Arsenal Football Club, the ‘Gunners’ were founded in 1886,
128 years ago. Originally the great
North London team were actually based in South London. The team was formed by
some of the Royal Arsenal workers in Woolwich, hence the name ‘Gunners’. These workers named the side Dial
Square. Seven years later the team
became a limited company and changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal.
In 1904 the team were promoted to the First Division. However, low crowd attendance (largely due to
the location and isolated area) caused the club to have financial troubles and
by 1910 they were near bankrupt. At this
time two local businessmen bought the company, Henry Norris and William Hall. The new owners saw the problem of the team’s
location and shrewdly moved the side north of the river to Highbury and dropped
the ‘Woolwich’ from the side name. Arsenal
was here and in their new Arsenal stadium.
After finishing just 5th in the Second Division
Arsenal were still promoted at the expense of another local team, Tottenham
Hotspurs. The manner of this promotion is reportedly dubious and today the two teams’
great rivalry continues strong.
Arsenal is the only team to have completed a Premier league
season unbeaten across 38 matches, achieved in the 2003/04 season. The have the
longest unbeaten run in total at 49 games.
This great side have claimed 13 League Championships, 10 F.A. Cups and 3
League & F.A. cup doubles.
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