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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 …
