What were we like to watch under Billy Wright, la?
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Just checked, we must've been rubbish:
"Arsenal were unable to improve on their seventh in Wright's first season in charge, and their form gradually declined. Wright won only 38.46% of his matches in charge, the lowest rate for any post-war Arsenal manager (caretaker managers excepted). After a poor 1965–66 season – where Arsenal finished 14th and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers (who finished bottom of the First Division) — Wright was dismissed by the Arsenal board in the summer of 1966.
Football writer Brian Glanville, discussing Billy Wright's time at Arsenal, wrote: "he had neither the guile nor the authority to make things work and he reacted almost childishly to criticism"."
:hehe: It also struck me what a bunch of double hard bástards they were. I suppose every team was in those days, but a standard challenge from Nelson, Young, Rice or Talbot would be treated as a police matter these days, and Price and Stapleton weren't averse to a knee-high assault if required. :hehe: