AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
In one sense I need to be more careful. In another it proves that I am doing the research as I go along. I wrote that our goalkeeper Hugh Lachlan McDonald was the only player to be signed by Arsenal three times. And that’s what I thought when I wrote it a week or two …
Hindsight is so wonderful. We can sit here in the middle of summer, and look at the preparations of Woolwich Arsenal FC for the new season, 100 years ago, and know what happened. The longest serving player lining up to play in the new season of 1910/11 was Roderick John McEachrane known as Roddy. He …
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I have mentioned before that three regular players left Arsenal at the end of the 1909/1910 season. McDonald H (goal) – 36 appearances in 1909/10 McGibbon (centre forwad),- those four appearances with 3 goals Lawrence (inside right)- 25 appearances, 5 goals Here’s some details of the first… Hugh Lachlan McDonald was a goalkeeper who had …
Editor’s note: on 31 May I’m taking a short holiday, and so won’t be tending the site. I’ll be back shortly. Woolwich Arsenal was born in 1891, and after two years of playing friendlies against those who ignored the FA ban on playing them, they were admitted to the Football League to play their first …
Charles Edward McGibbon was a sergeant with the Royal Engineers who played football for Royal Artillery, and then signed for Woolwich Arsenal. However he couldn’t get into the first team so went on loan to Eltham and then to New Brompton (now Gillingham) of the Southern League where he became their top scorer. McGibbon then …
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