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May 7, 2021

On This Day – 7th May

Arsenal played their final match at Highbury on this day back in 2006, beating Wigan Athletic 4-2 and securing a Champions League…

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April 11, 2021

On This Day – 10th April

The inaugural FA Cup Third Place Play-Off took place on this day in 1970 between losing semi-finalists Watford and Manchester United. The…

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March 28, 2021

On This Day – 27th January

Jamie Carragher landed himself in hot water on this day in 2002 in an FA Cup tie against Arsenal at Highbury. In…

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February 1, 2021

On This Day – 1st February

It was on this day back in 2005 that Manchester United came to Highbury to beat reigning champions Arsenal 4-2. United had…

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December 29, 2020

On This Day – 29th December

Arsenal trainee Andy Cole made his first-team debut for the club on this day back in 1990. Cole came on for Perry…

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December 12, 2020

On This Day – 12th December

Champions Arsenal took on Champions-elect Chelsea at Highbury on this day in 2004. It was Chelsea’s first visit back after they had…

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November 14, 2020

On This Day – 14th November

England and Italy played out an ill-tempered match on this day back in 1934 that became known as‘The Battle of Highbury’ .There…

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October 15, 2020

On This Day – 14th October

Youth team graduate Jason Crowe made his debut for Arsenal on this day back in 1997 and it would be a match…

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September 16, 2020

Iconic Moments in Football No.55

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ could have featured in the ‘On This Day’ article but I decided that this was definitely an iconic…

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On This Day – 16th September

Patrick Vieira made his debut for Arsenal on this day back in 1996, coming on as a first half substitute for Ray…

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