Everyone with an interest in English football knows that this season's UK Premiership winners were Arsenal Football Club but how many know how the club started or what it was first called?
When it was originally formed in 1886, the club had very humble beginnings as a departmental team at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. Most of the players were workers in a department at the Royal Arsenal called 'Dial Square' and so they decided on an appropriate name for themselves which was 'Dial Square FC'.
They later changed their name to Royal Armoury and eventually, just before World War One, when they moved to their current home at Highbury, the name was changed simply to Arsenal which is how we know the great team of today.
For anyone who is interested in learning more about the incredible history of The Gunners I would recommend a book called 'The Arsenal Collection' which is available direct from it's publisher Breedon Books at: http://www.breedonbooks.co.uk/publications/185983390X.html
About the Author
Chris is the webmaster of www.football-nut.co.uk where he challenges you to prove your football knowledge and win prizes in the free monthly football quiz and prize draw. The Football-Nut website also contains up-to-the-minute news for all of the major UK football clubs.
