14 July 1894: The first “Woolwich Arsenal Football Day Excursion” to Hastings

Arsenal’s stadia before Highbury. What do they look like now? The maps showing Arsenal’s historic sites before the club moved north by Tony Attwood   This event was patronised by 400 people and was organised by the club’s first great benefactor George Lawrence.  It was quite possibly the first ever excursion of its type for …