Dial Square won 6-0 and met in the Royal Oak pub, next to Woolwich Arsenal station, on Christmas Day 1886. And as they sat in the Royal Oak, the founding fathers chose a new name - their place of work ...

Founded as Dial Square, named after one of the workshops at the Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1886, they soon became Royal Arsenal and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1891.

We are ensuring men’s matches remain accessible for our local community by making 1,000 tickets available free of charge ...

Arsenal Football Club, founded in 1886, rapidly emerged near London as a major force dominating English football. Renamed ...