It was also the season when Arsenal debuted in the League Cup and despite overcoming Gillingham after three games they succumbed at home to West Ham 3-1.For some reason best known to the club they did away with the white sleeves for the second consecutive campaign and just wore a plain red shirt while the away colours were white.
The picture comes from the programme againt Liverpool when Arsenal were held 1-1, George Graham scoring for the home team. Interestingly it seemed the atmosphere for the game was less than genial prompting one irate gent, a Mr McNally from Suffolk, to write into the club complaining about the actions of some of the fans.
Mr McNally was nothing less than 'utterly appalled' by the actions and antics of some of the Arsenal support and the club seemed to agree, replying to his letter in the Nottingham Forest programme that they hoped the yobs would 'stay away...Arsenal can do without their financial support'.
As for the guy in the picture. His name is Mickey Boot and he played just three games that season, plus one as a substitute. And that was all he managed throughout his Arsenal league career; his first game came in the League Cup tie at home to West Ham.
He made his league debut against Newcastle in October 1966, scoring the first goal in a 2-0 win. He was kept in the side for the next game, away to Leeds, and scored again but it wasn't enough to stop us falling to a 3-1 defeat. The next game, a 3-2 loss at home to West Bromwich Albion was his last start for us and a substitute appearance at home to Leeds marked his last appearance for the Arsenal.
After a spell in South Africa and the English non league he moved to Australia. And Arsenal? They somehow finished the season in seventh!
