#I have a small obsession with danskin and just how…unremarkable the founding of the club was

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Arsenal’s principal founding member and first club captain, David Danskin, born January 9, 1863.

Following the end of the cricket season in 1886, Danskin, along with Elijah Watkins, organized a squad of interested players and raised five shillings and six pence (the five shillings donated by himself) to purchase a ball for practice.

Danskin played for the club for three seasons before injury forced him to retire early, but remained involved with the club and the sport as a whole for the rest of his life. He lived to see Arsenal win their first FA cup in 1930, listening to radio commentary from his sickbed.