Day: 18 May 2010

So on 18th May 1910 Woolwich Arsenal’s board met the Football League, at the Imperial Hotel in central London, with a view to explaining if the club could go forward for next season.  The League were anxious to know because they wanted to settle down and draw up the fixtures for the coming season. Chelsea …

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On Wednesday 18th May 1910 the board of Woolwich Arsenal FC turned up at the Imperial Hotel to see the Football League, and to explain whether they would be able to fulfil their fixtures in the 1910/1911 season. Also there were Henry Norris, chairman of Fulham, and two of his fellow directors, plus of course …

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