What the media said about the election of Arsenal to the 1st division in 1919

By Tony Attwood The first London Combination game of February 1919 was another home match against Tottenham, but this time it resulted in a defeat.  I doubt however that the directors of Arsenal worried unduly, for the crowd was 18,000 – things were most certainly on the up and these crowd numbers showed that the …

On this day an Arsenal man scored his 12th hattrick – more than any other player. But who was it?

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… 24 December 1894: New Brompton 5 Arsenal 0.  Despite playing 30 league games in the season, Arsenal also played 31 friendly games.  New Brompton …