The rivalry with that lot up the road goes back nearly a century but perhaps the animosity of today is of a more recent construct. By more recent I mean going back to the 1970s.
Back in the 1950s in England we had never had it so good. Football was booming, everyone smoked and London still had smog.I find these two cuttings interesting given the prism we look through today when considering that lot up the road. That their fans should find it within themselves to send such a telegram was remarkable in itself. Can you imagine them sending us an email back in 2004 ahead of the title decider at their place?
This is not the forum as to whether the word yid is offensive or not in a football sense. The fact is both Arsenal and Tottenham have long boasted a substantial Jewish support; it comes with the territory. Their fans have adopted it as they clarion call and that is their decision.Given the current feeling and the association purely up the road the announcement of a Remembrance Parade is interesting. Plus the fact it was being held on a Sunday rather than a Friday.
Of course memories of the war would still have been present, it having ended just nine years earlier.
Some more items of interest from the pages but I'm not scanning any more in case it falls apart on me!
Jack Kelsey was in goal for the Arsenal; his other Arsenal career before he went on to run the club shop when it was a much smaller affair than today while appearing for Huddersfield was Ken Taylor who had a summer job playing cricket for Yorkshire.
Can't imagine any of these pampared egos on legs in the modern age padding up, can you? This was though the day of maximum wage so it was not uncommon to find players with part time jobs on the side. A former Arsenal captain, Joe Mercer, had left by the time of this game but he run a grocer's shop in Liverpool and I believed he may well have done much of his training up there.
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