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Winning the FA Cup is becoming a habit

As the whistle blew in a (mostly) empty Wembley Stadium we celebrated Arsenal’s 14th FA Cup win. Amazing. Unprecedented. An extension of the record we set in 2017 by beating…
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Jose Antonio Reyes

As part of a memorial for Jose at Saturday’s Emirates Cup game, there will be a minute of applause in the 9th minute. Jose played for Arsenal and Sevilla, but…

Arsenal vs Chelsea (Sunday 1 August) information

The road layout around the stadium was been changed by Islington council during lockdown. It’s said that the closures, that are marked by signs not blocks, have garnered a million…
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Willow

This week, Willow is the chosen charity of the BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Watch the video in the link here to see John Wilson, son of Willow founders Bob (pictured…
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Vinai Venkatesham

AISA is sad to hear that Vinai Venkatesham will be leaving is role as Arsenal CEO in the summer of 2024. In our experience Vinai has had a very positive…
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Ken Friar Steps Down

The club web page made this announcement today (September 1): Our much beloved and respected executive director, Ken Friar, is to become a life president of the club from today…
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A pilgrimage to Woolwich Arsenal

On Sunday, August 26, fresh from ‘over’ celebrating our victory over Fulham, some of the AISA committee went in search of the origins of The Arsenal. Meeting by the Thames…

Beating Tottenham 5-4 on this day: the video

ARSENAL HISTORY SOCIETY VIDEO COLLECTION NEW: Day by Day – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. For details of the videos sorted by club, and videos in the…