When Arsenal’s top scorer for the season scored11, and everyone seemed quite happy.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced The next article in this series will appear today. Here are the anniversaries of today. Our headline comes from 1967. If you have been following this series for some time …

When none of the Youth Cup winning team went on to play for the first XI.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  If you have been following this series for some time you’ll know that often we have 20 or 30 anniversaries on a particular day …

Arsenal advertise for a manager and strike gold

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  The headline comes from 1925 11 May 1910: George Leavey, the major shareholder in Woolwich Arsenal, admitted he had not got enough local people …

The man who invented a fantasy history of Arsenal which many still believe until this day

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  The headline comes from 1959 10 May 1890: Millwall Athletic 3 Arsenal 3.  A crowd of 800 turned up to see the local derby …

“The best value for money player at the club”.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  The headline comes from 2014   9 May 1891: Royal Arsenal FC voted at its AGM to turn itself into a professional side, making the …

The first team in over 100 years to go unbeaten away all season

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  The headline comes from 2002 8 May 1910: George Male was born in West Ham.  He had a trial with WHU who turned him …

When Arsenal won the league and last season’s champions were relegated.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced Here are the anniversaries of today.  The headlines come from 1938 7 May 1910: King Edward VII died; the mourning period throwing a spanner in the works of Arsenal’s attempt …

When all of Highbury told the football authorities where they could put their 2 point deduction.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced   Here are the anniversaries for today. Our headline comes from 6 May 1991. 6 May 1910: In one of several attempts to rescue Woolwich Arsenal financially, shares went on …

Arsenal Sept 1922: the first Hill-Wood arrives, Spurs seriously warned, Arsenal debts reduced

By Tony Attwood 1921/2 had been a dreadful season in which Arsenal had almost gone down to Division II.  A look at the final table does not really reveal the closeness of the disaster, and in reality Arsenal’s survival was as much down to the failures of Bradford City and Manchester United at the end …

Why today’s Arsenal fans would have demanded Chapman’s dismissal after 3 seasons

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922.   Here are the anniversaries for today.  Our headline comes from 1928. 5 May 1893: Royal Arsenal needed to become a limited company to join the Football League …

Lehmann bows to all 4 sides of the ground and Ferguson says we won’t go unbeaten.

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922.   Here are the anniversaries for today.  Our headline comes from 2004 and 2008. 4 May 1908: William Curle signed from Rutherglen Glencairn.  He played three times …

The day the modern Arsenal was formed. 78 years later to the day we won at WHL

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922.   Here are the anniversaries for today.  Apologies for publishing yesterday’s again earlier!   3 May 1893: George Lawrence signed the documents to turn Royal Arsenal formally …

Arsenal turn pro, Norris offers the club to the fans, the end of Highbury, farewell Rocky

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922.   Here are the anniversaries for today.   2 May 1891: Royal Arsenal’s club committee held the historic  Extraordinary General Meeting where they voted by 250 to 10 …

Norris breaks free, transfer fees spiral, terrorism returns, fixtures look awful. Arsenal – Summer of 1922.

By Tony Attwood This article covers the summer of 1922.  There is an index to the main articles in the series covering the most controversial elements of Sir Henry Norris’ time at Arsenal at the foot of the page.  The full index to the articles in this series appears on the page Henry Norris at …

We should never forget the evil of Dan Smith on this day in 2006

The latest post from our series on Henry Norris at the Arsenal 1922: Arsenal’s end of the season overseas tour and summary of games   Here are the anniversaries.     ?May 1889: Alf Singleton and Henry Stewart, two of the men who led the split away from Royal Arsenal to form Royal Ordnance Factories FC …