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There is an interesting piece on the Guardian web site today (30 October 2009) which has a commentary about Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. It repeats the age old stories about the “fixed” promotion which are by and large lifted from the Tottenham Version of History. I’ve written a reply which is now on the Guardian web site, [...] Manchester United’s ground described as “a toxic waste dump”
The season 1909/10 which we chart here (that being 100 years ago of course) was the last season that Manchester U played away from Old Trafford – to which they moved in 1910. But as Woolwich Arsenal prepared for their away game on [...] Woolwich Arsenal and George Morrell Poor George Morrell – doomed for ever to be known as the only manager ever to relegate Arsenal.
He came in at a time when Arsenal changed managers as often as they changed their shirts – he was the fifth man in charge in ten years.
He [...] The run up to 1909.
This charts the history of Arsenal 100 years ago – leading up to the take over of the club by Henry (later Sir Henry) Norris in 1910.
Today: the league history of the club up to this point.
Woolwich Arsenal spent 11 not very [...] This site is dedicated to following the history of Arsenal 100 years ago. A couple of weeks back we had the amazing coincidence of Arsenal playing Blackburn almost 100 years to the day to another Arsenal Blackburn game.
We can’t say the same about West Ham today because the two [...] This is an extract from the novel, MAKING THE ARSENAL which records the history of the takeover of Woolwich Arsenal by Henry (later Sir Henry) Norris of Fulham.
At this point in the story, Jacko Jones, the journalist, is trying to piece together Norris’ past activities in football. And he hits [...] This is a series of articles commemorating the birth of the modern Arsenal in 1910. The book MAKING THE ARSENAL which tells the full story is available from the links below where you can read extracts and further information about the book.
http://tiny.cc/RHd9k – if you are in the UK http://tiny.cc/Fsc6p – if you are [...] If you read the daily ramblings on UNTOLD ARSENAL you’ll know that we’ve been talking on occasion about injuries, and whether Liverpool’s manager is right when he says that they have been hit by them like never before. The general feeling on the Untold blog is that over the last three years Arsenal have [...] Here’s an extract from MAKING THE ARSENAL – the new book which covers the collapse of Woolwich Arsenal and the take over of the club by Henry Norris. There’s details of how to purchase the book at the end.
At this point of the story, Jacko Jones, football reporter at the [...] If you have read any of my ramblings on the topic of the early days of Arsenal before, you’ll know that I believe the modern Arsenal was founded in 1910.
The reason for that is simple – in 1910 the existing owners of Woolwich Arsenal FC put the club into liquidation, [...] The strange case of Hugh McDonald
Hugh McDonald was a goalkeeper who signed from the Scottish club Beith in the 1905/6 season. He is one of hundreds of players who played for Arsenal and whose lives and histories are now forgotten.
But Hugh McDonald deserves to be remembered – and [...] What sort of man was Norris?
In 1910 he took the club over, and over the coming years turned Arsenal into a prime force in English football. He moved the club to Highbury, he took us into the First Division and kept us there, and then brought in Herbert Chapman.
16 October 1909, one hundred years ago.
Sunderland 6 Arsenal 2, Crowd: 10,000
So there it was: four defeats in a row, during which we scored three and let in 19. It doesn’t get much worse. In fact it couldn’t because we were bottom of the league with a set of [...] Making the Arsenal is a record of the diary of Jacko Jones, football reporter with the Daily Chronicle in Fleet Street. You can read more about it on this site – and the whole book will be published at the end of October 2009.
Meanwhile here is one day’s extract [...]
In the 1909/1910 season which we celebrate here (100 years ago, in case I didn’t make that quite clear), Arsenal didn’t play the centre of all evil (Birmingham City FC) because they (Evil Birmingham) were in Division II.
In fact Birmingham were so bad that year that then [...] One of the great things about studying football history is that one keeps coming across little known oddities which give just a tiny insight into the world of Arsenal. The problem is that quite often they just don’t give enough information, and I am left desperately searching for a proper explanation.
This site celebrates the activities of Woolwich Arsenal, precursors of Arsenal FC, 100 years ago. Today…
Arsenal 0 Nottingham Forest 1, Monday 9 October 1909. Division I
100 years ago there were no internationals going on, and football carried on in its proper fashion – with first division matches.
The Football League in 1909
One of the most remarkable things about the 1st division of the Football League in 1909/1910 was that all the clubs in the 1st division that year are still with us. Not a single one has fallen by the wayside.
This is indeed odd when [...] Notts County vs Woolwich Arsenal 7th October 1909
Just on 100 years ago Woolwich Arsenal travelled to Notts County for a division I match. This game followed on from the 7-0 defeat the week before at Blackburn Rovers (Arsenal’s biggest ever away defeat in the league, one of four times Arsenal [...] Why did Arsenal go into liquidation?
Just over 100 years ago Arsenal FC (then known as Woolwich Arsenal) teetered on the brink, and toppled into administration. There were four separate buy-outs, the last of which saw the club purchased by Henry Norris, who also owned Fulham FC.
The question is [...] This site features and celebrates the football season 1909/1910 – one hundred years ago. Several articles about Arsenal during the season have already been put up and you can read these by going back through the site. We’re trying to put up a new piece each day, both on football and society at the [...] Below is an extract from MAKING THE ARSENAL, the diaries of Jacko Jones, of the Daily Chronicle. Jacko covered the story of the the demise and rebirth of Woolwich Arsenal in 1910.
In this extract, Jacko, a veteran of the Boer War turned football correspondent, has been ordered by his [...] October 2nd 1909 Blackburn Rovers v Woolwich Arsenal
A curious coincidence: 100 years ago almost to the day, Arsenal played Blackburn Rovers.
But the club and the date are where the coincidences ended, for the events of October 1909 and October 2009 could hardly have been more different.
While [...] Arsenal v Blackburn 100 years ago
The 1909/1910 season for Woolwich Arsenal was not exactly the lowest point of the club but it was certainly not far short.
The club escaped relegation from the fist division by just two points, with a game to go, and also managed to go [...] What was football like in 1910?
“Making the Arsenal” – the new book being published this month by the team that brings you the daily “UNTOLD ARSENAL” blog (www.blog.emiratesstadium.info).
It focuses on football 100 years ago. (To see why we have chosen 1910 see the previous article on this [...] |
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