Day: 14 August 2017

By Tony Attwood While the year 1914 will forever resonate as the year in which the first world war commenced, 1914 was not in any way a year in which the nation was expecting war in a matter of weeks or even months.  Life continued, football continued. By way of example, 1914 saw the first …

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Here are the Anniversaries from 14 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article is December 1913, the alleged redcurrent shirts, and Chapman comes to Highbury for the first time 14 August 1894: Jack Butler born in Ceylon; he played 267 games for Arsenal.  He was the first Woolwich Arsenal player …

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