23 February 1913: Tottenham demand a meeting of the Football League to stop Arsenal’s advance
By Tony Attwood One hundred years ago today, on 23 February 1913, Tottenham Hotspur went on the attack, demanding that the Management Committee of the Football League state that Woolwich Arsenal could not move to Highbury. The story of Woolwich Arsenal’s move to Highbury had broken in the press on the day before (for details …
