Founded as Dial Square, named after one of the workshops at the Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1886, they soon became Royal Arsenal and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1891.

When Nottingham Forest players Fred Beardsley, Bill Parr and Charlie Bates, joined Dial Square FC, (the club’s first name), they brought their old red kit along with them. Working to a tight budget, ...

In late 1886, a gaggle of workers from the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football team. They called themselves Dial Square after a workshop within the Arsenal, and on December 11 ...