Arsenal Away Days

Question? Does anyone remember the Arsenal Away Boyz. Band played songs that were with pure Arsenal Lyrics. Anyone know how to contact them. Get them to play on the run in? They used to sell out pubs before games.

That 2001/02 Arsenal side lives in the shadows of the 2003/04 Invincibles team but what a special season that was for Arsenal. They won the doubles. The Premier League title that season came on the back of three straight second-place runs. Before winning in 2002, Arsenal had won the double in 1997/98, came agonisingly close to the title in 98/99 but lost it by one point to Manchester United. In 99/2000, Arsenal’s ageing defence could no longer hold its own despite a bright, and springing attack. They finished 18 points behind Man Utd. In 2000/01, they finished 10 points behind their title rivals. Investment into the squad became apparent and Wenger went to the market with the intention of increasing the numbers. The business done that summer was to add depth. The shock signing of Sol Campbell had become the story of the transfer window but that was the same year Wenger signed Francis Jeffers who never got going. He also brought in Giovani Van Bronckhorst, Richard Wright, Junichi Inamoto. While the 2003/04 campaign ended without defeat, Arsenal scored more goals in 2001/02. The season also ended with Arsenal not losing any away game while scoring in every league game. Thierry Henry won the Golden Boot award for the top scorer while Robert Pires recorded the most assists (15). It was a season remembered to be Pires’, and one in which Arsenal were efficient and swashbuckling. For more context, Pires got injured in March that term and missed the final two months of the season. Despite that, he’d done just enough to court the respect of the press as he won the Football Writers Player of the Year. He missed 10 Premier League games that season. That’s also arguably Wenger’s best season as Arsenal’s manager. It was the season he said they could go unbeaten. His first Premier League title in 97/98 was special in how he turned things around in the league. The 98/99 season was decent because he showed the capacity to build a strong defensive unit. Arsenal conceded only 17 goals in the league that season. But that 2001/02 season had life. It was the springboard for the Invincibles of 2003/04, and perhaps, a more entertaining season in the eyes of many.