Norris at the Arsenal 12: How Henry Norris chose Highbury as Arsenal’s new ground

By Tony Attwood The summer of 1912 was the time when Henry Norris’ ideas on the future of Arsenal solidified.   It is quite possible that when he first became involved in early 1910 he thought he might be able to lend a hand to Arsenal, help sort out their finances and then exit; a …

Arsenal On This Day. What happened to Arsenal on 24 July across the years.

These are the stories from the Arsenal History Society Archives for Arsenal FC on 24 July.   There is more about our archives at the foot of the page. 24 July 1870: Harry Storer born.  He became Arsenal’s first ever player to win representative honours, and the first player to be transferred for disciplinary reasons …