The only Arsenal goalkeeper to score for Arsenal in a 1st Division match

Here are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 16 March.   The full index to what is on this site is here.   16 March 1896: Arsenal Reserves played Thames Ironworks at Canning Town in what is believed to have been Arsenal’s first floodlit game. Arsenal won 5-3.  Gas lamps were strung over the pitch to provide …

Arsenal’s worst home defeat, but a quick recovery pulls things around. March 1921

By Tony Attwood This article continues our series of Henry Norris at the Arsenal. 5 March 1921 was a designated FA Cup day and with Arsenal out of the cup but their scheduled opponents for the day still involved, they had no game to play.  And so in keeping with the tradition of the time,  …

The birth of the man who led Arsenal, and its supporters, completely astray.

Here are the anniversaries of Arsenal for 15 March.   The full index to what is on this site is here. Our headline story is from 1884     Meanwhile, the latest episode in our series of articles about Henry Norris at the Arsenal is now published: The 3rd Knighton allegation against Norris: did he sell …