The Arsenal player who sued Arsenal and changed football’s approach to contracts

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1892 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 17.  19 …

He died playing for Arsenal – the club he loved.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1913 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 17.  18 …

Norris at the Arsenal: March 1918, crowds drop, rationing, the war turns

  by Tony Attwood The war that was going to be over by Christmas 1914 was still laying waste to much of Western Europe in the spring of 1918, and killing its young men.  America was in the war, which helped the Allies, but French troops were wavering.  Russia was no longer in the war …

Recovering from cancer he made a joke about Tottenham and then we won 2-0.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1980 17 November 1902: Woolwich Arsenal 2 Tottenham 1.  London League Premier Division.  The result saw Arsenal firmly in place at the top of the …

When Henry ran two miles after scoring against Tottenham and Mr Arsenal died

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1952 and 2002   Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  …

The first ever goal to be scored from a corner. Maybe.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1924   Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 15.  …

The actual moment in history that triggered the club that became Arsenal FC

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1920.  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 14.  14 …

Arsenal have the worst injury list in the league ever. Official.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1920.  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 13.   13 …

Arsenal in 1918: Chapman’s downfall, votes for women, schooling for all, Arsenal erratic

by Tony Attwood Through the first part of the 1917/18 – the third season of the London Combination wartime league, Arsenal had had a topsy turvy time, starting off brilliantly and then slumping to a series of defeats and draws. By December they had recovered to a moderate middle-of-the-table form with 3 wins 2 draws …

When the referee put out his own team against Arsenal!

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1894 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 12.   12 …

How Arsenal showed the football world how to remember Armistice Day

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.     By Tony Attwood The notion that football should do something for the veterans of the first world war was a Herbert Chapman idea.  It was both typical of the man, and …

The Arsenal men who make a living out of attacking Arsenal

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 2014 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 10.   10 …

Arsenal at the end of 1917. Crowds collapse, results poor, the war drags on.

By Tony Attwood And so the war ground on, and the crowds at the football matches being played in the London Combination grew smaller and smaller.  Quite why this was so I have not been able to find out.  Was it because Arsenal were now losing games?   That is certainly possible because by the end …

The first ever London derby in the football’s top division.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1907 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 9. 9 …

“Another stumbling performance.” How the press saw the Unbeaten Season

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 2003 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 8.   …

Arsenal player imprisoned after horrific attack

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 7. 7 November …

October 1917: Arsenal slip into sharp decline; Norris gains a new appointment

by Tony Attwood Leaving aside the awful events happening in the world around them and focusing just on football, Arsenal entered the autumn of 1917 in a good mood.  The new London Combination season had started with four wins and one defeat – the best run for Arsenal in the wartime league.  Better, they had …

The birth of the man who made a living out of criticising Arsene Wenger

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1964 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 6. 6 …

New name agreed for Arsenal station, but no game in sight.

  This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1932 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 5. …

Arsenal’s worst home league defeat under Wenger. But look at what then happened.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 2001 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 4.   …

3 wins in the first 13 games of the season. But who was the Arsenal manager?

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in  Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 3.     …

September 1917: Arsenal’s form definitely on the up.

By Tony Attwood If we pause here for a moment at this point in the history of Henry Norris at the Arsenal what we can see is that Lt Colonel Sir Henry Norris was now a man who was being pulled in all directions.  True, his business of building and developing houses in Fulham was …

Arsenal manager says to player: “You, off. You don’t want to play for this club so get off.”  

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1977 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November 2.   …

Arsenal: The debut of a great leader, the passing of a great hero.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1983 and 2000. Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  November …

Sir Henry Norris promoted to Lt Colonel in recognition of his work in the War Office

By Tony Attwood In recent articles we have noted that Henry Norris has been given a knighthood in recognition of his work in forming and paying for the Footballers Battalion, plus his exemplary work in running his recruitment office in a way that few other local authorities were able to do. We have also noted …