Dial Square won 6-0 and met in the Royal Oak pub, next to Woolwich Arsenal station, on Christmas Day 1886. And as they sat in the Royal Oak, the founding fathers chose a new name - their place of work ...

They called themselves Dial Square after a workshop within the Arsenal, and on December 11, 1886, they romped to a 6-0 victory over Eastern Wanderers; the first game in their initial guise. Shortly ...