When we tried to stop Dixie Dean hitting 60 goals

Dixie Dean of EvertonWhen we faced newly-crowned champions Everton at Goodison Park on the final day of the 1927/28 campaign, it marked the conclusion of a slightly disappointing season for Herbert Chapman’s men.

A year earlier, we’d reached the FA Cup final and lost 1-0 to Cardiff City, but the team was confident that they would push on. However, the Gunners wound up in 10th place in the league, but the team that day contained a smattering of the players who would go on to achieve greatness at Highbury at the beginning of the 1930s.

Tom Parker, who became the first Arsenal captain to lift silverware in the form of the FA Cup in 1930 was present and correct. So was flying winger Joe Hulme,…