Day: 17 September 2017

By Tony Attwood Arsenal began the second month of wartime football with a home game against Clapton Orient on 2 October with a crowd of 6000 present.  Among the Arsenal side were two guest players: Ducat from Aston Villa, Chipperfield from Luton Clarence the Athenian League team.  The inclusion of the latter suggests that Arsenal …

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Here are the Anniversaries from 17 September  – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is Arsenal move into the London Combination in September 1915 A new article follows later today covering October 1915   17 September 1896: Andrew Young born.  He played originally for Blyth Spartans …

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