Day: 31 March 2018

By Tony Attwood One of the points I have tried to bring across in this history of Henry Norris’ time at Arsenal is the amount of turmoil there was in UK during the post-war era we’re now looking at.  Mass strikes, demonstrations, revolt in Ireland, unemployment on huge scales…  And on 1 September one more …

Read More “The Arsenal collapse of autumn 1921: Knighton’s curious positional strategy”

Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 31 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” …

Read More “From Arsenal’s first FA Cup semi to Diaby, Arteta, Wilshere and Debuchy recovering from injury all at once”

Below are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 30 March The full index to what is on this site is here. The latest article on Henry Norris at the Arsenal is… Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921. The full index to “Henry Norris at the Arsenal” …

Read More “When Sunderland threatened to sue Charlie Buchan if he went to serve his country in 1915”