1903: the pre season and Arsenal’s greatest ever start to a campaign

By Tony Attwood Football in the early 20th century was of course very different from now.  The notion of the pre-season friendly didn’t exist, and the period 1 May to 31 August was an absolute football free zone.   Undoubtedly the “Probables v Improbables” (later renamed more respectfully, the first team against the reserves) matches …