Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
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Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “Who played 472 games for Tottenham and 327 games for Arsenal?”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to all the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the …
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Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the right …
Read More “When the Times reported on an Arsenal reserve match by mistake”
Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History Society website. An index to the monthly Anniversary files can be found in the right column of this site under “Pages” on the …
Read More “The last Arsenal game before the world of football changed forever”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “When the media said all football must stop (but horse racing was ok to continue)”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “The centre half plays inside right, the left back plays centre forward. Just another league match.”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “5 games against Tottenham all on one day”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “Arsenal fans abuse their best keeper ever and the club management suspend him”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “Fifa manage to write the rules of football down wrongly!”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding to the articles information that has come to light since writing …
Read More “From the advert that caused the start of Arsenal to the ultimate plaudit”
The series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” is now complete. The index to all the articles can be found at Henry Norris at the Arsenal. The final article just published is Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end. We are now working on adding information that has come to light since writing the articles, and …
Read More “The highest scoring game against Tottenham ever”
By Tony Attwood There is a link to all the articles in this series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal at the foot of this piece. This article concludes the series. There is a note on what will happen next in the final paragraphs. Arsenal had a mostly positive December 1927, slipping from 6th …
Read More “Henry Norris at the Arsenal: 1928 to the end.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “When the FA told Arsenal, “remove this director, or we kick you out of football””
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “When Merson claimed that Arsene Wenger begged him to stay at Arsenal”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way. Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over 6000 Arsenal anniversaries which appear on the Arsenal History …
Read More “A bottle is thrown during a match and hits a policeman and the FA do…. nothing.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way. Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot …
Read More ““Another suttering performance”. A typically bonkers press comment.”
By Tony Attwood As you will know if you have been following our story, by the time the 1927/8 had begun Sir Henry Norris had resigned from being a director at Arsenal but was still (and indeed remained for the rest of his life) a major shareholder in Arsenal. What we are following here are …
Read More “Sir Henry Norris leaves Arsenal and the legal disputes wend their way.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Summer 1927: Sir Henry Norris leaves the Arsenal The next episode is being published today Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian …
Read More “Arsenal’s most ludicrous transfer ever, and 76 goals in 11 games.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Summer 1927: Sir Henry Norris leaves the Arsenal Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to the Arsenal Independent Supporters …
Read More “As 2 players argue over who should take the penalty a 3rd nips in and scores”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Summer 1927: Sir Henry Norris leaves the Arsenal Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to the Arsenal Independent Supporters …
Read More “The newspaper tells Arsenal fans, “Abuse of officials and players is not argument.””
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Summer 1927: Sir Henry Norris leaves the Arsenal Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to the Arsenal Independent Supporters …
Read More “Losing 0-5 to Tottenham and 2-4 at home to Charlton, and winning the double”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Sir Henry Norris prepares to leave Arsenal, his job complete. May/June 1927 Special features Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Meeting a player you have admired can be such a very strange experience.: Brian Talbot comes to …
Read More “Arsenal highest aggregate scores and largest crowd, plus Germany attacks Yarmouth”
By Tony Attwood This continues our history of Henry Norris at the Arsenal; there is a link to the full series at the end of this article. And in a very real sense our story that began on 22 January 1910 in a meeting held at Woolwich Town Hall, to discuss the future of Woolwich Arsenal …
Read More “Summer 1927: Sir Henry Norris leaves the Arsenal”
