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What if Arsenal had not conspired to ensure Tottenham were relegated in 1919?

talkSPORT looks at key moments in football history, where events could so easily have taken a different course and asks, what if? This week we ponder what if Arsenal owner Sir Henry Norris hadn't engineered Tottenham's relegation…

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If you've never heard of Norris, then ask your Tottenham supporting mate or visit any Spurs fan forum. You’re likely to hear and read many colourful references to him because this is the bloke who started it all.

He has been dead for more than 70 years, but his name still stirs emotion on both sides of the divide; Norris was the man who uprooted Arsenal from south London and planted them on Tottenham's turf, which didn't go down well with either set of supporters.