The battle of Highbury is undoubtedly a collectors piece for Arsenal football clubs and it’s fans. This was a fiercely contested exhibition match between Italy and England at Highbury (by then Arsenal’s home ground). By then Italy’s vengeful leader Mussolini, had promised the players a brand new Alfa Romeo and a cash bonus, had they defeated England. The incentive did not work; England won 3-2 at the end rubbing salt on the fresh wounds of defeat the Italians had suffered to them during the 1938 world cup.
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