Help please - What football team is this? still looking

[Fresh Fields]

Hello Sall.

While I'm familiar with researching the New Zealand historic newspapers, I'm not with the UK ones.

Yesterday I had library access, so tried for a quick look into UK ones. Found one that may be your man H. RUDGE.

CITIZEN of Gloucester. 4/3/1921. H. RUDGE in a game on the Athletic Ground between Cheltenham and Strattford-on-Avon.


There were other mentiones at Yeovil Middlesex, but nothing that I found that appeared to be of a team who's successful year, warrented a studio team photo.


Alan.

[despair]

"Invicta" seems a credible second part of a name for a football club of the era.I can't currently find any evidence for an Arsenal Invicta team,though there is such a supporters group named after The Invicta Ground where the Royal? or Woolwich? Arsenal played at that time.

Regards
Roger

[despair]

I have been through the following and found nothing to match "AI" initials,though it does throw up "Imperial" and "Ironworks" as second name alternatives

https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regmet/LoL10.html

Roger

[Grameka]

This is actually the First XI of the Army Intelligence Corps. Legendary team that won the English AND French league + 2 Carabo Cups... in 1 season.

Unfortunately for them, their success was classified and the team became the stuff of legend.

[Fresh Fields]

How interesting.

Explains why a team went to the trouble, to get such a good team photo, but little evidence of their success was to be found.

Alan.