In the interests of truth, completeness, and gloating, ArseWeb presents the following list to try to explain to non-Arsenal supporters why us Gunners look bemused when you call our team boring. As Arsenal fans we have been on the winning end of the some of the most exciting finishes to football matches that have ever been seen, including the most thrilling finish to a Cup Final and the ultimate in heart-stopping ends to the league season. Of course, while we still don't understand why you think us boring, the following list might help to explain why everyone else hates us. Read it and weep.

There's more historical stuff, including a great deal of information and links to other resources, in Derek Brownjohn's ArseWeb stats & history section.

1891 Peter Connolly. WIN vs. Clapton. 3-2. London Senior Cup S/F

The London Senior Cup was the most important competition for London Clubs at the time. Were 2-0 down with 25 mins to go: newspaper reported that the match ended 'soon after' the winner was scored. We won the final 6-0 vs St Bartholemew's Hospital for the club's most important trophy prior to 1930.

1930 Cliff Bastin. EQ vs. Hull City. 2-2. FA Cup S/F.

Arsenal won replay & their first FA Cup final 2-0 vs. Huddersfield.

1932 Cliff Bastin. WIN vs. Man City. 1-0. FA Cup S/F.

Last kick of game. Lost final 2-1 to Newcastle.

1947 Don Roper. WIN vs. Sheff Utd. 2-1. League (away)

3 minutes to go in Championship year.

1950 Reg Lewis. WIN vs. Sheff Wed. 1-0. FA Cup 3rd Rd, (home).

13 Seconds to go. (see also next entry).

1950 Leslie Compton. EQ vs. Chelsea. 2-2. FA Cup S/F, (neutral).

2-1 down with seconds to go, Denis Compton took a corner and his brother (against Joe Mercer's orders not to join the attack) moved up and scored the equaliser. Arsenal won the replay 1-0 and went on to win the final 2-0 over Liverpool.

1969 John Radford. WIN vs. Spurs. 1-0. Lge Cup S/F, 1st leg (home).

Lost the final (see next entry)

1969 Bobby Gould. EQ vs. Swindon. 1-1. Lge Cup final

Arsenal lost in extra time.

1970 Ray Kennedy. vs. Anderlecht. 1-3 Fairs Cup Final, 1st leg (away)

Neither WIN or EQ, but a very crucial away goal. 2nd leg 3-0 to us, Arsenal's first European trophy.

1971 Peter Storey. EQ vs. Stoke. 2-2 FA Cup S/F.

Arsenal won replay 2-0. We went on to win the final, and of course, the double.

1971 Ray Kennedy. WIN vs. Spurs. 1-0 League (away).

The Championship decider at White Hart Lane for the first half of the double. We'd have won the title at 0-0 anyway.

1979 Liam Brady. EQ vs. Sheff Wed. 1-1 FA Cup 3rd Rd, 1st Replay (home).

Gunners won the 5th game, & went on to win the Cup (see below).

1979 Alan Sunderland. WIN vs. Man Utd. 3-2 FA Cup final.

The most exciting finish to a cup final ever. Man Utd came back from being 2-0 down with 5 minutes to go, but just as the game looked like going into extra time Brady found Rix on the wing and his cross was met by Sunderland at the far post.

1980 Paul Vaessen. WIN vs. Juventus. 1-0 CWC S/F 2nd leg (Turin).

Arsenal went on to lose the final to Valencia on penalties.

1983 Graham Rix. EQ vs. Leeds. 1-1 FA Cup 4th Rd Replay (Elland Rd).

Arsenal won 2nd replay 2-1. We've also beaten Leeds in the FA Cup after 4 games in 1991 (& below....)

1987 David Rocastle. WIN vs. Spurs. 2-1 League Cup S/F 3rd game (away).

Arsenal beat Liverpool in the final.

1989 Alan Smith. EQ vs. Soton. 2-2 League (home).

Scored in the 97th min!

1989 Martin Hayes. WIN vs. Boro. 1-0 League (away).

A crucial championship run-in game.

1989 Michael Thomas. WIN vs. Liverpool. 2-0 League (away).

Championship deciding goal, scored deep into stoppage time at Anfield. We needed to win by 2. No-one had done that at Anfield since the Roman invasion or something. Final score 2-0. THE MOTHER OF ALL LAST-GASP GOALS. and the most exciting moment ever in the history of football. If you don't understand, go see Fever Pitch. It's a true story!
Also go look at our Anfield 89 celebration page with downloads, links, and stories.

1993 Ian Wright. EQ vs. Leeds. 3-2 FA Cup 4th Rd Replay (Elland Rd).

Final score of 3-2 was after extra time (Wright also scored the winner).

1993 Ian Wright. EQ vs. Spurs. 1-1 League (WHL)

They thought they'd got us. A great day in the league in a season otherwise dominated by our double cup triumph.

1993 Andy Linighan. WIN vs. Sheff Wed. 2-1 FA Cup Final Replay.

An otherwise uninspiring cup final encounter is woken up by Linighan's header in the dying seconds, and history is made.

1993 Ian Wright. WIN vs. Spurs. 1-0 League (WHL)

1995 Stefan Schwarz. EQ vs. Sampdoria. 2-3 CWC S/F 2nd leg (Genoa).

Although we lost the match, Schwarz's free kick made it level on aggregate. No more goals were scored in extra-time, and Arsenal went on to win the tie in a penalty shoot-out with 3 great saves by Seaman. Read the ArseWeb match report, or see the penalty saves. There's also the ArseWeb 1994-95 CWC campaign page. We lost the final to Real Zaragoza thanks to a classic last-gasper from their ex-Tottenham spawny git Nayim.

1996 Dennis Bergkamp. WIN vs. Bolton. 2-1 League (home)

In the final league game of the season we needed to win to clinch a place in Europe ahead of Everton Blackburn and Spurs. Read the ArseWeb match report, and a blow-by-blow account of the action around the country on that thrilling final day of the race for Europe.

1996 Adams & Bergkamp. WIN vs. Spurs. 3-1 League (home).

A late recovery after a disgraceful (and jammy) Spurs equaliser. 2 classic strikes in the last 2 minutes of the match. Read the ArseWeb match report.

1997 Bergkamp. DRAW vs Leicester. 3-3 League (away).

I've included this one because it's become quite a notorious one. Threee goals were scored at the death, 2 of them well into injury time. We came away with a draw, and a nervy visit to the FA for Ian Wright.... read the ArseWeb report

1997 Winterburn. WIN vs Chelsea. 3-2 League (away).

Our nearest rivals in London, and most people's favourites for this match after scoring for fun so far in the league, Chelsea were undone at the death by a Winterburn power drive from 25 yards out. Read the ArseWeb report.