Today is a most accomplished date in the annals of Arsenal history; it is the anniversary of the Gunners clinching not one, but two championship titles. On this day in 1998 Arséne Wenger led the side to glory in his first full season as manager, and 27 years before that Bertie Mee's men won the league at White Hart Lane. There should be a song commemorating that…but I digress. For this edition it will be the 1971 triumph that holds our attention. 'Arsenal have got as much chance of being handed the title by Spurs as I have of being given the Crown Jewels.' So declared Tottenham captain Alan Mullery on the eve of Arsenal's trip up the Seven Sisters Road (via The Arsenal Collective)....
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