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The Creation of The Arsenal Football Club

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£1,000 - £1,500
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The Creation of The Arsenal Football Club - a Victorian mahogany and brass bound writing slope, the lid with brass plaque inscribed Presented By The Members Of The Dial Square Cricket Club To E .WATKINS SECty 1886, the interior lacking, 45cm wide, with folder of information and reference material relating to the box and the inception of Arsenal Football Club

On the 4th October 1886 in the Prince of Wales public house members of the Dial Square Cricket Club formed a football section. Present that evening were Elijah Watkins, (1st Secretary), David Danskin (First Captain)

With a copy of Royal Arsenal Champions of the South by Mark Andrews, Andy Kelly and Tim Stillman, 2018, on page 25 it makes reference to the clubs formation

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