Here are the Anniversaries from 12 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is New revelations concerning perhaps the most important month in Arsenal’s history 12 September 1878: Jimmy Ashcroft, Woolwich Arsenal’s first England player, born. He played for Wilbyn’s United, Garston Copperworks, Everton and Gravesend …
Here are the Anniversaries from 11 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is New revelations concerning perhaps the most important month in Arsenal’s history 11 September 1893. The first ever league win. Woolwich Arsenal 4 Walsall Town Swifts 0; John Heath scored the first …
By Tony Attwood As we have seen in previous chapters, Arsenal’s challenge for promotion to the first division in 1914/15 had more or less faded away through February and March 1915, and with April 1915 being, it was now agreed, the last month of professional football, until the end of the war, one might have …
Here are the Anniversaries from 10 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is Arsenal in February and March 1915: the abandonment of football is announced and the result is… curious 10 September 1904: Arsenal’s first home match in the First Division. Arsenal 0 …
Here are the Anniversaries from 9 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is Arsenal in February and March 1915: the abandonment of football is announced and the result is… curious 9 September 1893: Arsenal’s first defeat in the league: Notts County 3 Woolwich Arsenal …
by Tony Attwood This is part 30 of the review of Henry Norris at the Arsenal. A list of all the preceding articles can be found at the end. With The Arsenal out of the FA Cup and the crowds declining apace, no one seemed much in the mood for friendlies through the late …
Here are the Anniversaries from 8 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. And you might enjoy the review of Lady Chatterley in “elsewhere on this day”, below. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is January 1915: Arsenal players start to leave their club for their country 8 September 1888: The …
Here are the Anniversaries from 6 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is January 1915: Arsenal players start to leave their club for their country 7 September 1896 Arsenal 3 Rushden Town 2. The first ever United League match for Woolwich Arsenal. The club entered …
Here are the Anniversaries from 6 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is January 1915: Arsenal players start to leave their club for their country 6 September 1902: League debut for Tim Coleman against Preston North End. He had joined after periods with Kettering …
By Tony Attwood I most certainly think it is fair to say that by the start of the new year everyone knew that this was going to be the last football season until the war was over. Of course with very limited coverage of the conflict in the press because of wholesale censorship there was …
Here are the Anniversaries from 5 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is December 1914: The Footballers’ Battalion formed by Arsenal chairman and others 5 September 1891: Gavin Crawford’s debut for Royal Arsenal and he is reputed to have been the first professional …
Here are the Anniversaries from 4 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is December 1914: The Footballers’ Battalion formed by Arsenal chairman and others 4 September 1891: Fred Pagnam born. He was one of those rare men who while playing for Liverpool refused to …
by Tony Attwood The war, the population of the UK had been told in August 1914, would be over by Christmas. But as December dawned it was very clear that this was nonsense. It was also becoming very clear that this truly was indeed a world war. A war on a scale never perceived …
Here are the Anniversaries from 3 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is November 1914: The Times journalist goes to a reserve match without realising it.. The December 1914 report will follow later today. 3 September 1898 John Dick played his first league game …
Here are the Anniversaries from 2 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Might I particularly recommend “Also on this day” below, if you like a chuckle. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is November 1914: The Times journalist goes to a reserve match without realising it.. 2 September 1893: Woolwich Arsenal 2 …
Here are the Anniversaries from 1 September – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is November 1914: The Times journalist goes to a reserve match without realising it.. 1 September 1888: The first recorded pre-season friendly, in which Arsenal first team (The Probables) played the reserves …
