20 March 1914 – Highbury closed due to subsidence
by Andy Kelly (@Gooner_AK) A little over 6 months after moving into their new stadium at Highbury the Arsenal directors took the unilateral decision to shut the ground due to a subsidence problem. It’s unclear whether this was a defect caused by the builder or lack of supervision by Archibald Leitch, the architect. Leitch had …
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