Workman Finds Horse and Cart Remains at North London Stadium

A workman on the site of Arsenal’s old stadium in North London might have found evidence to back up a piece of club folklore.

It was long rumored that a horse and cart had fallen into a pit while the original North Bank stand of Highbury

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A workman on the site of Arsenal’s old stadium in North London might have found evidence to back up a piece of club folklore.


It was long rumored that a horse and cart had fallen into a pit while the original North Bank stand of Highbury stadium (a football stadium) was being built in 1913.


The story had seemingly been disproved when no remains were found during the stand’s redevelopment in 1992 as part of the efforts to make the stadium an all-seater.


But on Tuesday (June 19), the Premier League club–which left Highbury a year ago for the nearby Emirates Stadium–said a worker had found two horseshoes and some wood deep beneath where the North Bank had been

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