Alan Ball scored the only goal of the game.Ģ6 March 1979 : Bolton 4 Arsenal 2. But a poor run thereafter left Arsenal finishing second. The result meant it was four wins in a row, and just one defeat in 16. Arsenal’s goal was an own goal.Ģ6 March 1973: Arsenal 1 Crystal Palace 0. This made it seven without a win and even then the run was not over as Arsenal won only two of the remaining nine games in the league, to end the league in 14th. He later played 118 league games for Southend and 203 for Cambridge, and ended his career in 1999.Ģ6 March 1966: Arsenal 1 Newcastle 3. He joined from Staines Juniors and played six games in 1982/3, his only season at Arsenal, before moving on to Exeter. They then only won two more of their final eight games but still won the league by seven points!Ģ6 March 1963 Danny O’Shea born. But the games he missed through injury were considered to have cost Arsenal the league title.Ģ6 March 1948 Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0 in the league to go eight points clear at the top. In the cup he played three and scored seven. Drivers who had a driving licence before that date (having obtained one without taking a test) were allowed to continue driving for life, and were not required to take the new test.Ģ6 March 1937: Ted Drake’s last game of the season He only played 26 games in total this season but he still scored 20 goals in the league. David Jack scored the goal at Villa Park which took Arsenal to their second final and ultimately their first major trophy.Ģ6 March 1934 : Driving tests became compulsory for all new drivers. See also hereĢ6 March 1930: Hull City 0 Arsenal 1. Hulme and Buchan scored the goals that took Arsenal to Wembley for the first time. He went on to play 53 league games for the club.Ģ6 March 1927 : Arsenal 2 Southampton 1 FA Cup semi-final number 3 – the first victory in the semi-final. He was signed from Colchester in 1938 but didn’t make his debut until November 1946, because of the suspension of football during the war. Arsenal ended the season in 9th.Ģ6 March 1921: Ted Platt born. Curiously Sheffield U were fighting relegation at the time and ended the season 20th out of 22. It was also the 2nd of three games in four daysĢ6 March 1921: Last game for Frederick Groves. Despite this they did actually win four of those games. It was one of a run of 14 consecutive games in which Arsenal failed to score or scored just one goal. He joined from Bradford PA and left Arsenal after 47 league appearances to play instead for Bradford City.Ģ6th March 1910 – Woolwich Arsenal 0 The Wednesday 1. The crowd was 3000 the largest so far for a game between the two teams – but within three years a crowd of 14,500 was recorded for this fixture in the United League.Ģ6 March 1900 : Harold Peel born in Bradford. The police investigated but concluded there was not evidence to warrant a charge.Ģ6 March 1896: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3. In April 2017 Rix suffered a heart attack and the following year he was accused by multiple Chelsea trainees of racism and physical assault which he denied. He later worked with Portsmouth, Oxford, Hearts, before working in Trinidad and Tobago and finally AFC Porchester. However in March 1999, Rix was sentenced to 12 months in prison, as a sex offender. However that one game was as emergency cover – he was primarily on the coaching staff. He then moved on to France and played 89 times cor Caen and 12 for Le Havre, before finishing his career with Dundee (14) and Chelsea 1 game. Graham Rix played 351 league games for Arsenal and scored 41 goals.
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