Day: 13 September 2017

By Tony Attwood The final game of the 1914/15 season had taken place on 24 April, and a curious affair it was too.  Arsenal’s manager had already left, and the players had been told that their contracts would end after this game.  There was no talk at that time of keeping football going, although it …

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Here are the Anniversaries from 13 September  – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is Norris promoted, the League loses interest but football pulls itself back together. 13 September 1890: H. Simmons played for Royal Arsenal Reserves at centre forward for the first time, despite having only …

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