Day: 21 May 2018

By Tony Attwood  In December 1922 Arsenal had opened the month with a defeat, making it no wins, two draws and six defeats in the last eight games the club had played.  But after the final defeat in the sequence the rest of the month had turned out rather well.  The subsequent  run of three …

Read More “The winter of 1923. A settled Arsenal and the victories finally start coming.”

Below are the anniversaries for 21 May.  The current series on this site is Henry Norris at the Arsenal.   An index of all our series can be found on the home page.   21 May 1897: Fergus Hunt joined Arsenal after spells with Mexborough,  Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Darwen. He immediately became Arsenal’s top scorer, getting …

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