When the Times newspaper said, “it is a privilege to watch new Arsenal”

Here are the anniversaries for 7 February throughout Arsenal’s history. 7 February 1872: Stanley Briggs, a centre half, was born in Stamford Hill, on this date and was signed by Arsenal on 23 October 1893 as an amateur from Tottenham, to whom he later returned. 7 February 1903: The biggest crowd yet at the Manor …