October 1919: Chapman banned for life, Leeds kicked out, Whittaker joins

By Tony Attwood In the previous episode covering September 1919 we noted the UK wide railway strike.  This lasted a total of nine days and ended on 5 October with a complete victory for the two unions.  Meanwhile the London police had their eyes on other issues, as Detective Chief Inspector Wensley organised 12 Scotland Yard detectives into …

Arsenal man’s career wrecked by serious assault on the pitch

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal establish themselves in the Division 1 amidst scandal, profiteering and strikes. Below is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society.   We expect to add 1000 new anniversaries to our files …