While most football glory rests primarily with strikers or midfielders, every club’s history includes legendary defenders whose names are almost sacred to fans. Of course, there are such players in Arsenal’s 130-plus year history.
Leave aside the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries for now. Still, that leaves us with a long 100 years to focus on, and we have attempted to find the top ten defenders who have worn the London club’s jersey with the cannon in their emblem during that period.
If the footballer in question continued to play after 2000, it was essential to us that the more significant part of his career fell within the last century. You will find these memorable players in the following chapters.
Peter Storey appeared in 501 games for Arsenal over sixteen seasons. He was at the club from the age of sixteen and made his first-team debut in October 1965 when he was twenty, immediately securing a permanent place in the starting lineup.
Storey was renowned for his toughness and stubbornness. He also appeared in 19 matches with the England national team. When in 1977 he lost his place in the starting lineup under new coach Terry Neill, he left for Fulham for ten thousand pounds, spent one more season there and then quit football.
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