Arsenal Artefacts spotlights the items that our devoted supporters have collected over the years, ranging from shirts and programmes to more obscure forms of memorabilia. You can watch the whole episode on Arsenal.com and The Arsenal App. Do you have any special Arsenal related items that you hold dear? 🖼️
Comment below with stories, photos or videos from your favourite season openers. We'll feature them on our matchday show Live From N5 on Friday! ⬇️
A Champion's Story: Iris & Ben tells the tale of a friendship shared between two supporters during our 2025/26 Premier League title run in. Ben accompanies Iris, who is visually impaired, to Arsenal matches at home and away. In her own words, the pair "get on like a house on fire".
You can watch the full story on Arsenal.com and The Arsenal App.
The flags represent each club that Thierry scored against on his way to the record 186 goal tally. His final total for the club stands at 228 across two spells in North London, along with 2 Premier Leagues and 3 FA Cups.
The passing of the silver cannon from Wright was a gesture that underscored the pair's legendary status and the moment Henry officially wore the crown as the club's greatest ever goalscorer.
What are some of your favourite goals from Thierry?
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Goals from Ralph Birkett, James Marshall, Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin secured a 4-0 victory at Highbury. While the game now known as the Community Shield is today the traditional curtain raiser for the English league season, the fixture was played in the midst of the campaign up until the year 1959.
Below is the 'Editor's Note' (a customary feature of matchday programmes from this era) that prefaces the match:
The match for the F.A. Charity Shield very properly brings together two teams which have not only enjoyed considerable success in the current season, but also have magnificent records for the last three or four years.
Arsenal, having won the F.A. Cup in 1930, gained the League Championship in 1930-31 with a record number of points, while in the following season, besides finishing second to Everton in the Champion-ship, they won their way to the Cup Final, in which department also they had to be second best.
In 1932-33, however, Arsenal won the Championship once more, and the proud title was retained in 1933-34. Manchester City, too, have done brilliantly in recent years.
Winning the Second Division Championship in 1927-28, their final League placings in the six completed seasons since their promotion have been:—8th, 3rd, 8th, 14th, 16th, and 5th.
Their great achievements, however, have been in the Cup competition in the last three years.
In 1931-32 they reached the semi-final, claiming as their victims Millwall, Brentford, Derby County, and Bury. At the penultimate stage they were rather unfortunate when they lost by 0—1 to Arsenal at Aston, but in the following year (1932-33) they won their way to the Final at the expense of Gateshead, Walsall, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, and Derby County.
In the Final they were opposed to Everton, at which time they were disconcerted by injuries to players. They lost by 0-3 on this occasion, but in the next campaign (1933-34) they gallantly reached the Final once more, their defeated opponents being Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, and Aston Villa.
Even had they failed again at Wembley they would have earned great honour by having performed two fine feats; reaching the Final in two successive years, and figuring in the semi-final stage in three consecutive competitions.
But they did not fail, for their consistency was rewarded on April 28th, 1934, when they beat Portsmouth by 2—1 at Wembley, to win the Cup for the second time in their history.
I'm a midfielder who has recently joined Arsenal and I play for the England national team. I have made 93 appearances and scored 33 goals for my country.
We are delighted to have our new signing Georgia Stanway join us for an AMA. Please respond with your questions and Georgia will answer them on Wednesday 19th August at 14:00 GMT.
We hope to share a proof photo and video with Georgia at a later date!
Everyone at the club is saddened to hear about the passing of former Arsenal goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer.
Jimmy missed just two games across three seasons in the mid-70s, playing 146 games for the Gunners and winning our Player of the Year award in 1975.
All our thoughts are with Jimmy's family and loved ones at this difficult time.
May he rest in peace ❤️
Fans gathered before our pre-season game against Como to witness the once-in-a-generation eclipse 🕶️
