Welcome to the AISA Arsenal History Society
By Tony Attwood, chair of the society The AISA Arsenal History Society was set up 11 years ago with the brief of celebrating and recording Arsenal’s history, and at the…
Archive of News and Views posts
Celebrating 100 years in the top division
As you may have read, this season AISA is celebrating 100 years since Arsenal was transformed from a relegation threatened side to a title chasing club through the recruitment of…
ADRIAN CLARKE AND ROY MASSEY
Our thanks to Adrian and Roy for a fascinating insight into life at the academy. One of the things we learnt was that managing a group fo schoolboys, all hoping…
If you entered the prize draw before the Newcastle match
If you donated to the Foodbank on Sunday and you are a lucky winner of the signed Arsenal shirt or signed football, or the stadium tours, the club will have…
June 18th 1979: Paul Davis signed professional forms for Arsenal.
Paul Davis was born in Dulwich on 9 December 1961, signed by Arsenal in 1977, and played for the first team for the first time against Tottenham on April 7…
What did we make of David Dein’s book? We review it . . . and hear what David has to say about his life.
David Dein spoke to AISA about his new book, ‘Calling the Shots. Hear the podcast of the event here. AISA”s Tony Attwood has read the book. Here’s what he thinks.…
Reminiscing with Ray
AISA was pleased to welcome Ray Parlour as our special guest at our recent members’ meeting. And to add to the informality of the occasion, we held it in a…
30 May 1995: The passing of the wonderful Ted Drake
Ted Drake’s trophy cabinet contained two league winner’s medals, an FA Cup winner’s medal and five caps for England. And yet he was so much more than that. Some reports…