Day: 26 July 2017

By Tony Attwood It is sometimes wondered, and indeed I have wondered it myself, why Henry Norris did nothing in the early part of the 1912/13 season to bring in new players to help pull the club away from the relegation zone. The answer I think is that he was convinced that the salvation of …

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26 July 1887: James Maxwell, was born in Kilmarnock for whom he first played before moving to Sheffield Wednesday and then Arsenal.  At Wednesday he competed with Harry Chapman (the brother of Herbert) for the right wing position.   26 July 1919: Henry White signed from Brentford.  He was Arsenal’s top scorer with 15 and …

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