Arsenal: 8 Reasons White Hart Lane Dies In Utter Shame

2. When Arsenal Called The Lane Home

Arsenal has always had a comfy home at Highbury and now the Emirates is growing into their new home, but there was a time when the Gunners temporarily moved out of Highbury to assume a temporary home elsewhere.

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World War II forced all First Division football to be put on hold, and during the war years, statistics were not kept and the seasons did not officially go into the books. But there was a bookkeeper somewhere, because the league did go on in a smaller capacity and there were players still populating the clubs.

Highbury was called into it’s own service in the war and the Gunners moved to a temporary home at White Hart Lane.

There, in 1943, Arsenal took home the title at the home of their dear rivals. While nothing is ‘official’, they still organized the leagues according to their location and in the League South, the Gunners were crowned champions.

The Spurs would go on to be League South champions the next two years, but the first team to ever win a League South title at the Lane was Arsenal. So there’s that.

Finally, the most prestigious honor White Hart Lane has ever afforded the Gunners.