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2 December 2006: Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-0 with two from Gilberto Silva and one from Adebayor. It was a welcome victory after consecutive defeats and started a run of seven games without defeat.
You can watch the video through the link above.
“This week in Arsenal’s history” is an index of articles that have appeared on Aisa.org during the last couple of years. New articles in the series are being added day by day.
Here are this week’s anniversary articles – where we have only one article on a day, a second one will appear on the website and be added to the index.
29 November 1924: unravelling the excuses of a failed manager
29 November 2014: Beating West Brom – the video
30 November 1925: Athletic News celebrates the coming of the new Arsenal
1 December 1992: Plotting the first ever cup double
1 December 2007: Arsenal go five points clear at the top of the league
2 December 1967: The first appearance of Pat Rice MBE
2 December 2006: Gilberto captains Arsenal to wonderful win over Tottenham
3 December 1949: Arsenal strongly refute newspaper tale that players smoke at half time
3 December 2016: Arsenal beat West Ham away 1-5 – the video
4 December 1926: Arsenal director Sir Henry Norris challenged the FA in public over its handling of the career-ending injury to Tom Whittaker while playing for England.
4 December 2010: Nasri scores a goal of utter genius…
5 December 1921: The FA declared that football was unsuitable for women and forbad league clubs from renting out their grounds for women’s matches.
5 December 2015: Arsenal score three against Sunderland – the video
Previous editions of the series
This week in Arsenal’s history: 8-14 November
Please note that where there is only one entry on a day we’ll endeavor to publish a second piece of a different nature, on the day itself and add it to this index.
22 November
One of those staggeringly brilliant wins that typified the unbeaten season – 22 November
Even when we win the double it doesn’t go right all the time
23 November
The video with the keeper: one of the most hilarious goalkeeper errors ever
24 November
Ozil scores a fabulous header on this day, watch the video!
Mr Wenger’s first north London derby
25 November
The video of Arsenal’s greatest ever win in Europe
26 November
Arsenal beat Dortmund – watch the video
26 November 1995 – remembering the season with Rioch as manager
27 November
Dick Roose was born – one of the all-time great showmen of the early Arsenal, who died in action in 1916
28 November
The Henry and Overmars show. The video
Arsenal’s Arthur Milton plays football for England – he also played six cricket test matches for England.
15 November 2020: Arsenal beat Liverpool in shootout: The video
15 November 1950: Leslie Compton won his first full cap for England, having won 12 war time caps. He was the oldest player ever…
16 November 1927: On 16 November 1927 Sir Henry Norris’ legal representatives reminded Arsenal that he was not accused of receiving any money illicitly while the high court ruled that the FA had no power to remove him as a director of a club that was a member of the FA.
16 November 2002: The greatest victory over Tottenham ever – the video
17 November 2004: George Curtis died. The most extraordinary Arsenal player who had an extraordinary life
17 December 1969: In the third round of the Fairs Cup Arsenal drew 0-0 draw in the first match, away to Rouen in front 12,093, beginning another major Arsenal adventure.
18 November 1960: George Eastham signed.
18 November 1989: Beating QPR – the video
19 November 1932: Even the great team of the 30s could suddenly get it wrong!
19 November 2016: Arsenal draw with Man U – the video
20 November 1999: Beating Middlesbrough 5-1
20 November 1999: The Overmars Hattrick – the video
21 November 1914: One of the most amusing errors by a football journalist ever
21 November 2012: Brilliant Podolski goal on this day against Montpellier.
Below you will find links to the various articles we have published concerning Arsenal’s anniversaries over the next seven days. (Updated 14 November)
8 November 2003: Arsenal beat Tottenham in the unbeaten season.
8 November 2003: Beating Tottenham, what it meant and where it led
9 November. What a goal! What a goal!!! Beating Man U in 1997
9 November 1914: Arsenal in the early days of the first world war
10 November: Arsenal’s fastest Premier League goal. 2010 against Wolverhampton
10 November 1969: Celebrating Jenns Lehmann
11 November in Arsenal’s history. Beating Millwall – the video
11 November 2001: A terrorist at Arsenal?
12 November 1894: Arsenal play a team of referees
12 November 2006: Arsenal hammer Liverpool 3-0
13 November 1920: Just three points above relegation and looking in real trouble
13 November: Watch every goal from Tottenham 4 Arsenal 5 in 2004
14 November 1886: How did Arsenal get their first fixture?
14 November 1987: Arsenal score four – the video