Day: 5 October 2010

By Tony Attwood The final Woolwich Arsenal game played in Kent took place on April 26th 1913.  Just over three months later Arsenal opened up at Highbury. The match was a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough, and Woolwich Arsenal were relegated, having failed to win any of their previous eight games.  A crowd of 3,000 turned …

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Did clubs in London and the south actually snub Arsenal? by Andy Kelly It is well documented that Arsenal were the first club in the South of England to turn professional. It is also well documented that when they adopted professionalism they were expelled from the London FA and snubbed wholesale by the amateur clubs …

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