Born in Portslade on 23 November 1935, Burtenshaw came from a footballing family with two of his older…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Steve Burtenshaw

Victoria Concordia Crescit – The Origin of Arsenal’s Famous Motto

22 November 2022 arsenalcollection

Ingrained within the heritage of The Arsenal is the long standing Latin motto “Victoria Concordia Crescit”. Over the years there…

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How Much Did Arsenal Really Pay For Charlie Buchan?

19 November 2022 arsenalcollection

After 12 years of financial austerity due to paying off the construction costs of their new ground at Highbury and…

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Posted in: Latest News, Uncategorized Filed under: 1925-26, Charlie Buchan, Sunderland

10 March 1919 – The Arsenal 18 Tottenham Hotspur 8

10 March 2020 arsenalcollection 2 Comments

Why did Tottenham poll so few votes in 1919? If you’re not already aware, following the end of World War…

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The Arsenal Collection is One Year Old Today

17 February 2018 arsenalcollection

It is exactly a year to the day that we launched The Arsenal Collection, so we thought there was no…

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Posted in: Latest News

Did Football League President Favour Arsenal?

28 December 2017 arsenalcollection

“Honest” John McKenna’s Impassioned Speech We’ve written a number of blogs on this site about Arsenal’s election to the First…

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Posted in: Directors, The Arsenal

The Arsenal Collection So Far

4 July 2017 arsenalcollection

Things have been a little quiet on The Arsenal Collection front for one reason or another over the last few…

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Posted in: Latest News

1949-50 A New Era For The Arsenal

31 March 2017 arsenalcollection

Today we publish all of Arsenal’s home programmes from the 1949-50 season. It was a season of firsts on and…

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Digitising the History of The Arsenal

24 March 2017 arsenalcollection 2 Comments

The Arsenal Collection is now just over a month old, and we already have over 1,000 followers on Social Media,…

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1967-68: Colour programmes, an abandoned game and a ghost game

10 March 2017 arsenalcollection

The first week This week we’ve added a couple more seasons of programmes: 1954-55 and 1967-68. 1967-8 was fairly eventful…

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Posted in: Latest News

George Graham’s first season in charge

28 February 2017 arsenalcollection

The first week We’ve been up and running for just over a week now and adding content on a daily…

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Posted in: Latest News

Introducing The Arsenal Collection

17 February 2017 arsenalcollection

The Arsenal History have just launched a sister website – The Arsenal Collection. It is an online collection of Arsenal memorabilia…

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Welcome to The Arsenal Collection

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Welcome to The Arsenal Collection! The Arsenal Collection is a collaboration between Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews of The Arsenal…

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Posted in: Latest News

Follow The Arsenal Collection

8 February 2017 arsenalcollection

Welcome to The Arsenal Collection – a digital collection of Arsenal memorabilia. Follow us to keep up to date with…

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Arsenal’s 1919 election – Tottenham’s Final Argument Mythbusted

4 August 2016 arsenalcollection 15 Comments

Almost a century on, Arsenal’s election back into the First Division in 1919 continues to rankle Tottenham fans. Having shown that…

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Posted in: Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal Chairman Given Lifetime Football Ban

27 April 2016 arsenalcollection

But not when most people think Sir Henry Norris. Depending on which team you support, Sir Henry was either Arsenal’s…

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Posted in: Directors, The Arsenal

Referee Beaten Unconscious by Arsenal fan

26 January 2016 arsenalcollection

The Arsenal Crowd at Woolwich Referee JB Brodie knocked insensible by Woolwich Arsenal fan Manor Ground closed for 6 weeks If…

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Posted in: Games, Grounds, Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal underground station renamed earlier than believed

31 October 2015 arsenalcollection

Celebrating the wrong day for nearly 60 years If you’re an Arsenal fan that has been to a game any…

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Posted in: Herbert Chapman, The Arsenal, Tom Whittaker

Arsenal’s Youngest Captain And The Spread Of Misinformation

11 June 2015 arsenalcollection 6 Comments

A “not for clicks” blog A discussion on twitter a while back about the demise of modern football journalism eventually…

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Posted in: Players - A, Players - F, Players - N, Players - W

Arsenal v Man Utd: The Spirit of Kelso

9 March 2015 arsenalcollection

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…

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Posted in: Phil Kelso, Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal reserves beat Tottenham first team (but not 1980)

26 September 2014 arsenalcollection

Arsenal reserves beat Tottenham first team No doubt many of you will know that in April 1980 Arsenal had a…

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Posted in: Bertie Mee, Games, The Arsenal

Sam Hollis – NOT Arsenal’s manager

8 July 2014 arsenalcollection

The Arsenal History – Mythbusters It’s been 25 years since Arsenal’s history was re-written and Sam Hollis was instated as…

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Posted in: Thomas Mitchell, Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal’s Imposter Manager – Seeing Isn’t Always Believing

29 November 2013 arsenalcollection

by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews (@Gooner_AK)     (@Royal Arsenal MRA) The eagle-eyed amongst you who have read through this season’s…

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Posted in: Arthur Kennedy, William Elcoat, Woolwich Arsenal

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