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Unfortunately, something went wrong with the computer timer yesterday and the anniversaries for 18 June did not get published, so I am publishing them here, and below them, the anniversaries for 19 June,,,
18 June 1914: George Jobey sold to Bradford PA. He had won a league winners’ medal with Newcastle and was the first Arsenal player to score at Highbury as well as being the first player to be stretchered off at Highbury. He later went into management. For broader context see here.
18 June 1921: “The Football and Sports Favourite” magazine carried an interview with Leslie Knighton which in its best interpretation might be called eccentric, but is probably best called utterly bizarre.
18 June 1962: Andy Linighan born in Hartlepool – both his brothers were also footballers. He started with Hartlepool, then moved through Leeds, Oldham and Norwich before coming to Arsenal. After leaving football he became the owner of a plumbing company
18 June 1979 Paul Davis signed professional forms for Arsenal having signed as an apprentice in 1977. He made his debut in 1980 and played 447 league games for the club. In March 2016, Paul joined the FA where he continues to work with the elite coach development team and the under 17s.
18 June 1993: Eddie McGoldrick signed for Arsenal for approx £1m, playing his first game in the charity shield against Man U on 7 August 1993. He was last heard of as the head of Crystal Palace’s academy which he took over in the summer of 2016.
Arsenal anniversaries 19 June
19 June 1913: Wally Hardinge joined from Sheffield United. He was a first-class cricketer scoring 33,519 runs and playing in one test match. He played the two pre-war seasons at Highbury and the first post-war season and retired in 1921.
19 June 1921: The annual census was undertaken in Britain. For the first time individuals in a household could make separate confidential returns if they wished rather than have the “head of the household” answer for everyone.
19 June 1933: Len Julians born. His first club was Walthamstow Avenue, followed by Leyton Orient whom he joined in 1955. After 66 games and 35 goals, it was not surprising that Arsenal would come knocking. Len passed away on 17 December 1993
19 June 1944: Death of Herbert Roberts aged just 39. He worked as a trainer for Arsenal’s reserves and then joined the Royal Fusiliers in the war. He died while on active service and was buried at Southgate Cemetery.
19 June 1993: Martin Keown, Paul Merson, Nigel Winterburn and Ian Wright played for England in a defeat 2-1 to Germany.
19 June 1998: David Grodin signed from AS Saint-Étienne. He only played one league game with Arsenal and went on a series of loans before being sold to the last of these: Dunfermline.
19 June 2001: Gio van Bronckhorst signed from Rangers for £8.5m. He played 42 games for Arsenal before going on loan, then transferring permanently, to Barcelona. He ended his playing career with Feyenoord with whom he then moved into management after leaving them in 2019.
19 June 2007: Jeremie Aliadiere sold to Middlesbrough for £2m. He played 78 times for them before moving on to Lorient. In 2014 he moved onto the Qatari side Umm Salal. He later joined Lorient and retired from football in 2018 but apparently remained in touch with Arsene Wenger.
19 June 2009: Thomas Vermaelen signed from Ajax. He went on to play 110 league games for Arsenal and became club captain, but then injuries struck and after the 2014 Cup victory (for which he was an unused sub) he moved to Barcelona. He appears to have retired from football totally in 2017, when he got married.
19 June 2018: Bernd Leno was announced as signing from Bayer Leverkusen. He started the season on the bench for Arsenal but after Cech was seen to be having problems with playing out from the back, Leno took over as the first choice keeper.
19 June 2018: Jack Wilshere confirmed his departure from Arsenal. On 11 July 2022, four days after announcing his retirement from playing he was announced as the head coach of the Arsenal U18s
And now because of the computer glitch yesterday, here are the anniversaries for 18 June
18 June 1914: George Jobey sold to Bradford PA. He had won a league winners’ medal with Newcastle and was the first Arsenal player to score at Highbury as well as being the first player to be stretchered off at Highbury. He later went into management. For broader context see here.
18 June 1921: “The Football and Sports Favourite” magazine carried an interview with Leslie Knighton which in its best interpretation might be called eccentric, but is probably best called utterly bizarre.
18 June 1962: Andy Linighan born in Hartlepool – both his brothers were also footballers. He started with Hartlepool, then moved through Leeds, Oldham and Norwich before coming to Arsenal. After leaving football he became the owner of a plumbing company
18 June 1979 Paul Davis signed professional forms for Arsenal having signed as an apprentice in 1977. He made his debut in 1980 and played 447 league games for the club. In March 2016, Paul joined the FA where he continues to work with the elite coach development team and the under 17s.
18 June 1993: Eddie McGoldrick signed for Arsenal for approx £1m, playing his first game in the charity shield against Man U on 7 August 1993. He was last heard of as the head of Crystal Palace’s academy which he took over in the summer of 2016.
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