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Denton ‘The Bear’ Connell

A member has written to us: ‘I’m a producer at HOPE not hate, the anti-fascist group. I’m looking to tell the story of Denton Connell, ‘The Bear’, particularly how he…
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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…
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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…
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SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIPS

There has been much on social media and in The Athletic about how the club suspended many membership accounts for suspected ticket touting activity. The club has contacted us to…
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Farewell Highbury

Here’s the story of the demolition of the old Arsenal Stadium as told in stills taken from Highbury Hill. It was created in the early days of the new-fangled YouTube…