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Below are the anniversaries for 23 May. The current series on this site is Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of all our series can be found on the home page. 24 May 1890: Ernest Williamson born. He was signed by Arsenal from Croydon Common after that club became the only Southern League club that …
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Below are the anniversaries for 23 May. The current series on this site is Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of all our series can be found on the home page. Today’s headline relates to Joe Shaw who played for and captained Woolwich Arsenal, The Arsenal and Arsenal, who went on to be in charge …
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Below are the anniversaries for 22 May. The current series on this site is Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of all our series can be found on the home page. 22 May 1902: Jack Lambert born. He played local football for Greasborough and Methley Perseverance, before being rejected by The Wednesday after a trial run, …
By Tony Attwood In December 1922 Arsenal had opened the month with a defeat, making it no wins, two draws and six defeats in the last eight games the club had played. But after the final defeat in the sequence the rest of the month had turned out rather well. The subsequent run of three …
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Below are the anniversaries for 21 May. The current series on this site is Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of all our series can be found on the home page. 21 May 1897: Fergus Hunt joined Arsenal after spells with Mexborough, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Darwen. He immediately became Arsenal’s top scorer, getting …
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These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes many of the results listed on …
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These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes from 1958. 19 May 1905: Edwin Bateup signed …
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These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes from 1910. 18 May 1899: James Tennant joined …
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Herbert Chapman is an iconic manager whose name will always be remembered fondly by Woolwich Arsenal diehards. The problem is, as the generations move on and the football fans of yesteryear are replaced by modern, equally enthusiastic fans, the fading and finally gone memories, must be kept alive somehow for the latest fan. Innovations now …
These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes from 1929. 17 May 1901: Thomas Briercliffe signed …
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By Tony Attwood As we saw in the last episode of “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” that at the end of October 1922 Arsenal were two points away from the bottom two places in the first division, but with a worse goal average than anyone else. Pos Team P W D L F A GAv …
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These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes from 1999. 16 May 1881: Teddy Bateup, …
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These are the Arsenal anniversaries that we have found for this day. A full list of all the anniversaries for the year appear in the month by month listings on this site. See the index in the left column or on our home page. Today’s headline story comes from 2016. 15 May 1916: The …
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This is part of our regular daily series on Arsenal anniversaries Our headline comes from 1938. The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal October 1922: Henry Norris withdraws, Arsenal in dire straits 14 May 1894: James Crozier signed from Partick Thistle. He played just once for Woolwich Arsenal on …
By Tony Attwood October 1922 was scheduled to be a very busy month for Arsenal with not only the regular league games but also some friendlies and London FA Cup matches also. Here is the table for the start of the month. Pos Team P W D L F A GAv Pts 1 Liverpool 8 …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced The next article in this series will appear today. Here are the anniversaries of today. Our headline comes from 1967. If you have been following this series for some time …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. If you have been following this series for some time you’ll know that often we have 20 or 30 anniversaries on a particular day …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. The headline comes from 1925 11 May 1910: George Leavey, the major shareholder in Woolwich Arsenal, admitted he had not got enough local people …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. The headline comes from 1959 10 May 1890: Millwall Athletic 3 Arsenal 3. A crowd of 800 turned up to see the local derby …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. The headline comes from 2014 9 May 1891: Royal Arsenal FC voted at its AGM to turn itself into a professional side, making the …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. The headline comes from 2002 8 May 1910: George Male was born in West Ham. He had a trial with WHU who turned him …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today. The headlines come from 1938 7 May 1910: King Edward VII died; the mourning period throwing a spanner in the works of Arsenal’s attempt …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries for today. Our headline comes from 6 May 1991. 6 May 1910: In one of several attempts to rescue Woolwich Arsenal financially, shares went on …
By Tony Attwood 1921/2 had been a dreadful season in which Arsenal had almost gone down to Division II. A look at the final table does not really reveal the closeness of the disaster, and in reality Arsenal’s survival was as much down to the failures of Bradford City and Manchester United at the end …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922. Here are the anniversaries for today. Our headline comes from 1928. 5 May 1893: Royal Arsenal needed to become a limited company to join the Football League …
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