What is also already assured is the construction of a new stadium. The club's chairman, Henry Norris, believing that weak transport links (which have since greatly improved for that area) are hurting the club, has decided to move Arsenal to the Islington section of North London.
Tottenham, yet again, flip out about a club invading "their territory," even though the new stadium, to be named Arsenal Stadium, but nicknamed "Highbury" after the neighborhood, is 4 1/2 miles away -- roughly as far away from White Hart Lane as Clapton Orient already were.
It should be noted that neither Clapton Orient, nor West Ham United, nor Chelsea, nor any other London or quasi-London club objected to the move. Just "Spurs," apparently again being pricks for the sake of being pricks.
Tottenham, yet again, flip out about a club invading "their territory," even though the new stadium, to be named Arsenal Stadium, but nicknamed "Highbury" after the neighborhood, is 4 1/2 miles away -- roughly as far away from White Hart Lane as Clapton Orient already were.
It should be noted that neither Clapton Orient, nor West Ham United, nor Chelsea, nor any other London or quasi-London club objected to the move. Just "Spurs," apparently again being pricks for the sake of being pricks.
Arsenal fans like to say they've never been relegated. This is not true -- but it is also now true that they haven't been relegated in well over 100 years.
Spurs fans like to say, and sing, "North London is ours!" Except, until a redrawing of the boundaries that took effect in 1965, the Tottenham district wasn't even in London. In contrast, despite Tottenham Hotspur Football Club having moved a grand total of 300 yards since 1899, beating Arsenal by 14 years, Arsenal have been in not just London, but North London, since 1913, 52 years more.
You would think that, given that this is the only time Arsenal have ever been relegated, Spurs fans would brag about it. But, I suppose, just like the myth (for which there is absolutely no evidence) that "Arsenal bribed their way into Division One" in 1919, the myth that "Arsenal have never been relegated" has taken so much hold as to force the ignorance of the truth.
Sunderland, of the North-East, went on to win the 1913 Football League Division One title, beating Birmingham team Aston Villa by 4 points. That result would be reversed in the FA Cup Final, as Villa beat Sunderland. So each team stopped the other from winning both trophies, and achieving "The Double."
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April 19, 1913 was a Saturday. These baseball games were played:
* The New York Yankees lost to the Washington Senators, 3-0 at the Polo Grounds. Walter Johnson pitched a 6-hit shutout.
* The New York Giants swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves, 7-2 and 10-3 at the South End Grounds.
* The Brooklyn Dodgers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at the brand-new Ebbets Field. Addison "Ad" Brennan pitched a 5-hit shutout.
* The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-5 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Eddie Collins went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Tris Speaker went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
* The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-5 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Honus Wagner did not play.
* The Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns, 4-0 at Navin Field in Detroit. (The ballpark was later renamed Briggs Stadium and Tiger Stadium.) Jean Dubuc pitched a 3-hit shutout. Ty Cobb did not play.
* The Cleveland Naps beat the Chicago White Sox, 9-2 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, the Cleveland team's 2nd baseman, best hitter, manager and namesake, went 2-for-5. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson went 0-for-3, but did draw 2 walks.
Shortstop Ray Chapman went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Seven years later, Chapman would be hit in the head with a pitch, and become baseball's only fatality from an on-field event. The Naps became the Cleveland Indians in 1915, after Lajoie left; and the Cleveland Guardians in 2022.
* And the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1 at Robison Field in St. Louis.
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