On This Day – 12 October

12 October 1935 Don Howe born; one of the men who both played for Arsenal and managed the team.

12 October 1996: Arsène Wenger’s first match, a 0-2 victory at Blackburn.  Up to this moment he had been seeing out his contract in Japan.  Ian Wright scored the first Wenger goal.

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