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Percy Sands made 350 appearances in the early years, when the team was known as Woolwich Arsenal. Another early player, Joe Shaw made 326 appearances. Bob Wilson made 308 appearances for the club in the 1960s and 70s. Frank McLintock made 403 appearances for the Gunners. Nicknamed "The Romford Pelé", Ray Parlour has 464 appearances.
Arsenal had a fruitful preseason, beating Watford, Gothenburg Alliance (made up of players from the Gothenburg clubs), Kungsbacka, and Crystal Palace, and tying the Copenhagen Football Alliance. [4] Arsenal's season began away at Everton, the 1970 League Champions.
However, all Arsenal's focus were on their European campaign. They beat Dinamo Bacau 2-0 away and then slammed then 7-1 at home, with Eddie Kelly finding his feet. [7] Arsenal faced European Cup winners Ajax in the semi-finals, a tough matchup against a team which included Johan Cruyff and Rudi Krol among their stars. The first match was at ...
Arsenal faced European Cup holders Ajax in the quarterfinals, playing against Johan Cruyff and other great young players. They lost 2-1 away, meaning a 1-0 victory at home would take Arsenal to the semifinals. Instead, Arsenal lost 1-0 thanks to a George Graham own goal. [2] New signing Ball was especially influential in Arsenal's FA Cup run.
Despite sustaining a broken arm the following season, 1969–70, Wilson recovered and won his first trophy with Arsenal, the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In 1971, he was Arsenal's player of the year in their Double-winning season, in which he played every first-team match in League and Cup, culminating in the 1971 FA Cup Final win over ...
George supported Arsenal as a boy [3] and played for Islington Schoolboys before joining Arsenal in May 1966. He turned professional in 1968 and made his first-team debut on 9 August 1969 against Everton, on the first day of the 1969–70 season; Arsenal lost the match 1–0. George became a regular in the side that season making a total of 39 ...
The 1975–76 season was Arsenal Football Club's 50th consecutive season in the Football League First Division. Arsenal finished seventeenth in the league, one position worse than the previous season, their worst finish since Herbert Chapman became manager of the club in 1925. [1] Arsenal failed to find success in either the FA Cup or League Cup.
Arsenal also brought in striker Alan Sunderland from Wolves for £70,000. [1] Outgoing players included left-back Wilf Rostron, [4] and midfielder (and former academy player) Trevor Ross. [5] Arsenal began the season with a 1-0 loss to Ipswich while playing in a hailstorm in what would be an echo of the FA Cup final later in the season.