By Tony Attwood The war was over, the general election was called, Lt Col Sir Henry Norris had been made Chairman of the Ministry of Labour’s Advisory Committee on demobilisation – a very important post indeed – and was preparing himself to stand at the forthcoming general election. Meanwhile differences between the FA and the League …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1896. Here are the stories from this day in history… 13 December 1890 Old Westminsters 1 Arsenal 4 in London Senior Cup. Arsenal had hopes …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1896. Here are the stories from this day in history… 12 December 1886: The report of the score of Arsenal’s first match against Eastern Wanderers appeared …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1886. Here are the stories from this day in history… 11 December 1881 Thomas Tindal Fitchie (only man to be signed by Arsenal five times) was …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 2006. Here are the stories from this day in history… 10 December 1892: Royal Arsenal won through the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup …
This article is part of a continuing series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal. An index of the 57 episodes of the story so far is published at the end of this piece. However if you are keen to know what happened when Arsenal were elected to the 1st division, and the truth behind the …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2011 Here are the stories from this day in history… 9 December 1893: First league game for James Boyle: Northwich Victoria 2 Arsenal 2 in front of a crowd …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2012 Here are the stories from this day in history… 8 December 1863: First rules of football published. In 1862, J. C. Thring, head of Uppingham School had …
By Tony Attwood 1918 is primarily remembered as the year the first world war ended. But it was also a time when a rising awareness of socialism and communism spread through parts of Europe following the collapse of Russia in 1917 and the rise of the power of the Communist Party in that country and …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1940 Here are the stories from this day in history… 7 December 1886: The most likely date for Eastern Wanderers to have agreed to play Dial Square in …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1886 Here are the stories from this day in history… 6 December 1885.Angus McKinnon, was born in Paisley. He played with the junior league team Petershill in the …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1921. Here are the stories from this day in history… 5 December 1885 Millwall beat Eastern Wanderers 3-1 at Glengall Road. This game in itself takes on a …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1991. Here are the stories from this day in history… 4 December 1909: Arsenal beat Tottenham 1-0 in their first ever league encounter. Lawrence scored in front of …
By Tony Attwood Through the work of Andy Kelly of TheArsenalHistory we have a list of players who played for Arsenal during the 1917/18 season of wartime football – the third such season. Looking at the players there are some whose names continued all the way through the wartime campaigns, such a Bradshaw, Chipperfield, Ducat …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 1949 Here are the stories from this day in history… 3 December 1904: David Neave first match; Small Heath 2 Arsenal 1. He was born in Arbroath and started …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from 2003. Here are the stories from this day in history… 2 December 1899: Arsenal 2 New Brighton Tower 0 – NBT were one of the clubs created to …
This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. I am sorry the service is intermittent at the moment, as I am in Cyprus rather than England, but I will try and get some days’ anniversaries up while I am absent. Our …
