 Complete the following phrase:  He helped Arsenal to get off to a solid start in defence of their title in the 197172 campaign, before he picked up a thigh injury which caused him to miss a few weeks of games from late September. In December, Mee spent 220,000 on Everton midfielder Alan Ball, who took Storeys place in the first eleven for his debut on 27 December. In the new year Storey and numerous other Arsenal players confronted the clubs management after learning that Ball was paid 250 a week  more than double most of the rest of the squad. Storey returned to the first team for an FA Cup clash with Derby County on 26 February, as Eddie Kelly was out injured. The next month Arsenal lost three away league games in a row, which all but ended their chances of retaining their title. Storey was out of the team as Arsenal progressed to the quarter-finals of the European Cup  though he did feature in the Second Round victory over Swiss club Grasshopper  and he proved unable to prevent a Johan Cruyff inspired Ajax from claiming a 31 aggregate victory. Arsenal progressed past Swindon Town, Reading, Derby County, Orient, and Stoke City to reach the 