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100 Years Ago Today

Exiled In Newcastle

Established Member
Never finished this, but...

One hundred years ago today Woolwich Arsenal Football Club became the first club south of Birmingham to lead the League Championship after a 2-1 home victory over reigning champions Liverpool. Watched by a crowd of 30,000 Neave scored twice as we continued our impressive start to the season (11 points from 14). Although a dodgy end of October and November (how things change!) put paid to our Championship chances it was another sign that Woolwich Arsenal were more than just ‘Southern Upstarts’, as it was in between two appearances in the FA Cup semi-finals.

There is little doubt that we were lucky in having our first great manager at the helm, and Phil Kelso had already vastly changed the playing set-up of the club, as well as taking the club on it’s first ever trip abroad in the summer of 1906. A whistle stop 15 day tour (which must have been made even more arduous by the transport options of the time) consisted of 8 games in 6 different countries and resulted in 7 wins and a draw. More importantly it gave the team a chance to experience wildly differing styles of play and was widely thought to have helped our start to the season.

Something else had happened that year. Possibly the most important figure in the history of The Arsenal, George Allison, made his first visit to Plumstead to watch us play.
 

jester

Established Member
surprised you can remember it exiled, it was a long time ago. (kidding!)

we're steeped in history, its nice to get to know some of it
 

Exiled In Newcastle

Established Member
Eeeh I remember the days back at Plumstead. 2d to get in and much bread and dripping as you could stomach for a farthing. It was getting posh then though, with all these bakerlite fans in the new stand. I mean, seats! What on earth is wrong with watching football from the back of an old army wagon? None of them have got rickets, either.

It's just not the club it used to be anymore. Since we went pro all these money grabbing journeymen players have started turning up for their 5s a week. I mean we're used to Scots, but Irish? That's overseas! And there's even talk that newspaper chappie Allison has been trying to persuade the board to move to a new ground in Islington. How dare they!!!

etc etc etc
(sorry to any historians for the mangling of time!).
 

Exiled In Newcastle

Established Member
onechippy said:
Good post Exiled. It's always been Arsenal who have broken the northern monoploy.

So much so that if you compare how many league titles Arsenal have won, with the number won by ALL the other clubs south of Birmingham, we spank them.

We're the only club that has consistantly challenged the North West clubs for dominance.
 

clockwork orange

Blind faith in "LVG filoshophy"
Decided to open a beer to celebrate that memorable event. Cheers!

Well, maybe we could celebrate this centennial by this season becoming the first London (Southern) club to win the Champions League/Champions Cup.
 

cesc18

Active Member
well always good to know more about the club s history even if it was 100 year s ago :D
thanks for the post exiled
 
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