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	Arsenal F.C.
		Arsenal were relegated in 1913, the same year they moved from their south London home to Highbury (site of the present stadium) in north London.
		Arsenal's performance in the 1970s was characterized by a few moments of brilliance, separated by long spells of disappointment.
		Arsenal's offside trap was known throughout the world (and provided a joke in The Full Monty), as was the paucity of their scoring rate and propensity for winning games by a single goal.
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	ooBdoo
		Woolwich ['wʊlɪtʃ] is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river.
		It was home to the Woolwich Dockyard (founded in 1512), the Royal Arsenal (dating back to 1671), the Royal Military Academy (1741) and the Royal Horse Artillery (1793); it still retains an army base at the Royal Artillery Barracks, and the Royal Artillery Museum.
		Ian Wright, the Arsenal footballer and later a television personality, was born and raised in Woolwich.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Woolwich (917 words)

	All About the Arsenal Football Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is a football club from north London, and one of the most successful clubs in English football.
		Woolwich Arsenal were relegated in 1913, the same year they moved from their south London home to Arsenal Stadium (often referred to as "Highbury") in north London.
		Arsenal's perceived tendency to be defensive and "boring" through the 1970s and 1980s made the team the butt of jokes by many comedians, such as Eric Morecambe.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0505/sports/arsn_foot.html (650 words)

	Arsenal World - Arsenal History Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arsenal were the first team in London to turn professional and the first Southern team to join the Football League.
		Woolwich Arsenal now became "The Arsenal", a name that lasted until 1927 when they became less pompous and dropped the "The" Arsenal's first match at Highbury took place on September 6th 1918 when they played Leicester Fosse.
		In 1919 Arsenal were controversially elected to the expanded First Division, precedent suggested that Tottenham should have retained their place in the new set-up.
	www.arsenal-world.co.uk /news/loadsngl.asp?CID=ED21 (617 words)

	Arsenal History
		Arsenal were Champions in 1947/48 and 1952/53; F.A. Cup winners in 1950 and runners-up in 1952.
		The cannons on the original crest were obviously a reference to the military influence in Woolwich and despite the Club's ties with the area being cut 89 years ago, the cannon theme has developed throughout the years and has remained prominent on 'the Gunners' different crests down the years, including the new design.
		Following Arsenal's move north to Highbury in 1913, it wasn't immediately apparent that the Club would embrace the Woolwich Arsenal legacy and keep the cannon as a recognisable motif.
	www.btinternet.com /~galluccio/Arsenal_history.htm (1705 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Museums, Public Buildings and Galleries -Woolwich and Woolwich Arsenal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Woolwich Dock-Yard, supposed to be the oldest in the kingdom, has been progressively enlarged from the time of its establishment, and in its present state includes an area of about five furlongs in length by one in breadth, surrounded, save on the river side, by a lofty wall.
		The arsenal, including nearly sixty acres of land, is the grand national dépot for every species of ordnance, whether military or naval, and within its boundaries are several furnaces and machines for boring cannon, as well as workshops for finishing the ordnance, and storehouses for its protection.
		Woolwich Dockyard was formerly used for the construction of ships for the Royal Navy, but was closed in 1869, on the recommendation of a parliamentary committee.
	www.victorianlondon.org /districts/woolwich.htm (2249 words)

	ARSENAL FC FOOTBALL CLUB THE GUNNERS
		Arsenal were founded in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1886, but in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, which was their home until May 2006.
		Arsenal only finished in fifth place in 1919, but nevertheless were elected to rejoin the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, by reportedly dubious means.
		Arsenal have finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's ten seasons at the club, and they are one of only four teams (along with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea) to have won the Premier League since its formation in 1993.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/british_football_clubs/arsenal.htm (1733 words)

	Arsenal History - Information - Profile - Biography
		Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is a north London football club founded in 1886.
		Another league title came in 1991, with Arsenal losing just one out of 38 league fixtures, although they had 2 points deducted in October 1990 after ten of their players were involved in a brawl with Manchester United players in a match at Old Trafford.
		Arsenal's away colours are traditionally yellow and blue, although they wore a green and fl away kit for a short while in the early 1980s.
	www.socceraddicts.com /PremiershipClubs/Arsenal.html (2489 words)

	Why Woolwich Arsenal chose Highbury
		Woolwich on the other hand was always the perfectly natural place to find the Arsenal.
		Arsenal regained top London spot for the next two years, but then disaster struck in 1913 when Arsenal ended up bottom of the first division.
		It was Woolwich Arsenal that had stood firm against the London FA who were utterly against professional football.
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	Woolwich Arsenal, London, England, 1874 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The big gun that was built at Woolwich Arsenal for her Majesty's ship Devastation was called "the Woolwich Infant" by way of a joke upon its size.
		Its parents could not, indeed, have pleaded in their excuse as a young mother is said to have pleaded for her babe—that it was "only a little one;" but a fault it certainly was, for the experimental discharges cracked this mighty piece of ordnance in a most decisive manner.
		Not much blame, therefore, is due to the original bantling of Woolwich Arsenal, which was recast in a better form; but the great guns of more recent construction, weighing likewise 35 tons each, are designed to endure a more severe ordeal of their strength.
	www.londonancestor.com /iln/woolwich-arsenal.htm (351 words)

	Arsenal F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second was 2005–06, the last season that Arsenal played at Highbury, when the team wore one-year commemorative redcurrant shirts similar to those worn in 1913, their first season in the stadium.
		Current Arsenal captain Thierry Henry is the club's top goalscorer with 216 goals in all competitions (as of September 25, 2006), having surpassed Ian Wright's total of 185 in October 2005.
		The record attendance for an Arsenal match at Highbury is 73,295, for a 0-0 draw against Sunderland on 9 March 1935.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arsenal_F.C. (4545 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, UK: the Role of Women Workers
		The Royal Arsenal in Woolwich dates from 1691, which is when the present site was purchased and was then known as the Woolwich Warren.
		Woolwich was also the site of the Royal Dockyard, dating from around 1518, although munitions work was not carried out on site until 1696 when the Royal Laboratory was constructed.
		The Labour Party was ambivalent in its attitude to war and in 1911, the Women's Labour League branch, Woolwich, sent a motion to their conference condemning 'the enormous yearly increase in the cost of national armaments'.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2354834 (2748 words)

	Arsenal FC Unofficial Site
		Arsenal has won the English Championship a total of 11 times and has won the FA Cup for 7 times.
		Arsenal remains the only club in English football history to have won both domestic Cups in the same season.
		Arsenal won the English Championship five times in the 30s and the club has since maintained a rather consistent performance as they continue to win honurs both in England and later in Europe.
	www.arsenal1886.hit.bg /History.htm (1727 words)

	Arsenal Football Club - The Glorious History 1886 to 1945
		Woolwich Arsenal could not afford this exorbitant request, and were left with no alternative but to repurchase the old Manor Ground.
		Arsenal were awarded a crest by the Football League for this achievement that still hangs outside the directors offices in Highbury's East Stand to this day.
		Incidentally, Arsenal had previously been fined £250 by the Football League for resting players (Roberts and Drake) and fielding less than their most competative team between F.A. Cup ties (once Arsenal found that they were unable to win the First Division for the 4th consecutive time).
	www.fl.net.au /~steve/history.htm (2927 words)

	Arsenal Football Club - Official Site of the F.A. Premier League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arsenal have treated us to some truly exhilarating football with Arsene Wenger claiming three Premier League titles as he combines the best of British with the top talent from around the world.
		Arsenal are recognised as one of the giants of English football and a consistent challenger for top honours.
		Arsenal, under the leadership of enigmatic Frenchman Arsene Wenger, shook off their 'boring' image and began to serve up some of the most attractive football in the league.
	www.premierleague.com /arsenal.html (604 words)

	Woolwich_Arsenal.html
		I am presenting this excerpt only as a source of information for others who, like myself, are seeking knowledge of the Woolwich Arsenal's history so they may better understand their own family genealogy.
		When the Royal Artillery was formed in 1716, Woolwich became its headquarters and its officers, together with the teaching staff of the nearby Military Academy, came to exert considerable influence on the manufacture of guns and ammunition.
		Nevertheless, from the earliest days, epoch making advances were made, such as the transition from solid round shot fired from a muzzle loader to the explosive filled shell fired from a breech-loading gun, the replacement of gunpowder by cordite as the propellant and the early 19th Century experiments with artillery rockets.
	www.cowboyup.com /Woolwich_Arsenal.html (814 words)

	KryssTal : History of Arsenal
		Arsenal to 2nd in the First Division in 1926 and to the FA Cup Final in 1927.
		Arsenal had finished high enough in the League to qualify for the one of the European competitions that had began during the late 1950s.
		Arsenal reached the FA Cup Final in three consecutive years during the 70s, the first time a club had done so this Century.
	www.krysstal.com /arsehist.html (1706 words)

	JAMES NASMYTH his Autobiography: Chapter 17 More about Bridgewater Foundry - Woolwich Arsenal
		Fox and Henderson, the well-known railway roofing contractors, were entrusted with the order; and in a very short time the arsenal was provided with a noble set of light and airy workshops, giving ample accommodation for present requirements, as well as surplus space for many years to come.
		At all events, one result of the improved working of the new machines at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, was the receipt of large orders for our firm for the supply of foreign Governments.
		The machinery was required for the equipment of a very extensive rope factory at the naval arsenal of Nicolaiev, on the Black Sea This order included all the machinery requisite for the factory, from the heckling of the hemp to the twisting of the largest ropes and cables required in the Russian naval service.
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	Woolwich
		The arsenal ceased manufacturing in 1967 and closed altogether in 1994.
		Woolwich is touted by some property consultants as south London’s ‘next big thing’, because of its improving transport links, the developments on the Royal Arsenal site and a selection of well-built Georgian terraces.
		In the IRA’s Woolwich pub bombing of November 1974 two died and many more were injured when a device was hurled through the window of the King’s Arms, opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks.
	www.hidden-london.com /woolwich.html (382 words)

	Arsenal History - Patch83 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arsenal Football Club began life when a group of workers at the Woolwich Arsenal
		Arsenal was voted into the top division, a position it has held ever since.During the
		Arsenal as record goalscorer with 185 goals in all competitions.
	www.patch83.com /arsenal/history.html (643 words)

	Arsenal, THE Untouchbles
		Arsenal have won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles, and the FA Cup ten times, although the team have yet to achieve similar success in the UEFA Champions League.
		Arsenal have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Tottenham Hotspur, from nearby Tottenham, whom they play in the North London derby.
		Arsenal have finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's nine seasons at the club, and they are one of only three teams (along with Manchester United and Chelsea) to have won the league title during the past decade.
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	Woolwich Arsenal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Royal Arsenal West is not really derelict but I felt it important to document these disused old buildings as they undergo renovation and conversion to flats.
		The rearmament policy of the early l950s gave a temporary boost to production at Woolwich but a report in 1952 concluded that the Arsenal in its existing form was uneconomic and that it should be reorganised and rationalised.
		Two small areas remained in MOD use though known as Royal Arsenal West and Royal Arsenal East up until their final closure in the early 1990s, the former including many of the more important historic buildings which are to be preserved for posterity.
	www.derelictlondon.com /woolwich_arsenal.htm (697 words)

	Royal Arsenal Property Woolwich Greenwich London SE18 Lettings Sales
		The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 is a mixed urban development which forms part of an entire regeneration of a historic riverside location in the East of Greenwich, South East London and is one of the most exciting unique development projects in Britain today.
		Amazingly the properties at the Royal Arsenal are available to rent at a third of Canary Wharrf prices and the resales offer good capital growth potential particurlarly with all the regeneration of the whole area.
		The town centre is being regenated with massive investment and a major part of this is the introduction of the Woolwich Arsenal DLR station due for completion in January 2009.
	www.royalarsenalproperty.com (310 words)

	Cheap Day Out - Woolwich
		Woolwich is a historic riverside town sited on the Thames whose fortunes have been linked to the Dockyard and Arsenal.
		Woolwich Arsenal (mainline) Station is in the centre of the town which is also served by a number of buses.
		Woolwich is situated in the Borough of Greenwich
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /cdowoolwich.htm (573 words)

	Woolwich Arsenal (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Development of the present site of Royal Arsenal West, then known as Woolwich Warren, began in 1671 when the Crown purchased the old mansion known as Tower Place together with 31 acres of land, for use as an ordnance storage depot.
		The change from storage depot to munitions factory began in 1696 when the Royal Laboratory was constructed for the purpose of manufacturing ammunition, fuses and gun-powder.A new foundry, known as the Royal Brass Foundry, was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and completed in 1717.
		During the 2nd World War, with the Royal Arsenal Woolwich working to the limit of its capacity there was little opportunity to undertake a careful and controlled expansion of facilities.
	www.derelictlondon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /woolwich_arsenal.htm (697 words)

	Woolwich
		Spanning the north side are the Woolwich Equitable Building Society premises of the 1930s.
		On the left hand side is the Tramshed of 1908 which became a theatre in the 1970s.
		This was built in 1829 as a single storey entrance to the Arsenal and heightened in 1891.
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkwoolwichroute.htm (934 words)

	The Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004
		A temporary jetty structure (300 metres in length) in King George V Dock commencing 350 metres west of the eastern end of the dock, passing eastwards and terminating 50 metres west of the east end of the dock.
		A temporary railway passenger platform (238 metres in length) commencing at the country (east) end of the existing Network Rail Woolwich Arsenal station down passenger platform, passing eastwards under Burrage Road and terminating at a point 10 metres west of Maxey Road.
		A temporary road (110 metres in length), being a temporary diversion of the existing Woolwich New Road, commencing 18 metres north-east of its junction with General Gordon Place and Vincent Road, passing north-eastwards, then northwards and terminating at a point 32 metres north of the junction between Spray Street and Woolwich New Road.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2004/20040757.htm (11408 words)

	arsenalfanz.tripod.com - Home of the Arsenal Fans ! !
		Arsenal is one of the best clubs in the English Premier League.
		Established in 1886 in London by a group of workers of Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory, Arsenal has turned out to be one of the greatest clubs in the world.It comprises of world class players like Henry,Pires,Lehmann and many more.
		Match Summary and Statistics updated.Photos of Arsenal v/s Southampton updated.
	arsenalfanz.tripod.com (168 words)

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