Product Description

This book is the ultimate guide to matchday trivia, with Arsenal facts for every day of the year. For instance...on October 22nd 2001 former manager Bertie Mee died at the age of 80. He guided Arsenal to two Leauge Cup finals, then Fairs Cup final glory in 1970 and the 'double' the following season...on November 5th 1932 Herbert Chapman persuaded London Electric railway to change the name of the station Gillespie Road to Arsenal, the only London Underground station named after a football club? ...on September 14th 1901 Scotland International inside-left Alex James was born in Mossend, Lanarkshire. He starred during the Herbert Chapman era and netted 26 goals in 231 League games for Arsenal. Perfect for pre-game pub discussions, this is a must-have for true Arsenal fans.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #638372 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Waste of money
I bought the book and, being a long-time Gooner, I looked forward to reading it. Having now read it, I am sorry I wasted my time and money. It claims to be the book for swotting up on Arsenal history - up to a point, Lord Copper. It is if you care when Port Vale made two trips to Wembley. Or when Chris Waddle left Marseilles to join Sheffield Wednesday. Or when Paul Gascoigne (who?) joined Spurs (who??). The book is full of irrelevant nonsense like that. On many days 2 of the 5 facts have absolutely nothing to do with Arsenal.

It is an official Arsenal book so I don't expect the author to include when George Graham was sacked (21 February 1995, in case you are interested) but nor do I expect to see when Aston Villa or Manchester United won the European Cup in a book about Arsenal. I particularly don't care about some bloke I have never heard of who played 401 consecutive games for Tranmere Rovers before he missed a match in 1955!

There are no interesting or unusual anniversaries in the book just straightforward lines about how two goals from Bobby Gould and one from David Court helped Arsenal win 3-0 at home to Leicester City in 1968 (yawn).

There is no index so you cannot find the games you are interested in. Flicking through the book, you just know that the author couldn't be bothered to uncover Arsenal facts for every day of the year so threw in any old junk he could find. Fine if you are doing a chronology of football in general, appallingly bad if it is a book about Arsenal.

Save your money - it is not even worth the 1p you can get it for secondhand. I have had to give the book 1 star out of 5 but only because I couldn't give it nought.