January 1917: Arsenal’s upturn continues, gang culture in London, turmoil in Russia.

By Tony Attwood We have seen in previous episodes (and as always there is a full index of this series at the end of each episode) that Captain Henry Norris had worked for the War Office in Worthing, and now returned to London, where he had been appointed to the London County Council, as well …

After just one Arsenal win in nine should the manager be sacked?

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.   Below are the Anniversaries from  October 16.   Our headline story comes from 1926. 16 October 1909: Arsenal lost away to Sunderland 6-2; goalkeeper Hugh MacDonald returned but was probably still not fit.  However …