Good Old Arsenal....
We're proud to say that name..... Yesterday was the North London Derby. The opponents were Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) . An enmity between the two clubs was born in 1913 when Arsenal FC moved from Woolwich in South East London to the current Highbury area. The reason given at the time was that Highbury was on the London Underground Piccadilly Line and this would give the club more opportunity to attract supporters and correspondingly, more money. Even over a hundred year later the London Underground hasn't been extended to Woolwich or the surrounding area. At that time, despite their claims of being a North London club, Tottenham was actually in Middlesex. Middlesex really only exists as a postal address as it was swallowed up in the 1965 Local Government review. Tottenham then became part of the new Haringey local authority and part of London. So to be pedantic, Tottenham Hotspur have never won the English League as a North London club. As they...