Autumn 1918: Arsenal winning, the war grinds to an end, crowds return

By Tony Attwood 1918 is primarily remembered as the year the first world war ended.  But it was also a time when a rising awareness of socialism and communism spread through parts of Europe following the collapse of Russia in 1917 and the rise of the power of the Communist Party in that country and …

Arsenal’s most prolific scorer dies in a car crash

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 1940 Here are the stories from this day in history…   7 December 1886: The most likely date for Eastern Wanderers to have agreed to play Dial Square in …