Woolwich Arsenal (yanzu kawai Arsenal) ita ce kulob na farko a London da ta zama ƙwararre a 1891 kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu motsawa a bayan ƙoƙarin kafa Kungiyar Kudancin don yin kama da Kungiyar Kwallon kafa ta Arewa da Midlands. Duk da haka, wannan yunƙurin ya gaza a gaban adawa daga Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta London kuma Woolwich Arsenal a maimakon haka ya shiga Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa a matsayin wakilin ta kawai a kudancin Birmingham a 1893. Bugu da ƙari, an kafa wata ƙungiyar masu son, Kudancin Alliance a 1892, tare da kungiyoyi bakwai daga yankin, amma hakan ya rushe bayan kakar wasa ɗaya. Tambaya: Wace ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta yi ƙoƙarin fara ƙungiyar kudancin?
Woolwich Arsenal