3rd Generation Gooner
12-13-2012, 09:07 AM
remember being on the NB with the West side singing "just go Terry" and the East side singing "don't go Terry"
Neill's 1982 summer signing of striker Lee Chapman from Stoke City for £500,000 was not a success, with Chapman scoring just 4 goals in his Arsenal career before being sold to Sunderland for £200,000. In the 1982-83 season, Arsenal reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the League Cup, but lost both semi-finals to Manchester United.
In June 1983, Neill signed striker Charlie Nicholas, from Celtic for £800,000. Liverpool and Manchester United had also been keen to buy Nicholas, who had scored a total of 50 goals in all competitions for Celtic in the 1982-83 season. Nicholas reportedly became the highest paid footballer in Britain after his move to Arsenal,[6] but he failed to live up to the hype surrounding his move.
Neill was sacked by Arsenal on 16 December 1983, less than three weeks after a shock League Cup exit at the hands of Third Division side Walsall. Arsenal were 16th in the league at the time of Neill's dismissal, just five points clear of the relegation zone and trailing several much smaller clubs including Coventry City, Norwich City and Luton Town.[7]
Neill's last signing for the club came two weeks before his dismissal, when he signed 21-year-old defender Tommy Caton from Manchester City.
Neill's 1982 summer signing of striker Lee Chapman from Stoke City for £500,000 was not a success, with Chapman scoring just 4 goals in his Arsenal career before being sold to Sunderland for £200,000. In the 1982-83 season, Arsenal reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the League Cup, but lost both semi-finals to Manchester United.
In June 1983, Neill signed striker Charlie Nicholas, from Celtic for £800,000. Liverpool and Manchester United had also been keen to buy Nicholas, who had scored a total of 50 goals in all competitions for Celtic in the 1982-83 season. Nicholas reportedly became the highest paid footballer in Britain after his move to Arsenal,[6] but he failed to live up to the hype surrounding his move.
Neill was sacked by Arsenal on 16 December 1983, less than three weeks after a shock League Cup exit at the hands of Third Division side Walsall. Arsenal were 16th in the league at the time of Neill's dismissal, just five points clear of the relegation zone and trailing several much smaller clubs including Coventry City, Norwich City and Luton Town.[7]
Neill's last signing for the club came two weeks before his dismissal, when he signed 21-year-old defender Tommy Caton from Manchester City.