Today, the relationship between Arsenal Football Club and North London is pretty inseparable.
Their North London rivalry with Tottenham Hotspurs, in which match days see all corners of the north half of the city decked out in red and white, is well known.
Arsenal also counts a host of well-known faces from northwest and northeast London among their supporters - including Rihanna, who briefly lived in St. John's Wood.
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And despite its undeniable cultural presence within North London, it's no secret that Arsenal F.C. first started out in Woolwich, South London.
A month after being founded in 1886, the munition workers that first set-up the club changed the name to The Royal Arsenal, a reference to the local Royal Arsenal manufacturing complex.
In 1891, Royal Arsenal became the first London club to turn professional, and by 1904, the club had reached the First Division.
Yet financial difficulties and competition from more accessible clubs across the city took its toll upon the young club, and it was discussed whether Arsenal should soon move location to accommodate their monetary issues.
Little did the shareholders know that a group of women hellbent on securing the right to vote were going to make that decision much easier for them.
By 1913, the Suffragettes had embarked on a bombing and arson campaign across the country, but especially concentrated in the capital, for a year.
The activists - who have in retrospect been occasionally referenced as terrorists, due to their violent and militant nature of operation - worked under their motto, "deeds not words", believing the latter was not enough to be taken seriously by the government.
The aim of the campaign, said leader Emmeline Pankhurst, was "to make England and every department of English life insecure and unsafe".
This included the targeting of stations, politicians' houses, the Bank of England - and various sporting grounds, frequented often by men, environments in which Edwardian women were often not welcome.
Unsuccessful attempts in the year 1913 included the All England Lawn at Wimbledon, Crystal Palace F.C.'s grounds during the 1913 FA Cup Final.
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Successful attempts, however, include Arsenal's grounds of Manor Ground football stadium in Plumstead, in which the grandstand was burnt down.
The damage cost up to £1,000 - around £120,000 in today's money - a sum that the football club simply could not afford.
So they upped sticks and moved to Highbury a year later.
And that's where they remain to this day, over a century later.
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