Arsenal History Archives: 10/2019

Bacary Sagna has been named Montreal Impact’s Defensive Player of the Year following his second season with the club.

On this day in 1950 Charlie George was born while in 1966, Tony Adams arrived in this world and in 1880 Jimmy Sharp.

Aaron Ramsey has been ruled out of Wales’ upcoming game against Slovakia in their Euro 2020 campaign meaning he hasn’t played for his country in almost a year.

Petr Cech has signed for Guildford Phoenix, an ice-hockey team that plays in the fourth tier.

Arsene Wenger has again suggested Bayern Munich manipulated Serge Gnabry’s move away from Arsenal, something he insisted on before the German even joined his current club.

On this day in 1910, William John ‘Jack’ Crayston, who would play over 180 times for Arsenal before managing them, was born.

Ray Parlour thinks the last few games spell the end for Mesut Özil’s Arsenal career, with various young players overtaking him.

On this day in 1930, Arsenal won the Charity Shield for the first time after they beat Sheffield Wednesday at Stamford Bridge in front of 25,000 people.

Dennis Bergkamp is reportedly part of a consortiuDennis Bergkamp is reportedly part of a consortium that is trying to buy League One side, Wycombe Wanderers.m that is trying to buy League One side Wycombe Wanderers.

Carlos Vela won the Golden Boot and broke the MLS record for goals in a single regular season on Sunday, as LAFC’s league campaign drew to a close.

On this day in 1916, former Arsenal goalkeeper and one of the most well-known sports people of the time, Leigh Richmond ‘Dicky’ Roose, was killed at the Battle of the Somme.

Martin Keown thinks Nicolas Pépé could block Bukayo Saka’s development, even though the pair don’t play in the same position.

Bringing you the news you didn’t know you couldn’t live without, Arsene Wenger has finally revealed just why he struggled with his zip so often.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he is considering taking a job with FIFA but that it won’t stop him returning to management.

On this day in in 1973, Liam Brady made his Arsenal debut in a 1-0 win over Birmingham City.

Laurent Koscielny has responded to criticism from Arsenal legend Ian Wright by claiming he’s always been respectful and loyal.

With Mino Raiola as his agent, a report from Italy seems to believe that it won’t be long before Donyell Malen is on his way from PSV and that Arsenal are prepared to pay €56m to ‘tear him out of there’.

The only bad thing about Serge Gnabry scoring four against Spurs is that we’ve had to listen to Tony Pulis yammering on about him as if he’s somehow relevant.

Aaron Ramsey says there was a lot of ‘confusion’ around his Arsenal contract demonstrating that he was as baffled about what happened as the rest of us.

On this day in 1954, Arsenal became the first English league side to play in Russia.