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Tony Adams, Steve Bould and David O’Leary (l-r) celebrate winning the 1988/89 league championship. Arsenal qualified for the European Cup the following season This is the fifth and final season of this particular ‘Alternative Football History’ in which I write about what would have happened if only Liverpool were banned from European football in the […]
Read More… from Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe! 1989/90
Yesterday’s ‘On This Day’ article involved an eleven goal thriller between Grimsby Town and Burnley. Today’s article goes one better with Reading and Arsenal sharing twelve goals back on this day in 2012. Arsenal won the game but this never looked like happening when home side Reading were 4-0 up after only 37 minutes.Jason Roberts […]
In this new series, I look back on moments when players or teams break records, some good, others less so! First in this series is the match when Thierry Henry broke the Arsenal goalscoring record… Thierry Henry finally became Arsenal’s record goalscorer on 18th October 2005, scoring both of Arsenal’s goals in a 2-0 win […]
Read More… from Record Breakers No.1 – Thierry Henry breaks the Arsenal goalscoring record
Former Ipswich Town defender Eddie Youds is the unfortunate man to feature in this week’s ‘Greatest Own Goals of All-Time’ with his calamitous error against Arsenal on 5th March 1994. Ian Wright grabbed the headlines with fantastic hat-trick but the Portman Road crowd were also treated to two fantastic own goals.Youds put through his own […]
Referee Keith Hackett (centre) tries to break up a fight between Arsenal and Manchester United players. (l-r) Alan Smith, Nigel WInterburn (on floor) Denis Irwin, Paul Ince, Gary Pallister, Referee Keith Hackett, Mark Hughes, David Rocastle, Anders Limpar, Mark Walters, Tony Adams and Brian McClair. A 21-man brawl marred the First Division match between Manchester […]
Youth team graduate Jason Crowe made his debut for Arsenal on this day back in 1997 and it would be a match that he will never forget.Crowe came on in place of experienced right back Lee Dixon at the start of extra time in the League Cup Third Round tie at home to First Division […]
‘Arsene Who?’ read one of the headlines when Arsene Wenger was announced as the new Arsenal manager on this day back in 1996.The unknown Frenchman had been brought in from Japanese side Grampus Eight to replace Bruce Rioch who had left the club weeks before the start of the 1996/97 season. The Arsenal board had […]
William Gallas celebrates scoring Arsenal’s 1st goal with Kolo Toure. Arsenal 3:0 Sheffield United. FA Permiership. Emirates Stadium, Islington, London, 23/9/06. Credit: Arsenal Football Club / Stuart MacFarlane. Arsenal beat Sheffield United 3-0 on this day back in 2006 to record their first league win at their new Emirates Stadium home. The match as also […]
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ could have featured in the ‘On This Day’ article but I decided that this was definitely an iconic moment! Arsenal and Liverpool were playing in a league match at Highbury on 16th September 1972 in front of the Big Match cameras. The game was the feature match for the highlights show […]
Patrick Vieira made his debut for Arsenal on this day back in 1996, coming on as a first half substitute for Ray Parlour in a league match at home to Sheffield Wednesday. The 20 year old was signed at Arsene Wenger’s insistence from AC Milan for £3.5 million. The French manager had put pen to […]