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In December, we announced that Arsenal intended to pay homage to David Danskin after being discovered that the Scottish, one of the founders of the club, lay in an anonymous grave in Coventry.
Yesterday, four generations of the Danskin family were joined by Arsenal Scotland Supporters' Club and members of the Gunners hierarchy, including Pat Rice, for a service that resulted in the unveiling of a new gravestone.
Born in 1863, Danskin left Fife for London in 1885 and began work at the Royal Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich. A year later, he and some of his colleagues poured money into a football team. First called Dial Square FC, after the park in which they played, the team quickly changed their name and called Royal Arsenal.
He stopped playing football in 1890, just before Arsenal became a professional, and began a new life at the head of a bicycle manufacturing company in Plumstead before moving to Coventry to work at Standard Motor Company. . He would witness the Gunners' victory in six league championships and two FA Cups before his death at the age of 85 in August 1948.
After the memorial service, Vinai Venkatesham, CEO of Arsenal, said, "Arsenal is born of a sense of community and it is something we maintain today more than ever.
"The millions of Arsenal fans around the world will always be indebted to David Danskin's vision to create a football club. We are happy that his last home has been properly recognized. "
Nice work from everyone, including Ian Woolley, president of the London Road Friends Cemetery, and Lionel Bird, a Coventry City historian, who located the Danskin burial ground.
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