Here are the Anniversaries from 6 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history.
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6 September 1902: League debut for Tim Coleman against Preston North End. He had joined after periods with Kettering and Northampton Town.
6 September 1905: Morris Bates died from TB aged 41. He was the captain when Royal Arsenal won their first two trophies. He played 73 first team games for Royal Arsenal between 1896 and 1890.
6 September 1913 First match at Highbury. Arsenal beat Leicester Fosse 2-1 in what was the first opening day victory since 1906. 20,000 present. George Jobey scored the first Arsenal goal at the ground but was later taken off injured. See also George Jobey, The Day it Began and Season Ticket Prices.
6 September 1926: Bolton 2 Arsenal 2. As Chapman got into his second season he responded to a 0-4 defeat to Sheffield United in the third game of the season by giving debuts for Wally Hardinge, Joe Lievesley. Jack Lambert and Jack Lee
6 September 1958. Arsenal beat Everton 6-1 away. Looking back it seemed like a freak result, until 15 August 2009. Herd scored four, Groves and Bloomfield the others. Amazingly three days later Arsenal beat Bolton by the same score – the only time this has happened in Arsenal’s history.
6 September 1986: Last game for Stewart Robson before moving on to West Ham and then Coventry City. In five years he played 150 times for Arsenal in the league scoring 16 goals.
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Elsewhere on this day, in 1989, a computer error in Paris, France (just to be clear which one) resulted in 41,000 residents who should have received notices concerning parking fines, instead received letters charging them with murder, extortion and organised prostitution.
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