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 …
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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. 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. In the last chapter we saw Arsenal recover somewhat in the League, but then lose the FA Cup final to Cardiff. Although today it is generally assumed that …
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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. 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 …
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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. 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 …
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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts. 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 …
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By Tony Attwood April 1927: this is part of our continuing series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. Details of the whole series of articles on Henry Norris at the Arsenal can be found here Following on from our last chapter, the investigations into Arsenal that William Hall had wanted to prevent but which Sir Henry …
Read More “Film of Arsenal’s first cup final and the continuing investigation into the Arsenal accounts.”
Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff 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 …
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Happy birthday Mr Wenger Our Arsenal anniversaries for 22 October are below. Our headline comes of course from 1949. Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets …
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Latest article from the current series: Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal March 1927: from regular turmoil to total turmoil and the edge of the cliff You might also enjoy… The Arsenal History Society meets Brian Talbot: a most fascinating discussion. Adventurer, criminal, wife beater, drunk, reprobate; the most prolific Arsenal goal scorer of all time. …
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