Arsenal Captains (Post War)

[The GFP]

I thought id do this just to see if our bad luck with captains goes back longer than the last few (not vice captains)

2011-12 : Robin van Persie (Wants to leave)
2008-11 : Cesc Fabregas (Demanded to leave and fucked off to Barcelona)
2006-08 : William Gallas (Not sure what the fuck was going on here)
2005-06 : Thierry Henry (Demanded to leave and fucked off to Barcelona)
2002-05 : Patrick Vieira (Demanded to leave and fucked off to Juventus)
1988-02 : Tony Adams (Stayed until his last day as a player then retired)
1980-88 : Kenny Sansom (Sold to Newcastle Utd)
1973-80 : Pat Rice (No longer wanted so went to Watford then came back as a coach)
1964-73 : Frank McLintock (No longer wanted so went to QPR)

[TedDrake]

McLintock wasn't made captain until 1968.
McNab was captain after McLintock, then Ball before Rice.
O'Leary was captain after Rice, followed by Rix before Sansom.

[The GFP]

i knew this lot was wrong and guess where i got it from?

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... l-captains

their dates cross over so i just changed them to the year the last captain left the club

i knew it was wrong which is why i asked on twitter

i only remember back to 87 when i started going

Ted, how much have the official site got it wrong?

[TedDrake]

Well, under the captaincy of Eddie Hapgood, all that Arsenal won was 1 league title. Arsenal had another captain between 1932 and 1937. That is 3 league titles and an FA Cup win and he doesn't get a mention!

[The GFP]

the official arsenal site is shockingly bad considering they own everything

they have an official statistician who must be shit or they are lying

you know your stuff, where did you hear about my site?

[TedDrake]

From one of your posts on Tony Attwood's blog.

[The GFP]

ah, a man of taste then, great site with articles that every Arsenal fan should read

ive just bought his book, only a few pages in but love it, just need a warm day and ill be out in the convertible in a field and reading away all day

i would love to see Tony (or any of the other 2 blokes who co-wrote the book) books collection as i bet all 3 have a massive collection, ive just almost finished my rothmans football yearbook collection from 1 to 40 im now only missing no.1 & my arsenal handbook's as ive got 40 ish of them now & probably 50+ arsenal books & another 50+ books on footy

my first season getting into football was 1984/85 (i was 13) and my first going season was 1986/87 so before that ive had to read what i know as ive been to 406 games (mostly arsenal)