Farewell Woolwich Arsenal, farewell Arsene Wenger

Anniversaries have a strange habit of coming together in odd ways.  When Mr Wenger said he was resigning one year ago today, no one particularly remembered that also on this day in 1914, Woolwich Arsenal disappeared from the club’s name and was replaced by The Arsenal.   There is more on this in our series “Henry Norris at the Arsenal”

 
20 April 1889: Arsenal beat Spartan Rovers 8-0.  In the course of 30 days of friendlies they also had 9-0, 6-1 and 7-2 victories
20 April 1907: George Jobey, the man who scored the first Arsenal goal at Highbury made his league debut with Newcastle.  He spent seven seasons at the club playing 53 games at centre half and right half and won a League winner’s medal in 1908/9 and a Cup Finalists’ medal in 1911.  He then joined Arsenal in May 1913 for £500.
20 April 1908: Arsenal 1 Shef...