21 September 1889: Arsenal beat Tottenham 10-1 in the opening game of the season. Arsenal played six games between this date and the end of November and scored 50 goals, letting in five.
21 September 1970: Emmanuel Petit born. He was signed by Arsène Wenger for Monaco at the age of 18 and soon became a regular player in the midfield. By 1996/7 he was captain of the side that won the French League.
21 September 1997: Nigel Winterburn scored from 30 yards against Chelsea to win the game 3-2 in the 7th league game of the 2nd Double Season. Bergkamp got the other two goals to bring his total thus far to seven
