# Talk:1988–89 Arsenal F.C. season

I suggest this article should be kept; fact is this was Arsenal's most memorable championship season -- perhaps the greatest in the last three decades of English football. It requires some time and effort to add player statistics, matches, dates and sources which will take place in the next fortnight at best. Lemonade51 (talk) 15:13, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

It has now expanded enough to demonstrate notability.  I won't be retagging it.
Maybe put those sentences in the article with [citation needed] tags?  That would give useful clues to anyone stumbling across the article about its significance.  —EncMstr (talk) 16:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:1988–89 Arsenal F.C. season/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:54, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

I'll take a look. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:54, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Not a fan of one-sentence paras in lead. try and meld somewhere....
Added something on players winning awards in the lead and the squad stats section.
Arsenal sold a number of fringe players throughout the season so Graham could trim his squad. - err, surely the players were sold (thereby trimming the squad) so he could expand the squad with new players....?
The flow through the months is okay, but there is a little bit of "and then (match)....and then (match)...and then (match)." I wonder if a little more fleshing out here would be good. e.g. the dustup that earnt Davis a 9 match suspension. Anything else about any particular match or in-form or out-of-form players/goals etc.
I've fleshed out what I feel are the interesting/notable games that season, let me know if you think more is needed. I only have access to few publications atm, so can't expand as much as I'd like to. Lemonade51 (talk) 16:36, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
Otherwise looking pretty "Good"..... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:00, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments @Casliber:, have replied to some of your comments above. :) Lemonade51 (talk) 16:36, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
That looks fine - it gives it some atmosphere and works well.
NB: Earwigs copyvio is clear. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:09, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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Pass or Fail:  - as noted above. comprehensive and engaging read Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:09, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

The article states that "Thomas featured in 47 matches – the most of any Arsenal player in the campaign." However the table below shows Lukic, Winterburn, and Rocastle with 48. Grunners (talk) 09:30, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

From the opening section: "At one stage Arsenal were 11 points clear of Liverpool". From the March-May section: "Arsenal's form dipped as they drew 2–2 with Charlton Athletic, leaving themselves 11 points behind Liverpool who had three games in hand." - Assume it's the former that is correct? Grunners (talk) 10:10, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

It says at the start "..... concluded on 30 June 1989."  Now the page is about Arsenal's 1988-89 season, not the league as a whole.  Surely Arsenal's season ended at Anfield on May 26th?
There were no more games for Arsenal after that.  And LFC had already won the cup by that point - they'd beaten Everton in the all-Merseyside final and would have won the double had Mickey Thomas not scored in the last minute of normal time.
So surely the season starts either with the first league match of the season, or with the first of the pre-season friendlies, but the term pre-season implies that these games are before the start of the season and so the season's start date should be the day the first competitive match is played.
But either way, I can't see any reason for saying the season ends on June 30, when it clearly ended for Arsenal on May 26.
{Btw, where's that symbol gone where you signed your comments?} Ganpati23 (talk) 14:42, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Surely the ITV commentary for the title-winning goal at Anfield should be included as it's probably the most famous and iconic bit of domestic commentary in English football history.  
"Arsenal come streaming forward now, in what will surely be their last attack.  A good ball by Dixon, finding Smith.  For Thomas.  Charging through the midfield.  Thomas.  It's up for grabs now."  
Was it Brian Moore?  Does anyone have a text ref link?  Or will a Youtube video do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IafGuI0WioE
Ganpati23 (talk) 15:27, 7 September 2025 (UTC)