Arsenal captains roll of honour

Cus Geezer · Post by **Cus Geezer** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:26 pm

Can anyone fill in the blanks for me.

Every official Arsenal club captain since Frank McLintock and the length of their reign.

2005 - Present: Thierry Henry
2002 - 2005: Patrick Viera
1988 - 2002: Tony Adams
1985 - 1988: Kenny Sansom
??? - 1985: Graham Rix
1980 - 1985: ???
1977 - 1980: Pat Rice
??? - 1977: Alan Ball
1973 - 1977: ???
1969 - 1973: Frank McLintock

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:47 pm

Eddie Kelly was captain for season 74-75. Unfortunatley one of the worst season in our history. I sure David O"Leary was captain in the early eightes.

Cus Geezer · Post by **Cus Geezer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:11 pm

Watched Arsenal v Tottenham from 1980/1 on ESPN classics last night and David O'Leary was the captain for that game. Anyone know when (or even how considering he stayed on at Arsenal another decade) his reign ended?

I know Rix's ended in 1985 because of a drink driving conviction.

So is that Eddie Kelly for season 1974/5, was he followed by Ball?

Victoria Concordia · Post by **Victoria Concordia** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:01 pm

Kelly replaced Ball as captain at the start of 75-76 as Ball was dropped - Ball returned as captain though and Kelly, pissed off, left for QPR.

Trevheff · Post by **Trevheff** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:03 pm

O'Leary simply decided captaincy wasn't for him and I think it was mutual between him and the management that he stepped down. He wanted to just concentrate on his game. After he went into management and originally did well at Leeds there was a lot of surprise at his success given his reluctance to be a captain.

Cus Geezer · Post by **Cus Geezer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:33 am

So was it Pat Rice that followed on from Ball and Graham Rix that followed on from O'Leary?