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WOOLWICH ARSENAL FOOTBALL “MOVE.”HOSTILITY AT HIGHBURY.The Islington Borough Council, at its meeting to-morrow, will have under consideration a report from its Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee opposing the suggested removal of the Woolwich Arsenal Football Club to Highbury. The report states:—“We have considered a letter from Mr. W. T. Ooventon, of 50, Highbury Park, N., calling attention to the purchase by the Woolwich Arsenal Football Club of a portion of the land at the rear of St. John's College of Divinity in Highbury,.for the purposes of a professional football ground, and inquiring whether it is open to fhe borough council to protect the district from what, in^iis opinion, will be its utter ruin.” Although the terms of the lease had been agreed upon, the lease had not been actually executed.“ We have fully considered the question in all its bearings,” states the committee, “ and are of opinion that, having regard to the great annoyance, inconvenience, and loss which will be inflicted upon the residents of the neighbourhood by the congregation of large crowds of people at the ground, and to the serious reduction in the rateable value of the surrounding property which may be anticipated if the proposal becomes an accomplished fact, the council of the college should be requested to refrain from granting the’ lease,' and that the Board of Education should be strongly urged not to approve the proposal.” A deputation from Highoury residents is also to be received by the council.As already explained in The Standard, the Woolwich Arsenal Football Club is proposing to move its ground from Plumstead because of the smallness of the attendances there, and the necessity for larger “gate” revenuss. The sug-fested move to Highbury is also opposed by the ottenham Hotspur and Clapton Orient Football Clubs.
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London Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Apr 03, 1913
Page 11
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