In It's an Honour, featured first in the official matchday programme, we're looking back at the seasons that have brought silverware to north London. We re-live the 1970 Fairs Cup winning campaign.  Bertie Mee’s Gunners overturned a 3-1 first leg deficit to earn Arsenal’s first-ever European trophy. Arsenal had trailed 3-1 to Belgians Anderlecht after the first leg of the European Fairs Cup, but strikes from Eddie Kelly, John Radford and Jon Sammels at Highbury gave the Gunners a 4-3 aggregate win. The two-legged final of the forerunner to the Europa League had started poorly. Anderlecht raced to a 2-0 home lead within half an hour, and were seemingly...
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