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Arsenal At Invicta and Early Ownership Battle [Nov 2025]

In this history pod, Tim recounts Royal Arsenal’s three years at the Invicta Ground from 1890-1893 and how it became the setting for a dramatic tug of war for the ownership of a club that was looking to establish itself and grow during football’s formative years.

Buchan the Trend [Nov 2025]

In this history episode, Tim discusses the legacy of former Arsenal striker Charlie Buchan. He was Herbert Chapman's first signing for the Gunners in 1925 having left Woolwich Arsenal as a teenager in a row over expenses. His star quality and his intelligence and confidence as a trained teacher drew Chapman to Buchan as a prototype for the sort of player he wanted. It was reportedly Buchan who suggested tweaks to the WM formation Chapman would adopt at Arsenal that underpinned their dominance of the 1930s. Post career, Buchan became a respected football journalist and broadcaster and he fought in the First World War with some distinction.

Arsenal’s Formation, First Game, First Shirts and Busting Some Myths [Mar 2026]

In this history episode, Tim is joined by eminent Arsenal historian Andy Kelly which covers a variety of topics. •⁠ ⁠The formation of the football club from Dial Square Cricket Club in December 1886 •⁠ ⁠Known details from Dial Square’s first game against Eastern Wanderers later that month •⁠ ⁠Debunking the myth that Nottingham Forest supplied the club with their first official kit •⁠ ⁠Did Henry Norris try to merge Fulham and Arsenal? •⁠ ⁠Debunking the myth that Henry Norris incentivised Arsenal players to lose games so Spurs would be relegated in 1927-28 •⁠ ⁠The origins of the term ‘Bank of England club’ from the 1930s and how it has been inaccurately applied ever since

1933-34: The Last Time Arsenal Retained the Title [Jun 2026]

In this history episode, Tim takes us through the 1933-34 season- the last and only time (for now) that Arsenal have retained the league title. Arsenal fought Herbert Chapman’s former team Huddersfield Town for the title but, tragically, on January 6, 1934 Chapman suddenly died of pneumonia, leaving a grieving team to pick themselves up under the stewardship of Joe Shaw and Tom Whittaker to seal the league title at Stamford Bridge for the second consecutive season. Tim also talks about Arsenal’s goal scoring and centre-forward issues with the Gunners scoring 43 fewer goals than the previous season- a problem solved by the acquisition of Southampton striker Ted Drake in March 1934 [ Original Title: 1933-34: The Last Time Arsenal Retained the Title, Against a Backdrop of Tragedy ]

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Remembering Mother Warren [Sep 2003]

A look into the labor history of one of the world's oldest paper mills Remembering Mother Warren unearths the culture of an industrial community, the drama of life working for a once-great employer, and probes the meaning of workers' memories in the face of disruptive industrial change. Produced by Big Talk on WMPG, it is a 30-minute documentary that traces the labor history of the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook, Maine. You'll hear stories from generations of mill workers and managers, including Shirley Lally, a 30-year veteran who sorted reams of paper by hand, Phil LaViolette, who recalls the struggles of Warren's Franco workers, and Howard Reiche, a former mill manager who describes the mill's paternalism and the favoritism encountered by workers prior to unionization. Other workers tell the history of the S.D. Warren family, of their experiences in the mill dating back as far as the 1920s, of the extreme heat, dangerous equipment and deadly accidents, a forgotten 1916 strike, unionizing in the 1960s, and of the mill's recent decline. University of Maine historian Charles Scontras, and University of Southern Maine economist and labor historian Michael Hillard provide analysis of the mill's unique labor history. Aired September 2003 as a labor day special on Maine Public Radio, WMPG, WBUR, and 8 other community stations across country.

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