AISA Arsenal History Society: preserving Arsenal's heritage
By Tony Attwood Ask an Arsenal supporter to name Arsenal’s worst ever player and the answer is likely to be Gus Caesar (or Pogus Cassius Caesar as Wikipedia totally erroneously calls him – unless they have changed it, having seen this article). The birth register (dutifully consulted by Andy Kelly of the Arsenal History Society …
By Tony Attwood The Football League confirmed on 1st March 1913 that it would not stop Woolwich Arsenal moving to Highbury, by rejecting the final appeal of Tottenham against the move. So the way was clear for Arsenal to move, and Henry Norris made his first public statement on the matter on 4th March 1913 …
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By Tony Attwood Our one recent encounter with Birmingham in the league cup final, is not only not one to remember, it is also one that has nothing to do with March 3rd – so we’ll move on. Because Birmingham on March 3rd has an importance of its own. March 3rd 1906 Woolwich Arsenal 5 …
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By Tony Attwood The season 1998/9 ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal one place and one point behind. It was a season in which part of the new order began to be established, with Manchester City gaining promotion from the second division (ie level 3) to the first division (level 2) by coming …
Read More “2 March 2000. Arsenal 5 Deportivo la Coruña 1, but sadness was to come”
By Tony Attwood Continuing with the events of 100 years ago, to the day, I noted previously that no sooner had the story come out in the press that Arsenal were moving to Highbury, than Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton Orient went to the management committee of the Football League, demanding action. But as the League …
Read More “1 March 1913: Woolwich Arsenal defeat Tottenham without a ball being kicked”
