Back in 1968 the Daily Telegraph identified three areas Arsenal needed to do to restore prestige to the famous old club.
- remove Herbert Chapman's bust
- the manager having absolute authority on playing matters
- better relations with the press
Wonder what they would say say now with Chapman being joined by Henry, Adams and Wenger in being cast in stone or whatever.
The story so incensed the club that chairman, Denis Hill Wood, felt inclined to write some notes in the programme refuting the claims made in the paper.
At the end of his column the Old Etonia rather sniffily concluded 'If any member of the Public or the Press think otherwise they are greatly mistaken and I welcome this opportunity to clarify the position once and for all'.
You can just imagine him reading the paper and choking on his cigar and port at the sheer affront against his football club and, by extension, him.
It was normal for the Chairman to write some comments in the first programme of the season. That he should feel the need to do so so soon into the season shows how seriously the allegations must have been felt at the time.
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