Starting as champions: Arsenal open with two defeats and a draw

Here are the Anniversaries from 24 August – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is Arsenal at the end of the world: May to August 1914.   24 August 1878: Believed date of birth of Archi Gray although there is considerable doubt.  He joined Arsenal in …

Arsenal at the end of the world: May to August 1914.

By Tony Attwood We left Arsenal in last episode of this series (an index to the whole series is shown at the foot of the page) having missed out on promotion on goal average.  The club had performed well in 1913/14 – far better than might otherwise have been expected given the poverty of results …