Day: 31 August 2026

  This series of articles concerning Arsenal’s earliest days playing in Plumstead, begins with the article “Why Arsenal joined the Football League rather than the Southern League”   There are one or two other articles on the site along the way, but if you keep moving forward from there you can follow the story of Arsenal’s …

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  Arsenal were prmoted to the fist divison of the Football League in 1904/5 so 1908/9 was the club’s fifth season in the top flight, and as the table below shows the 21st season of professional league football in England.   Arsenal had been in Football League Divison 2 until 1903/4 in which season they came …

Read More “Season 16: 1908/09 – the highest position in the league so far”