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During the 1980s, Connell was highly active in an Arsenal FC's hooligan "firm" and was a "main face" amongst the ranks. At the same time, he was influential in ensuring that the BNP – then trying to infiltrate football firms – failed to gain any foothold at Arsenal. [3] [4] In the band's early years, Connell worked as a minder for Madness. [5]
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 ...
Hill wrote "Good Old Arsenal" to the tune of "Rule, Britannia!" [5] and it was performed by Arsenal's first team squad for their 1971 FA Cup Final song. [4] This was the first record ever released to be performed by a football team's squad to commemorate them reaching the FA Cup Final .
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]
Arsenal finished top of their group unbeaten, above Ajax, Thun and Sparta Prague against whom Thierry Henry scored two goals away to become the all-time record goalscorer for Arsenal; in the knockout stages they beat Real Madrid (becoming the first British team to beat Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium), Juventus and then Villarreal to ...
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
Kennedy and Radford's relationship would be essential for Arsenal's goalscoring throughout the season. Arsenal faced Huddersfield Town next, a tough game won by a Kennedy header in the last fifteen minutes. The victory took Arsenal top of the table, tied with Liverpool on points. [2] Arsenal lost their first game of the season away at Chelsea.
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.