It was with great sadness that the club learned of the death of former manager and captain, Terry Neill, aged 80.
Terry was associated with the club for over 20 years, firstly as a player having joined us as a 17-year-old from Bangor City in his native Northern Ireland in December 1959.
The midfielder’s combination of tenacity, vision and natural leadership soon forced him into first-team reckoning, making his debut against Sheffield Wednesday on December 23, 1960. Just two years later, aged 20, he was appointed Arsenal’s youngest ever captain by new boss Billy Wright.
Terry was a regular performer throughout the decade under Wright and then Bertie Mee, making 275 first-team appearances in total for the club, scoring 10 goals, before being transferred to Hull City in the summer of 1970, where he took on a player-manager role.