by Mark Andrews
Yesterday we attended the AISA Q&A event, which was organised with a fair degree of expertise.
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
In part 3 of our series we look at the events that led to Royal Arsenal Football Club morphing into Woolwich Arsenal Football Club.
During the 1892-93 season the relationship between most of the Royal Arsenal committee and the club’s landlord, George Weaver, began to deteriorate. It culminated in a failed attempt by Weaver and three members of the Royal Arsenal committee to take control of the club. The full story is told in the opening chapter of Woolwich Arsenal – The Club That Changed Football. Towards the end of the season the members of the club voted to vacate the Invicta Ground and move back to the Manor Field, where Royal Arsenal had played between 1888 and 1890. Read More →
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
This is a three-part article that is probably the most important that we will write. It explains how we found a discrepancy in Arsenal’s early history that snowballed until we realised that much of what has been written about the club before the First World War is inaccurate and incomplete.
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
In this series we explain when and why the football club now known as Arsenal changed its name.
Having played their first game the members of Dial Square Football Club decided to open up their club to the whole of the Royal Arsenal. Why? Well, probably because working in another part of the factory was a certain Fred Beardsley, and opening up the membership would allow Dial Square access to one of the country’s top goalkeepers. Beardsley had recently moved to Plumstead from Nottingham where he played regularly for Nottingham Forest including their FA Cup semi-final in 1885 against Queen’s Park.
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
With the recent proposed name change of Hull City to Hull Tigers a discussion ensued on twitter about Arsenals’ previous names (as well as the current name). So, we thought that we would clarify Arsenal’s names throughout the years, when they changed and why.
by Andy Kelly
To get you in the mood for the North London Derby in the FA Cup later today I thought you might enjoy reading a couple of match reports for games where either scoreline today would be acceptable.
by Andy Kelly
There is one player who has written himself into Arsenal folklore even though his total competitive playing time in the first team was 110 minutes. If you ask any Arsenal fan of a certain age, you can guarantee that they will all have the same opinion of him.
by Andy Kelly
This isn’t the sort of article that we would normally produce but there has been a fair amount of talk recently about Arsenal’s record with Mike Dean as referee. Some out of date stats have been bandied about so I thought I would put together the following table so that it can be used as an accurate reference point to sling some mud at the man from Wirral.
Fun and fireworks at Trent Bridge
Notts County versus Woolwich Arsenal: Saturday December 17th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Exhausted Arsenal lose to the Champions Elect
Woolwich Arsenal versus Newcastle United: Saturday December 31st 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
