It was glorious, but a glory that has sadly remained long forgotten, consigned to a pre-Premier League past. This is Arsenal’s 1991 vintage, not as dramatic as Anfield ’89 or as statistically perfect as 2004. But these are The Almost Invincibles: maybe Arsenal’s best team of all time.
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TIMESTAMPS & REFERENCES
00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – Since Anfield
06:00 – 1990/91
17:46 – Aftermath
References:
Arseblog
Arsenal: The Long Sleep 1953-1970 (John Sowman)
The Blizzard (Issue #20)
Invincible (Amy Lawrence)
Seventy-One Guns (David Tossell)
So Paddy Got Up (ed: Andrew Mangan)
These Football Times (Magazine: Arsenal, Podcast)
Wenger (John Cross)
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