On this day 01 September

• World War II breaks out, halting football across the country 1939
  After a highly successful decade for Arsenal, top level football is suspended due to Germany invading Poland, triggering the second World War. With Highbury commissioned by the war effort, Arsenal spends the next five years playing their home games in makeshift leagues at White Hart Lane. Many clubs participate in regional competitions during the war, which is not allowed by the Football League. Arsenal are therefore expelled from the Football League in 1941 along with 14 other clubs, but are readmitted a year later after paying a £10 fine.
• José Reyes is born 1983
• Quincy Owusu-Abeyie arrives on a free transfer from Ajax 2002
• Abumere Ogogo signs a professional contract with Arsenal 2007