1919: The 1919 Affair: How Arsenal were promoted to the first division –
Why did the 1st division clubs vote Arsenal into the top league in 1919?
1920
31 May 1920: The Football League and the FA held their AGMs. Hilariously the League overturned their decision of the previous meeting and voted to take over the Southern League Division 1, re-creating it as Division Three. They further agreed that they would also create a second Division Three for clubs in the north, as soon as enough clubs applied.
1921
Frederick William Groves, Arsenal 1912 to 1921
The first north London derbies, Knighton gets another star; Highbury’s top crowd: Jan 1921
1 February 1921: Herbert Chapman returns to football
5 December 1921 & 1960: women’s football banned, and the London Cup final
Arsenal’s worst home defeat, but a quick recovery pulls things around. March 1921
April 1921: Strikes, the best run of the season, and a film of a 1921 game.
9th April 1921: Arsenal 2 Bradford 1 – there but for the grace…
15 April 1921: Arsenal contemplate getting to an away game during the rail strike
May/June 1921: Knighton the fantasist. The fourth allegation.
Why did Arsenal manager Knighton turn down Man City but not buy players? Summer of 1921.
When Arsenal hit rock bottom of the League. October 1921
The Arsenal collapse of autumn 1921: Knighton’s curious positional strategy
Arsenal in November 1921: the fog, the goal rush, the resignation.
1921/2
100 seasons in the top division: 1921/2 (part two)
28 August 1922: Arsenal 1 Burnley 1 in the second game of the season Arsenal director Charles Crisp had some guests at the game including Joan Gamper, founder of Barcelona FC, and other friends from Cataluña.
1925
10 January 1925: Arsenal manager drugs his own team
Did the Arsenal manager really drug his own team on this day in 1925?
14 February 1925: the first trial of the new offside rule
The lowest ever crowds in the last 80 years and worst league position since 1925
Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, but recovery is slight
April 1925: the end is nigh; Arsenal escape, experiments continue, a new dawn approaches
11 May 1925: Arsenal advertiser for a new manager
Arsenal in the summer of 1925: Knighton out and the club advertises for a manager
1925: Arsenal’s pre-season. The arrival of Chapman
Arsenal v Tottenham. Chapman’s first match and the first match under the new offside rules: 29 August 1925.
The changes Chapman made in this first season
Did Chapman really introduce a new playing formation in 1925?
16 August 1925 Arsenal buy Highbury
October 1925: the month that turned English football inside out, and back again.
Dec 1925: Arsenal’s winning run comes to an end but they stay top of the League.
28 August 1926: Chapman’s second season began with a 2-1 victory over Derby County with Buchan and Parker scoring in front of 32,990.
28 August 1928: Some suggest the original Arsenal clock was installed on this date – but in fact it wasn’t. It was in fact installed in 1930. See here for the full story – but do read the corrections in the readers’ comments
