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By Tony Attwood James (Jimmy) Ashcroft is a player of enormous importance in the history of Arsenal as a club – a player who would adorn the outside of the Emirates Stadium if they took into account players from the Woolwich era. He played for Woolwich Arsenal for eight seasons fro 1900 – 1908 in [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Duncan McNichol Moving on to the third part of the survey of players who played over 100 times for Woolwich Arsenal we have Duncan McNichol, a right back who played for the club between 1899 and 1903 making 112 appearances (101 in [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here The story of John Dick, by Tony Attwood John Dick, born in Eaglesham in Renfewshire in 1876 played 284 games for Woolwich Arsenal, and scored 13 goals (262 in league with 12 goals). He joined in 1898 and left in 1912. In [...] As it it Christmas and I am away from home, being kindly entertained by others, it ill behoves me to wander off like Isaac Newton in the middle of a dinner party to work on the latest episode of this blog. (Newton was famed for doing just this – although the records don’t indicate any [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here One of the factors that I have reported on many times while looking into the history of the Woolwich Arsenal players is how quickly many of the players moved on. As far as I can see only one of the players who [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood, with enormous support and additional research from Andy Kelly There’s general agreement that the club that became Arsenal was formed in December 1886, 124 years ago. Most histories of the club give details of several men who played a [...] 1911/12 1st round. Jan 13th. Bolton Wanderers Away. Lost 0-1 Crowd 24615 A disappointing result, having drawn with Bolton in the league earlier in the season, and beating them at home in the return match later. But Bolton had cup history, getting to the final in 1894 and in 1904. They also held [...] 1910-11 1st round. Jan 14th. Clapton Orient. Away. Abandoned at 1-0 Why was the game abandoned on 45 minutes? The most likely cause in London 1911 was fog. I await confirmation from the usual sources! The crowd was not recorded in my normal source. It should be made clear from the start that [...] 1909/10 If you know your Arsenal history you’ll know this is the season when Arsenal went bust, and were ultimately rescued in the summer of 1910 by Henry Norris – the man instrumental in building the modern club. What I am trying to do here is show the context of the club-defining events from 1909/10 [...] 1908/09 1st round. Jan 16th. Croydon Common (away). Drew 1-1 Crowd 20,000 The Arsenal handbook that I am using as a guide to these matches has this game played at “Crystal Palace by arrangement,” which is a rather interesting comment. Where there is now the National Sports Centre there once was the [...] Until the point we have covered so far in this FA Cup review, Woolwich Arsenal had been in a period of modest but steady growth. From a seemingly endless period of hardly being able to crawl out of the preliminary rounds through a period of messing around in the first round or two of the [...] 1st round. Jan 12th. Grimsby Town (away). Drew 1-1 Crowd 10,000 Grimsby Town was formed in 1878 – strange how the date of founding a club has no relevance to subsequent success. This was a typical story: members of the cricket club wanted to form a football club to occupy the empty winter. Here’s one [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here 1905/6 1st round. Jan 13th. West Ham United (home). Drew 1-1 Crowd 18,000 This was the first ever first team meeting with West Ham United. West Ham started as Thames Ironworks in 1895 which itself was formed out of Old [...] Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Ticket available for Wednesday night’s Euro match – see below 1904/5 1st round. Feb 4. Bristol City (home). Drew 0-0 Crowd 25,000 Having played Bristol Rovers in the previous season, and having been now permanently excused the preliminary rounds, Woolwich Arsenal got Bristol City [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here 1903/4 Final Supplementary round. Dec 12. Bristol Rovers (away). Drew 1-1 Crowd 14,000 By this season what I am calling the Final Supplementary Round was called in some quarters the sixth round. The teams entering at this stage were Manchester United, Bristol City, Preston [...] 1902/3 Final Supplementary round. Dec 13. Brentford (away). Drew 1-1 Crowd 7,000 Brentford Football Club was founded in 1889 as an offshoot of the local rowing club, although they took a while to work out if it was Association or Rugby football they were playing. They played the first association game on 23rd [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here After finally getting into the second round proper of the FA Cup in 1901 Arsenal never again had to play in a game before the Final Supplementary Round, held normally in mid-December. They made heavy weather of that round, but did manage [...] Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here 1898/9 1st round proper. Jan 28. Derby County (home). Lost 0-6 Crowd 20,000 Another attempt at breaking past the first round barrier without success. We were excused the preliminary rounds, presumably on the basis of sauntering through once again [...] |
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