Day: 14 October 2012

by Andy Kelly This weekly series charts Arsenal’s final season in Plumstead and the move to Islington that, effectively, saved the club’s very existence. Saturday 12th October 1912 Arsenal hosted fellow Londonders Chelsea. Chelsea were a relatively new club having been formed in 1905. They gained admission into the Second Division of the Football League …

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 The club that changed football Making the Arsenal ———————————- Today, 14 October is the 119th anniversary of Arsenal’s all time FA Cup record victory. It came right at the start of the Woolwich Arsenal era, and is recorded in detail in the book, Woolwich Arsenal the club that changed football.  Below is an extract from …

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