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Here are today’s anniversaries…. 24 June 1905: Arsenal’s AGM reported the annual income from the rent of the bars in the Manor Ground as £110 5s 0d. (£110.25 – about £13,000 today) 24 June 1949: Bryn Jones transferred to Norwich as player coach. He remained there for just two years before returning to north London …
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The anniversaries for today 23 June 1914: The RAF was established. 23 June 1953: Alf Haynes died. He played 29 games as a centre half under Herbert Chapman. Later he ran a newsagents in Oxford and wrote a sports column for the local newspaper and kept his connections with Arsenal under Tom Whittaker, acting as a scout. …
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The anniversaries for 22 June. Today’s headline comes from 1925, 22 June 1893: The first AGM of Woolwich Arsenal was held under the chairmanship of Jack Humble; as the club’s first directors were elected ahead of entry into the Football League for the first time. Humble later took a break as an Arsenal director but …
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By Tony Attwood We have now got Untold Arsenal back online. The layout is not perfect as yet but the site is back and functioning, so this site can return to its function of covering Arsenal’s history on this day. 21 June 1919: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, fearful that the German fleet might …
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Apologies if you are also a reader of Untold Arsenal: our upgrade has caused us more problems that we would have liked, but we are back in operation. You can reach us directly at www.untold-arsenal.co.uk at the moment, or if you go in via untold-arsenal.com you will get redirected. Hoping to be back to normal shortly …
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Apologies if you are also a reader of Untold Arsenal: our upgrade has caused us more problems that we would have liked, but we are back in operation. You can reach us directly at www.untold-arsenal.co.uk at the moment, or if you go in via untold-arsenal.com you will get redirected. Hoping to be back to normal …
Also today: one of the most eccentric interviews with a football manager ever – see 1921 Apologies if you are also a reader of Untold Arsenal: our upgrade has caused us more problems that we would have liked, but we are back in operation. You can reach us directly at www.untold-arsenal.co.uk at the moment, …
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If you are a regular Untold Arsenal reader and have come here looking for an explanation, we have an upgrade going on, with Untold Arsenal and it is causing some problems. We hope to be up and running again shortly. Meanwhile here are the anniversaries for 17 June 17 June 1895: William Blyth, the man who …
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90 Years Ago Today – today’s headline is from 16 June 1934 16 June 1917: With newspapers forbidden from writing anything about the war other than (often invented) victories on the battlefield, the local newspaper in Fulham started a long running series of attacks on the Borough’s mayor, Henry Norris following the flooding of local …
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We have written about Reg Tricker in the past on this site – a link to the article is below, but in essence we know he came from India, was signed by Chapman and eventually moved on to Margate. We also know that Arsenal had strong links with Margate and used them as a …
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Today’s Arsenal’s anniversaries are below – the headline comes from 1995. There are more details of our articles on the home page and at the bottom of this page. 15 June 1899: George Leavey was elected chair of Woolwich Arsenal. Through his extensive chain of gentleman’s outfitters including one in Plumstead he became to be a …
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Today’s Arsenal’s anniversaries are below – the headline comes from 1910. There are more details of our articles on the home page and at the bottom of this page. 13 June 1910: Woolwich Arsenal came to within five minutes of extinction at the AGM of the Football League, as the League executive turned down the idea …
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Today’s Arsenal’s anniversaries. There are more details of our articles on the home page and at the bottom of this page. 12 June 1945: Pat Jennings born. In his early years he played for Shamrock Rovers and Newry Unite, and had a spell playing Gaelic football before joining Watford in 1963. 12 June 1946: Bobby …
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11 June: The day Herbert Chapman arrived at Arsenal as manager, and the day on which Arsenal started to become a serious challenger for football honours Prior to Chapman’s arrival at Arsenal on this day in 1925, Arsenal’s best ever league performance had come in 1908/9 when the club finished 6th. The season …
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Today’s headline comes from 1925 10 June 1910: Local press reports in SE London confirmed that Henry Norris was willing to sell his Woolwich Arsenal shares to local people. But it was also confirmed that the last share issue itself had failed because local people were not taking up the offer. This failure to buy was …
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Arsenal’s anniversaries on 6 June Today’s headline comes from the first story below, in 1891. 6 June 1891: Alf Singleton (who was himself a competent referee) was elected top of the poll to the Committee of Royal Arsenal FC. One year later, as a result of his expression of his views on the future …
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Details of some of our special reports and investigations into Arsenal’s history are given on the home page. Our headline story today comes from 2013. 5 June 1903: Fred Dwight signed for Arsenal. He played for Chesham Town from 1899 until 1901 when he moved to Fulham, and then after a further two years moved …
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Today’s headline comes from 4 June 1925 4 June 1902: Joseph Williams born in Rotherham on 4 June 1902, He started playing for Rotherham County and in September 1929 moved to Arsenal making his Arsenal debut in the 5–2 defeat by Aston Villa on 25 September 1929. 4 June 1915: Henry Norris launched a recruitment campaign …
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Today’s headline and the answer is to be found under 2007. Data compiled by Tony Attwood. Details of some of our special reports and investigations into Arsenal’s history are given on the home page. 1 June 1940: Arsenal 5 Southampton 0 in the final wartime League South “C” Division game. Because of the abandonment of …
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