Arsenal draw with Bloomer’s Derby
Derby County versus Woolwich Arsenal: Saturday November 19th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Arsenal beat Stoke on soggy pitch
Woolwich Arsenal versus Stoke: Saturday November 12th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Arsenal draw with League leaders
Woolwich Arsenal versus Sunderland: Saturday November 5th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Arsenal beat Blackburn on Ducat’s debut
Woolwich Arsenal versus Blackburn Rovers: Saturday February 11th 1905
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Stoke beat Arsenal in a physical game
Police bias at Manchester United
Stoke City versus Woolwich Arsenal: Saturday March 11th 1905
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
Fog Beats Everton
Woolwich Arsenal versus Everton: Saturday November 26th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
by Andy Kelly
As we all know, Arsenal played their first ever game on 11 December 1886 as Dial Square against Eastern Wanderers, right? Well, it depends on which version of the club’s history that you read.
Arsenal beat French Internationals in a farcical game
Woolwich Arsenal versus Parisian XI: Monday December 5th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
League win against the FA Cup holders for the Gunners
Woolwich Arsenal versus Manchester City: Saturday December 10th 1904
by Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly
by Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews
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On 5 December 1904 Woolwich Arsenal played host to a Parisian touring team. The game finished with the Gunners recording their biggest ever win: 26-1. The French team should count themselves lucky as Woolwich Arsenal fielded seven reserve team players.