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1953-54 Arsenal Handbook

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By 1953, the handbook had settled into a format that would last until 1966. This handbook covered the League Championship…

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Arsenal v Huddersfield Town – Football League Division One, Saturday August 22nd 1953

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Programmes Select a Season 1890-91  (1) 1904-05  (1) 1905-06  (1) 1906-07  (2) 1907-08  (1) 1909-10  (1) 1910-11  (29) 1912-13  (1) 1913-14  (6) 1914-15  (2) 1915-16  (1) 1917-18  (1) 1919-20  (4) 1920-21  (13) 1921-22  (4) 1922-23  (23)…

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Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion – Football Combination Cup, Saturday August 29th 1953

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Chelsea v Arsenal, Football Combination Cup, Monday August 31st 1953

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Arsenal v Sheffield United – Football League Division One, Tuesday September 1st 1953

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Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers – Football League Division One, Saturday September 5th 1953

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Arsenal v Chelsea – Football League Division One, Tuesday September 8th 1953

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Arsenal v Manchester City – Football League Division One, Saturday September 19th 1953

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Arsenal v Preston North End – Football League Division One, Saturday October 3rd 1953

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Arsenal v Burnley – Football League Division One, Saturday October 17th 1953

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Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday – Football League Division One, Saturday October 31st 1953

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Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers – Football League Division One, Saturday November 14th 1953

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Arsenal v Luton Town – Football Combination, Saturday November 21st 1953

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Arsenal v Newcastle United – Football League Division One, Saturday November 28th 1953

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Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion – Football League Division One, Saturday December 12th 1953

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Arsenal v Blackpool – Football League Division One, Monday December 28th 1953

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Arsenal v Aston Villa – Football League Division One, Saturday January 2nd 1954

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Arsenal v Aston Villa – FA Cup Third Round, Saturday January 9th 1954

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Arsenal v Sunderland – Football League Division One, Saturday January 23rd 1954

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Arsenal v Norwich City – FA Cup Fourth Round, Saturday January 30th 1954

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Arsenal v Cardiff City – Football League Division One, Saturday February 13th 1954

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Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur – Football League Division One, Saturday February 27th 1954

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Arsenal v West Ham United – Football Combination, Saturday March 6th 1954

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Arsenal v Charlton Athletic – Football League Division One, Saturday March 13th 1954

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Arsenal v Millwall – Football Combination, Tuesday March 23rd 1954

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Arsenal v Manchester United – Football League Division One, Saturday March 27th 1954

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Arsenal v Aston Villa – Football League Division One, Tuesday April 6th 1954

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Arsenal v Liverpool – Football League Division One, Saturday April 10th 1954

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Arsenal v Portsmouth – Football League Division One, Friday April 16th 1954

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Arsenal v Fulham – Football Combination, Saturday April 17th 1954

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Arsenal v Portsmouth – Football Combination, Monday April 19th 1954

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Arsenal v Middlesbrough – Football League Division One, Saturday April 24th 1954

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England XI v Young England XI – Friday April 30th 1954

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Looking forward to getting this beast up and runni Looking forward to getting this beast up and running. Will be able to scan posters up to A0 in size.
Just added to The Arsenal Collection This postcar Just added to The Arsenal Collection

This postcard features match action from the Manor Ground between Woolwich Arsenal and Stoke on 17 November 1906.

Arsenal won 2-1 courtesy of goals from Tim Coleman & Peter Kyle.

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Want to own a rare piece of Arsenal memorabilia? Want to own a rare piece of Arsenal memorabilia?

Arsenal's Carabao Cup semi-final v Liverpool on 6 January 2022 was postponed.

The cover for the programme was produced but no other pages.

We've got a copy of those 4 pages to give away.

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Competition closes at 7pm (UK time) on Friday 20 May.

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On this day in 1913, Woolwich Arsenal played their On this day in 1913, Woolwich Arsenal played their last game in Plumstead.

They drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough at the Manor Ground.

You can view the whole programme with local newspaper reports on the game on The Arsenal Collection website.

Collections - > Programmes - > 1912-13

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112 years ago today Arsenal lost 1-2 at home to Su 112 years ago today Arsenal lost 1-2 at home to Sunderland which saw them drop into the relegation zone. 

However, much more serious problems were on the horizon for The Reds.

Read the whole programme on The Arsenal Collection.

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This cap was awarded to Cliff Bastin when he playe This cap was awarded to Cliff Bastin when he played for England against Ireland in 14 October 1933.

We've got this in 360° panaromic view on the website.

Collections - > Memorabilia - > Miscellaneous Memorabilia

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Fantastic piece of Arsenal History just added to t Fantastic piece of Arsenal History just added to the website.

End of year accounts for 1903-04, 1920-21 & 1935-36. These show how Arsenal grew into the biggest club in the world.

There's a great quote from Sir Henry Norris in 1921 about transfer fees 😁

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Legendary Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman wrote re Legendary Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman wrote regularly for the Sunday Express.

When he died in 1934, these articles were collated and published in a book called:

Herbert Chapman On Football

You can now read the whole of that book on

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To commemorate Arsenal going an entire Premier Lea To commemorate Arsenal going an entire Premier League season unbeaten 17 years ago today, we've just uploaded every programme from the 2003-04 season to the website.

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On this day in 1971, Arsenal and Liverpool played On this day in 1971, Arsenal and Liverpool played the FA Cup final replay at Hillsborough.

Wait! What?

Not really, but a programme was produced for the game. Virtually all were destroyed thanks to Charlie George's winner in extra-time.

We've got a copy on the website under Programmes - > 1970-71

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106 years ago today, The Arsenal played their last 106 years ago today, The Arsenal played their last game outside of the top flight of English football.

The programme for that game, which Arsenal won 7-0, is now on our website.

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New on the website today: 1894-95 Woolwich Distri New on the website today:

1894-95 Woolwich District Football Handbook.

Our oldest item so far. Published by Woolwich Arsenal director George Lawrance, it has a few pages on loads of clubs in the Woolwich area plus other clubs such as Millwall and Luton.

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New on The Arsenal Collection: Frank McLintock - New on The Arsenal Collection:

Frank McLintock - That's The Way The Ball Bounces

Frank's first autobiography published in 1969.

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Just added this lovely book to the website. It's a Just added this lovely book to the website. It's a history of The Arsenal up to 1931 written by renowned journalist Ben Bennison. It's very difficult to find so we're quite proud to have made a copy available.

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Been scanning in some 1930s magazines. Loads of ca Been scanning in some 1930s magazines. Loads of caricatures including these on the front covers. Lovely, ain't they?
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John Robertson's 1985 history of the club simply t John Robertson's 1985 history of the club simply titled "Arsenal" is now on the website.

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It's Leeds away this weekend. We've got 40 program It's Leeds away this weekend. We've got 40 programmes from games against them on our website. Here are covers for the away programmes we have available so far.
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Just added this great item to the collection. 20 Just added this great item to the collection.

20 October 1917 v West Ham.

Arsenal World War One programmes are incredibly rare so we're chuffed to have this one. 

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Arsenal season ticket holders hit with 12.5% incre Arsenal season ticket holders hit with 12.5% increase in season ticket prices in 1948!
#Arsenal #ArsenalFC #AFC #1940s #Football #FootballHistory
73 years ago today Arsenal played their only compe 73 years ago today Arsenal played their only competitive game in June, away at Sheffield United.

This was due to a backlog of postponed games and a ban on midweek games.

It was also Tom Whittaker's first game as manager.

On the same day the reserves beat Coventry City in the semi-final of the Football Combination Cup. Their season would finish the following week.

Football in mid-June - whatever next?

These programmes, and 2000+ more, available to view on our website. 
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