After the two worst seasons in half a century, with League finishing positions of 16th and 17th, a new era dawned at Arsenal in the long hot summer of 1976: former Arsenal player and captain – and more recently Spurs Manager – Terry Neill was appointed to replace the retiring Bertie Mee. But Neill was…

As the 1975-76 season started, with Arsenal having finished 1974-75 in a lowly 16th place, even Chairman Denis Hill-Wood was not brimming with confidence, writing in the first programme: “We must all be rather anxious about what is in store for us.” However, he ended his message with the words: “I am confident that the…