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This is an extract from the novel, MAKING THE ARSENAL which records the history of the takeover of Woolwich Arsenal by Henry (later Sir Henry) Norris of Fulham. At this point in the story, Jacko Jones, the journalist, is trying to piece together Norris’ past activities in football. And he hits on a rather …
This is a series of articles commemorating the birth of the modern Arsenal in 1910. The book MAKING THE ARSENAL which tells the full story is available from the links below where you can read extracts and further information about the book. http://tiny.cc/RHd9k – if you are in the UK http://tiny.cc/Fsc6p – if you …
If you read the daily ramblings on UNTOLD ARSENAL you’ll know that we’ve been talking on occasion about injuries, and whether Liverpool’s manager is right when he says that they have been hit by them like never before. The general feeling on the Untold blog is that over the last three years Arsenal have had …
Here’s an extract from MAKING THE ARSENAL – the new book which covers the collapse of Woolwich Arsenal and the take over of the club by Henry Norris. There’s details of how to purchase the book at the end. At this point of the story, Jacko Jones, football reporter at the Daily Chronicle has …
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The strange case of Hugh McDonald Hugh McDonald was a goalkeeper who signed from the Scottish club Beith in the 1905/6 season. He is one of hundreds of players who played for Arsenal and whose lives and histories are now forgotten. But Hugh McDonald deserves to be remembered – and he is a …
What sort of man was Norris? In 1910 he took the club over, and over the coming years turned Arsenal into a prime force in English football. He moved the club to Highbury, he took us into the First Division and kept us there, and then brought in Herbert Chapman. But what sort of …
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16 October 1909, one hundred years ago. Sunderland 6 Arsenal 2, Crowd: 10,000 So there it was: four defeats in a row, during which we scored three and let in 19. It doesn’t get much worse. In fact it couldn’t because we were bottom of the league with a set of results thus …
In the 1909/1910 season which we celebrate here (100 years ago, in case I didn’t make that quite clear), Arsenal didn’t play the centre of all evil (Birmingham City FC) because they (Evil Birmingham) were in Division II. In fact Birmingham were so bad that year that then ended up bottom of Division II. …
This article is archived under George Morrell and 1909. This site celebrates the activities of Woolwich Arsenal, precursors of Arsenal FC, 100 years ago. Today… Arsenal 0 Nottingham Forest 1, Monday 9 October 1909. Division I 100 years ago there were no internationals going on, and football carried on in its proper fashion – …
This page is indexed under “1909” and “George Morrell“ The Football League in 1909 One of the most remarkable things about the 1st division of the Football League in 1909/1910 was that all the clubs in the 1st division that year are still with us. Not a single one has fallen by the wayside. This …
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This article is archived under 1909/10, George Morrell Notts County vs Woolwich Arsenal 7th October 1909 Just on 100 years ago Woolwich Arsenal travelled to Notts County for a division I match. This game followed on from the 7-0 defeat the week before at Blackburn Rovers (Arsenal’s biggest ever away defeat in the league, one …
