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Further to our article mentioning Arthur Shaw (George Curtis: the Arsenal player who managed Norway) I (Tony Attwood) received this note, which is published here with permission of the author.By David J Williams. ————– By chance on Saturday last at the Emirates I spent a couple of hours chatting with the daughter of Arthur Shaw, …
By Tony Attwood This article wasa prepared for Untold Arsenal, but we have major technical problems there so in the meantime it is pubished here on Arsenal History. So the situation at this moment is that I can’t post on the Untold Arsenal website and can’t send and receive emails. But I do seem …
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Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: Part Five: The 1950s Part Six: The 1960s and 1970s Part Seven: The 1980s Part Eight: The 1990s Part 9: The Chronology part 9: the …
Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: Part Five: The 1950s Part Six: The 1960s and 1970s Part Seven: The 1980s Part Eight: The 1990s 1999 1999/2000: An Arsenal forward line …
Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: Part Five: The 1950s Part Six: The 1960s and 1970s Part Seven: The Chronology Part 7: The 1980s 1989/90 After winning the league …
Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: Part Five: The 1950s Part Six: The 1960s and 1970s Arsenal from 1953 to 1980, the overview of an era. Arsenal in the …
Arsenal vs Everton: 3 pm BST kick-off confirmed but no live UK TV coverage Arsenal Football Club host Everton Football Club at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, 24 October, with kick-off at 3 pm BST. Unfortunately for UK-based Gunners fans, they won’t be able to watch Everton vs Arsenal on TV as the Premier …
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This index is still under construction. Previous indexes in this series are Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: Part Five: The 1950s Jon Sammels: wonderful player, victim of the …
The 1950s This index is still under construction. Previous indexes in this series are Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s Part Three – the 1930s Part Four: The 1940s: 29 April 1950: Arsenal win the FA Cup 100 years in …
Eddie Hapgood captained Arsenal and England, managed Blackburn, Watford and Bath City, and finished his working life running hostels in Harwell and Weymouth. When money got tight he wrote to Highbury asking for help and the club sent him £30. Cliff Bastin went home to Exeter and kept a pub. Joe Mercer broke his leg …
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The Chronology of Arsenal – introduction The Chronology (still under construction) can be found here . That page takes the major issues in Arsenal’s history, and as we add more so the page is being split to make it manageable. Details are being put at the top of that page. As you may know …
If Archie Low, the subject of our last investigation, was something of a mystery as an Arsenal player, John William “Jack” Lee is even more tantalising. The information and pictures are provided by Mark White, and I’m very grateful for this submission to the site. Normally this would only go on the Arsenal History …
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Prelude: The detailed review of the history of Arsenal is indexed through a series of articles relating to issues that affected the club. You can find an index to this series here There you will find a link to indexes for each decade, each index itself linking to articles for that decade …
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Arsenal 1913/14 and when and we went back to the Plumstead ground How Tottenham worked to stop Arsenal moving to Highbury Arsenal’s chairman announces the idea Arsenal’s possible move to north London By Tony Attwood In the recent articles (see above) we have been looking at the build up to ARsenal’s move from …
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Background to Letter from Herbert Chapman (Secretary Manager Arsenal Football Club) to James Angell (Talent Scout) While looking through some boxes containing old photos and family memorabilia recently, I found the attached letter dated 28 October 1931 sent by then Secretary Manager of Arsenal Football Club, (Herbert Chapman) to my grandfather, (James William Angell) …
This article is part of the series which traces the origins of Woolwich Arsenal FC and its ultimate move to Highbury. An index of the articles from the very start of the series is published here , and details of how this links in with our other now series on the history of Arsenal …
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By Tony Attwood This series of articles traces the history of Arsenal FC from its earliest days in south London through to is move to the north of the city, and from it being a struggling league club to one that was highly successful. The most recent articles in this story are 1909/10 …
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This series follows the journey of Wolwich Arsenal from Plumstead to Highbury . The series starts with the article “Just what have been Arsenal’s greatest achievements” and continues from there on this site. By Tony Attwood In the last episode (Planning the revolution: Arsenal move from Plumstead to Highbury) we had Henry Norris revealing (before he …
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By Tony Attwood I concluded the last episode of this series saying, “We don’t know when Henry Norris first hit on the idea of taking Arsenal to a location both close to Tottenham’s ground, and immediately served by the newly constructed but already hugely popular underground railway system, but it may well have …
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By Tony Attwood This series of articles concerning Arsenal’s earliest days playing in Plumstead, begins with the article “Why Arsenal joined the Football League rather than the Southern League” There are one or two other articles on the site along the way, but if you keep moving forward from there you can follow the story of …
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This series of articles concerning Arsenal’s earliest days playing in Plumstead, begins with the article “Why Arsenal joined the Football League rather than the Southern League” There are one or two other articles on the site along the way, but if you keep moving forward from there you can follow the story of Arsenal’s …
Read More “1909/10 Disaster as the Arsenal as the finances get worse”
Arsenal were prmoted to the fist divison of the Football League in 1904/5 so 1908/9 was the club’s fifth season in the top flight, and as the table below shows the 21st season of professional league football in England. Arsenal had been in Football League Divison 2 until 1903/4 in which season they came …
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1906/7: the unexpected arrival of another team from the south 1905/6: Arsenal profitable and stable while representing the south By Tony Attwood Woolwich Arsenal were elected to the Football League as its first southern club, for the season 1893/4. Since then they had survived financially, brought professional football to one corner of London (while …
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Arsenal showed genuine dominance throughout the 2025-26 Premier League season, and when the final whistle blew on matchday 38, they had done something remarkable: winning their first top-flight title in over two decades. It was a moment that sent the Emirates into pure euphoria and validated everything Mikel Arteta had been building since taking the …
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This series tells the story of Arsenal’s early years in the Football League from 1893 onwards. The first episode is here. By Tony Attwood Look at the league table for 1906/7 and you will see a club at the top of the league that can hardly surprise you if you have been considering …
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