Would Manchester United be better off if they had just let Rupert Murdoch do his thing? Also in the Mailbox: Prem All-Stars, and the stain on Arsenal’s history...
Man Utd wouldn’t be in this mess if the supporters hadn’t stopped Rupert Murdoch…Would Manchester United be better off if they had just let Rupert Murdoch do his thing? Also in the Mailbox: Prem All-Stars, and the stain on Arsenal’s history.In your piece on the NLD you gloss over the reasons for why the rivalry started because it “happened decades before we were born”.
Spurs, the original North London club, was founded in 1882 and quickly became established and well supported. Then in 1913, Woolwich Arsenal, owned by the original corrupt chairman, Henry Norris, decided they were going to up sticks and move four miles round the corner from us.
Spurs earned promotion the next season by winning the second division but Woolwich Arsenal have remained in the first division ever since. They have a position in the top flight that they have never earned, that they achieved through corruption. I believe the incidents described above were the beginning of the sense of entitlement that runs through the very fibre of Arsenal football club, and will never go away.
When you look at the two clubs now, Spurs fans can view their club with a sense of pride. We never had any help from the authorities, never took any shortcuts. Everything we have today, from the country’s best stadium to the world class training facilities to our place in the top division, we have earned.
Spurs story is one of overcoming adversity, having had the odds stacked against us by the corruption of Woolwich Arsenal. That’s why it will taste so sweet when we beat them on Saturday afternoon.
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