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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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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 2004 and 2008. 4 May 1908: William Curle signed from Rutherglen Glencairn. He played three times …
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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. Apologies for publishing yesterday’s again earlier! 3 May 1893: George Lawrence signed the documents to turn Royal Arsenal formally …
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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. 2 May 1891: Royal Arsenal’s club committee held the historic Extraordinary General Meeting where they voted by 250 to 10 …
By Tony Attwood This article covers the summer of 1922. There is an index to the main articles in the series covering the most controversial elements of Sir Henry Norris’ time at Arsenal at the foot of the page. The full index to the articles in this series appears on the page Henry Norris at …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games Here are the anniversaries. ?May 1889: Alf Singleton and Henry Stewart, two of the men who led the split away from Royal Arsenal to form Royal Ordnance Factories FC …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games Here are the anniversaries. Our headline comes from 1977 30 April 1892: Royal Arsenal 2 Rangers 3. It is possible that this early connection between Arsenal and Rangers was linked …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games Here are the anniversaries. Our headline comes from 1978 29 April 1893. The final game of Royal Arsenal. Arsenal lost 0-1 to Stoke. The club had already plotted their route …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …
by Tony Attwood On 6 May 1922, after a dismal season which included 5 consecutive defeats Arsenal rounded the league off with four wins and a draw in the last five to finish with Arsenal 1 Bradford C 0 and 17th place in the league. Here is the final table… Pos Team Pld W D …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …
The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought in …
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The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal April 1922: Arsenal and Man U fight against relegation. Only one survives. The current series: Covering all aspects off the life and work of the man who rescued Arsenal from extinction, secured the club’s future by moving it to Highbury, and then brought …
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