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Category:	Sports and Recreations
Created:	Aug 9, 2006
Type:	Public
Members:	18
Owner:	Winson Wijaya
Language:	English
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Arsenal Football Club was form in late 1886 with the name of "Dial Square"
In 1891 it change name to "Woolwich Arsenal".Finally join Football League in 1893.
The Gunners moved to tgeir current home at Highbury in 1913 as a 2nd division side.Following the First World War Arsenal were voted into the newly expanded First Division where they have remained ever since.
*Legend*
Herbert Chapman join Arsenal in 1925 and lead the Gunners to their 1st ever trophy-beating Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup Final.The following season Arsenal were champions for the 1st time.Between 1933-1935 the club win a hattrick of league title.*Sadly Chapman died in the middle of the run,by which time he had reached legend status*
In 1936,George Allison guided the Gunners won 1 more FA Cup & another title in 1938.

The Gunners were champions in 1947/48 & 1952/1953; FA Cup winners in 1950 & runners-up in 1952; Arsenal won their first ever European trophy in 1969/70.

Arsenal's Charlie George,George Armstrong,Ray Kennedy & Captain Frank McLintock, won the league & FA Cup "double"..They clinched the title at White Hart Lane,then beat Liverpool after extra time at Wembley to win the Cup..

Under the control of George Graham(1986-1995) as a manager, Arsenal won their 1st ever League Cup triumph in 1986/87,beating Liverpool 2-1 in the final.2 years later the Gunners won the League Championship.Another title followed in 1990/91, when the side, including the famous defensive back 4, lost just 1 league game..

In 1992/93 Arsenal became the first club to win both domestic cups in the same season.
A superb run in the European Cup Winner's Cup ended with a memorable 1-0 win over Parma in the Final in Copenhagen(Alan Smith is the Man Of the Match)

In 1997/98, The Gunners Manager Arsene Wenger(sign in 1996/97) lead the Gunners achieved the League & FA Cup 'double', for the 2nd time in the Club's history.
Dennis Bergkamp was named Football's Writer's Association(FWA) Player of the Year, & PFA Player of the Year.
A tremendous season was rounded off perfectly for the French Internationals Emmanuel Petit & Patrick Vieira as the Gunners stars playerd their part in the France's victorious World Cup campaign.
The Club also said goodbye to striking legend Ian Wright, who left Arsenal as record goalscorer with 185 goals in all competitions.

In 2001/02, The Gunners prove another momentous, recordbreaking season for the Club. Arsenal completed the first leg of their third ?double? by beating Chelsea 2-0 in the FA Cup Final, and ended the season with a 13-game winning streak. The 12th Championship was made secure with a game to spare courtesy of a memorable 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Arsenal were unbeaten away from home for the entire league campaign.

The following season Arsenal narrowly missed out on retaining the title but the Gunners became the first English club in more than 20 years to retain the FA Cup with their 1-0 victory over Southampton at Cardiff. Thierry Henry was voted player of the season by the PFA and the Football Writers? Association. Season 2003/2004 saw Arsenal win back the title in unbeatable fashion - managing to go though the entire league season without a single defeat. Finishing 11 points ahead of second-place Chelsea, Arsenal smashed several records on the way to their 13th league title win.

Spanish youngster Cesc Fabregas arrived in January and by the end of the season he had broken the records for the youngest Arsenal player and goalscorer. The Club, playing some mesmerising attacking football, were also close to an unprecedented fourth ?double? but lost in the FA Cup semi-final. The Champions League campaign came to an end at the quarter-final stage The unbeaten run continued into the following season, and in August 2004 Arsenal overtook Nottingham Forest?s record for the longest all-time unbeaten sequence in English league football. The tally eventually reached 49 games.

The Gunners made it five trophies in four seasons by winning the FA Cup following a penalty shoot-out success over Manchester United. Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira converted the decisive spot-kick, and it proved to be his final kick for the Club, as he left after nine years? service to join Juventus shortly afterwards. The 2005/06 campaign will be Arsenal?s final season at Highbury, the Club?s home since 1913.

On Thursday, May 18 2006, Arsenal leave their 93's old Highbury & move to their new home, Emirates Stadium.

*Emirates Stadium*
#Capacity(60,000)
-26,500 fans on the Upper Level
-24,200 fans on the Lower Level
-7,100 seats exist on Club Level
-2,200 seats on Box Level
-128 seats on the Directors' Box
-168 seats in the Diamond Club
-500 spaces for disabled fans
-215 for the press
-Btwn 1,500-9,000 seats reserved for away fans.