After losing two
successive League Cup finals in 1967 - 68 and 1968 - 69, George helped the Gunners win the 1969 - 70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1970 - 71 League and FA Cup double; he was a regular in the Double - winning team that season, setting up a number of goals for his team - mates, which included teeing up Ray Kennedy's winning header against Tottenham Hotspur, in the match that won Arsenal the League title.
Not exact matches
You would also think that a strong finish in the Premier
League would be the perfect preparation for a second
successive FA
cup final.
With the Blues still facing the prospect of a trip to the Emirates Stadium, Ozil could yet help inspire an unlikely Premier
League and FA
Cup double, with their next fixture against Reading set to determine whether they'll be involved in a second
successive Wembley
final.
With Arsenal now sitting in second place in the Premier
League table and heading for a second
successive Wembley FA
cup final and on an amazing run of form, with 21 wins and one draw from our last 25 games, the calls from some Arsenal fans and members of the football media have pretty much gone away.
Bristol City claimed a third
successive Premier
League scalp as they moved effortlessly into the Carabao
Cup quarter -
finals at Ashton Gate
Ned Courtney played Gaelic football for Cork during the Second World War, winning the Munster Senior Football Championship, before winning three
League of Ireland titles and playing in three
successive FAI
Cup finals with Cork United and Cork Athletic.
A 16th
successive home
league win leaves Unai Emery's side 17 points clear of second - placed Monaco, who face PSG in the League Cup final at the Stade de France on Mar
league win leaves Unai Emery's side 17 points clear of second - placed Monaco, who face PSG in the
League Cup final at the Stade de France on Mar
League Cup final at the Stade de France on March 31.
They were also knocked out of the Champions
League at the last - 16 stage for a sixth
successive year while they saw their hopes of winning a third FA
Cup in a row ended by Watford at the quarter -
final stage.
-- Arsenal will host the
final top flight fixture of the weekend on the back of
successive league defeats, losing away at Fulham (2 - 1) and Swansea (3 - 2) either side of a nervy 1 - 0 win over Championship side Leeds in the FA
Cup.