Here's everything that was happening the week of September 22nd, 1996.
Arsene Wenger is stepping down as Arsenal manager after 22 years. He was first unveiled as Arsenal manager on September 22nd, 1996, and for many football fans, it will be hard to remember a time before he was Arsenal boss. The days of George Graham, Bruce Rioch and "Boring, Boring Arsenal" seem like a different lifetime now. Wenger not only changed Arsenal, he changed English football forever.
But what was world like when this bespectacled Frenchman moved to North London from Japan?
Here's everything that happened the week Wenger became Arsenal manager.
Bill Clinton was US President.
John Major was UK Prime Minister.
The Fugees ‘Ready Or Not’ was UK Number 1.
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'Breakfast At Tiffanys' by Deep Blue Something was at number 2.
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N64 was launched in America that week.
Changing Rooms had just started on BBC2.
Sabrina The Teenage Witch aired its first episode.
Harlan Coben has personally recommended the 2021 Netflix miniseries. Harlan Coben’s new mystery thriller series I Will Find You has rocketed to the top of the Netflix TV charts. Adapted from the author’s 2023 novel of the same name, the show follows David Burroughs (Sam Worthington, Avatar), a man wrongfully serving a life sentence for […]
Released in 2000, the film has become a cult classic There are few directors whose names manage to conjure an entire genre of filmmaking into the mind like Guy Ritchie. Known for his London gangster aesthetic before later branching out into more elaborate Hollywood fare, his style and sensibility as a director is always noticeable. […]
They’re in! We may be in the depths of World Cup fever, but the Premier League fixtures have been announced for the 2026/27 season. Champions Arsenal will be looking to defend their crown after winning the title for the first time in 22 years, with the season running from 22 August 2026 to 30 May […]