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David O'Leary has played 722 times for Arsenal, more than any other player. Arsenal Football Club , an association football club based in Islington , London, was founded in 1886 as Dial Square. They became the first southern member [ nb 1 ] admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in ...
Arsenal eked out a 1-0 win over Coventry, a game that may have ended in a win but was a match of survival. Kennedy had scored four goals in three games. Arsenal beat Southampton while Leeds dropped a point at Newcastle. Arsenal pushed aside Nottingham Forest 3-0 with three different goalscorers with Leeds dropping another point at Huddersfield. [2]
Arsenal began the 1969-70 season by altering their socks from white and blue stripes to red with a white band on the top. [3] Along with minor design changes, Arsenal soon saw the departure of defender Ian Ure as he was sold to Manchester United for £80,000. [4] Mee brought in John Roberts as a potential successor. [5]
In the 1960–61 season, the Gunners had a satisfying season where they ended up in 7th place heading into 1961, but a poor run of just four wins in their final 17 games saw Swindin's side end the campaign in a disappointing 11th place and to make things worse for Arsenal supporters, they had to witness their fierce North London rivals Tottenham win the league and cup double.
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.
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 ...
[9] [8] Next month on the fifth of February he appeared as a guest on the weekly pop show Top of the pops and on February 21st he reviewed the singles of the week in the music magazine Melody Maker (instant karma by John Lennon was single of the week) However, a combination of a newly adopted 'celebrity party lifestyle' and a knee injury led to ...
He continued to play for Arsenal through the early 1970s, scoring another 19 goals in 1972-73. However, his goal rate gradually reduced (only achieving single figures in 1973-74 and 1974-75 ) and he was injured in 1975-76 , further restricting his appearances.