Terry Neill’s signings: Graham Rix

This is part of the continuing series of articles looking back at Arsenal from the perspective of the managers.  There is an index to the series at “The Managers”
At the moment we are currently looking at the Terry Neill era, you can see exactly how Terry Neill got on as a manager from these two pieces…

Arsenal managers analysed by top four finishes
Arsenal’s managers analysed by history, games and success

We’re looking here at the players that Terry Neill brought through as he refreshed the team after the downturn in the latter part of the Bertie Mee era.
Graham Rix joined Arsenal in 1974 while Bertie Mee was still manager, and turned pro in 1975.   His first ever match for Arsenal was against Leicester on 2 April 1977.  It was a rather curious 3-0 win, for Graham scored the first and David O’Leary scored the other two.  Th...