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In the replay, Arsenal scored in the 13th minute off of a corner. Kennedy scored a second goal at the beginning of the second half, and Arsenal won 2-0. The dream of the Double was alive. [2] Arsenal had ten League games before the FA Cup final. Leeds had lost to Chelsea and sat with 54 points from 35 games, while Arsenal had 48 points from 32 ...
During the 1969–70 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.Arsenal finished twelfth in the league. However, the team won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, their first European trophy and first silverware in 17 years.
Arsenal then muddled 2-1 away past Fourth Division Reading. [5] Derby County in the fifth round took three games. The first was a 2-2 tie away at the Baseball Ground in which George netted twice, the field described as a "bog" and the game extremely tough. [5] Then, the two teams tied 0-0 at Highbury. Arsenal won the second replay with a goal ...
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
The 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the twelfth season final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, staged on 22 and 28 April 1970 between Anderlecht of Belgium and Arsenal of England. In the first leg of the final, Anderlecht won 3–1, before the second leg was staged and Arsenal mounted a comeback with a 3–0 victory, winning 4–3 on ...
Arsenal and Leeds are now level on points, but the Gunners have a superior goal average and two games in hand. 24 April 1971: Arsenal are held to a 2–2 draw by West Bromwich Albion, but are a point ahead of Leeds United, with the Gunners having three games remaining and the Yorkshire side only two. Burnley have their relegation confirmed when ...
In the finale to the 1970–71 FA Cup season, the 1971 FA Cup final was contested by Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley on 8 May 1971. Arsenal won 2–1 after extra time, with all three goals coming in the added half-hour. Steve Heighway opened the scoring for Liverpool with a low drive past Wilson on his near post. However, Arsenal equalised ...
Arsenal won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They also won the FA Cup to complete the club's first double.Arsenal wrapped up the title on 3 May, with a 1–0 win at North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.