Tony, In the season ticket article from http://afchistory.wordpress.com/ you asked what the prices were in 1905. Well earlier in the pre-season on 30th June 1905 they were advertised in the Kentish Independent. Please see below. At this time the skilled Royal Arsenal artisans would have been paid up to approx £3 a week, and the unskilled labourer at the …
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By Tony Attwood I missed this yesterday, but Yogi’s Warrior, who runs the excellent Arsenal on this Day site kindly pointed it out to me. I am hoping he doesn’t mind if I take his kindness further and reprint the whole thing as it is a rather find instance of how widespread the interest in …
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If you think you know your Arsenal history – it is time to think again. Never before has one book so transformed what we know about a football club. Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. —————————————- Herbert Chapman – an overview of his achievements By Tony Attwood When Herbert Chapman became manager he took over …
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