On this day 02 September

• Woolwich Arsenal play their first ever game in the Football League 1893
  On August 19th, Bootle Football Club - Woolwich Arsenal's intended opponents on the first day of the Second Division - resign from the league after financial difficulties (ultimately liquidating) and the number of teams in the league is cut from 16 to 15. This results in Newcastle becoming Woolwich Arsenal's first ever league opponent. The game ends 2-2 in front of a crowd of 6,000 at Manor Ground.
• Daniel Boateng is born 1992
• Damián Martínez is born 1992
• Danny Welbeck arrives from Manchester United in a £16m deal 2014
• Emiliano Viviano arrives on a free transfer from Palermo 2013
• Mesut Özil arrives from Real Madrid in a £35.7m deal 2013
• Ignasi Miquel is sold to Norwich in a £1.4m deal 2014