“We so very rarely score two in a match…” You’ll never guess who was in the squad!

This is our daily review of Arsenal anniversaries taken from the Arsenal day by day  files prepared by the AISA Arsenal History Society. Here are the stories from this day in history… the answer to who was in the team is given on 23 December 2000… 23 December 1893: Arsenal 7 Crusaders 0.  By modern standards …

Arsenal in January 1919: rioting in the streets and the question of promotion

By Tony Attwood This article continues from The first suggestion that Arsenal could be elected to the 1st division which covers the first part of January 1919. On 13 January 1919 there was a meeting of the Football League with representatives of all the 40 League clubs except Glossop North End, which the Hill-Wood family had now …