On this day Arsenal introuced the idea of numbering players. The FA imnmediately banned the idea.
A full list of August anniversaries can be found here. Today’s headline comes from 1928. 25 August 1867: Death of Michael Faraday, the first man to understand electromagnetism. 25 August 1899. The chairman and benefactor of Woolwich Arsenal George Leavey warned his players about drinking too much before a match. “No man with a …
