Sir Henry Norris promoted to Lt Colonel in recognition of his work in the War Office

By Tony Attwood In recent articles we have noted that Henry Norris has been given a knighthood in recognition of his work in forming and paying for the Footballers Battalion, plus his exemplary work in running his recruitment office in a way that few other local authorities were able to do. We have also noted …

Arsenal score 3 goals in 6 games, all scored by 1 player, winning 2, drawing 3.

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Our headline is taken from this day in 1998 Special feature: Highbury: from start to end with previously unseen pictures of the end of the stadium. Below are the Anniversaries from  October 31. 31 …