Arsenal anniversaries 1 October: when “the novelty of Arsenal’s methods other clubs by surprise,”
Today’s headline comes from 1925. Also on this day Arsene Wenger became Arsenal’s first non-British manager. October 1895 (exact date unknown): Royal Ordnance Factories FC (the club that split from Woolwich Arsenal in 1893) turned professional, suggesting that the split between ROFFC and Arsenal was not over professionalism, but rather that the management …
