Author: Tony Attwood

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games   Here are the anniversaries.     ?May 1889: Alf Singleton and Henry Stewart, two of the men who led the split away from Royal Arsenal to form Royal Ordnance Factories FC …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games   Here are the anniversaries.  Our headline comes from 1977 30 April 1892: Royal Arsenal 2 Rangers 3.  It is possible that this early connection between Arsenal and Rangers was linked …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games   Here are the anniversaries.  Our headline comes from 1978 29 April 1893.  The final game of Royal Arsenal.  Arsenal lost 0-1 to Stoke. The club had already plotted their route …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …

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  The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought …

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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. Today’s anniversaries When Tottenham had won four trophies and Arsenal had won none at all. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal …

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