By Tony Attwood As we have seen in previous chapters, 1917 was the time when Germany, through a reversal of its policy of not attacking non-military vessels, attempted to win the war before the United States could enter the conflict. Meanwhile the weather, food shortages, and a terrible measles epidemic, meant that for the majority …
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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 23 October Below are the Anniversaries from October 23. 23 October 1893: Woolwich Arsenal beat Roston Bourke’s XI 4-3. It was one of many friendlies played in the …
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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 22 October 1920 Below are the Anniversaries from October 22. 22 October 1920: Dr Jimmy Paterson joined as an amateur. He had won the league with Rangers, been …
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By Tony Attwood We have something of a conundrum on 3 March 1917 with a contradiction in the football records. As the severe weather continued Sally Davis tells us “there was snow on the pitch at Highbury for Spurs v Portsmouth”. However Andy Kelly shows that Arsenal beat Clapton Orient at home 3-1 in front of …
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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 21 October 1961 Below are the Anniversaries from October 21. 21 October 1912: Athletic News announced, wrongly, that Arsenal would move to Harringey Park the following summer. The …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 20. Our headline is taken from 20 October 1990. The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal in February 1917: Arsenal on …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 19. Our headline is taken from stories in 1946, 2010, 2011, and 2016. 19 October 1889: Arsenal beat Dartford Working Men’s Club 7-1 in the first round …
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By Tony Attwood Although this is primarily a history of Arsenal, and its chairman Henry Norris, who by February 1917 had been promoted to the rank of Captain in the British army, I am including brief elements of the war, as this obviously dominated the news and affected everything that happened. And it has always …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 18. Our headline story comes from 1997 18 October 1919: First match for Stephen Dunn – a 1-1 home draw with Everton. He was a goalkeeper who …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 17. Our headline story comes from 1914. 17 October 1902: Fergus Hunt rejoined Arsenal from WHU. However he only played three games but then moved on to …
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By Tony Attwood We have seen in previous episodes (and as always there is a full index of this series at the end of each episode) that Captain Henry Norris had worked for the War Office in Worthing, and now returned to London, where he had been appointed to the London County Council, as well …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 16. Our headline story comes from 1926. 16 October 1909: Arsenal lost away to Sunderland 6-2; goalkeeper Hugh MacDonald returned but was probably still not fit. However …
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by Tony Attwood Eddie Kelly spends an evening talking with members of the Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. Eddie Kelly is what you might call an unreconstructed Glaswegian. The accent is as thick as ever and there are occasional lapses into the vernacular. And both somehow emphasise his passion for football and his passion for Arsenal …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 15. Our headline story comes from 1894. 15 October 1894: Henry Boyd, Arsenal’s most prolific goalscorer had his amazing run stopped by a broken ankle 15 October …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 14. Our headline story comes from 1997 14 October 1893: Arsenal’s record FA Cup score of all time came in their first FA Cup match as a …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 13. Our headline story comes from 1906 13 October 1894: Henry Boyd, Arsenal’s most prolific scorer ever, scored his 8th goal in five games. The result …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 12. Our headline story comes from 1893, Arsenal’s first season in the Football League 12 October 1893: Arsenal beat London Caledonians in a friendly 10-3 with …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 11. Our headline story comes from 1890. 11 October 1880: Birth of Jimmy Sharp who played over 100 times for Arsenal between 1905 and 1908. 11 …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 10 Our headline story comes from 2013 10 October 1896: A 5-1 home defeat to Millwall Athletic showed that even three years into their league career, …
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By Tony Attwood At the start of November 1916 the London County Council (the body that oversaw the workings of the capital as a whole) confirmed the decision to appoint Henry Norris as one of Fulham’s two councillors. Normally LCC councillors were elected of course, but these elections, like those to the local council, and …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 9 Our headline story comes from 1910. Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: The man who played 172 consecutive games for Arsenal. 9 October …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 8 Our headline story comes from 1932 8 October 1891: Royal Arsenal beat Royal Engineers Training Battalion 8-0. 8 October 1930: Arsenal won the Charity Shield …
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By Tony Attwood I’ll begin this section of the story with an amusing and trivial note: on 6 October 1916 an Army Order removed the requirement for soldiers to wear moustaches. I have no idea if this order had been enforced up to this point – I’ve not seen any references to men being punished for being …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 7 Our headline story comes from 1976. Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: Tottenham 3-0 up against Arsenal in 26 minutes and still can’t win. …
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This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Below are the Anniversaries from October 6 Our headline stories come from this day in 1962 Yesterday’s anniversaries are to be found at: Arsenal’s floodlights turned on, and when the Minister of …
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