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Bosses at a major football club have confirmed that plans are underway to pay tribute to their founder, who was buried in an unmarked grave in Coventry.

Following news that the founder of Arsenal Football Club's final resting place is in Coventry's London Road Cemetery, a number of Gunners fans called for a more fitting tribute to be made for David Danskin.

And this sentiment has been shared by the club itself, who have revealed they are keen to pay tribute to the man who founded Dial Square FC, who later became Arsenal FC .

A club spokesperson has confirmed that "discussions are underway", with club bosses eager to honour David, who formed the team along with his Royal Arsenal munitions factory colleagues in 1886.

The club are set to hold a meeting, either this week, or early next week, to discuss how best to celebrate David.

It comes after calls from fans and supporters groups on social media earlier this week.

The Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club, who commemorated David with a blue plaque near his birthplace in Scotland, called to organise a headstone, along with Coventry City Historian Lionel Bird, Ian Woolley and a number of Arsenal fans and fan groups.

And now, after lying in rest at the cemetery for 69 years, it appears as though David Danskin may finally get the tribute that he deserves.

Who was David Danskin?

Born in Burntisland, Fife in 1863, David Danskin would go on to found Arsenal after moving to London to work at the Royal Arsenal munitions factory.

A qualified mechanical engineer, David was a keen football player, and was the first captain of the club, when they beat Eastern Wanderers FC 6-0.

On Christmas Day 1886 the club changed their name to Royal Arsenal from Dial Square FC.

By 1890, David Danskin's football career was at an end - believed to be as a result of leg injuries that he had suffered, and a heavy work schedule.

How did he end up in Coventry?

After his football career, David founded his own bicycle business in London, which proved to be a success.

In 1907, he sold the business for £550 - which would be worth around £64,000 today.

David would then move to Coventry - having landed a job as an examiner at the Standard Motor Company.

He moved into a two-bedroom semi-detached house in North Street, Upper Stoke - just a stone's throw from the Rose and Woodbine pub.

In what is a quirky coincidence, he happened to be close neighbours with Samuel Bullivant, the former Coventry City FC player and trainer.

His house was badly damaged during the Blitz, and his trunk containing football jerseys, medals and family photographs were destroyed.

In 1942, he was admitted to Warwick Hospital, where he would remain until his death on August 4, 1948, at the age of 85.

Three days later, he was buried at London Road Cemetery, in Coventry.

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