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Quick Facts: |
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Nickname:
Gunners
Founded: 1886
Clothing: Nike
Sponsor: 02
Stadium: Highbury (attendance: 38500) |
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Club Honors |
»Fairs
Cup (now known as UEFA Cup) winners: 1970
»European Cup Winners Cup winners: 1994
»League Champions: 1930-31, 1932-33,
1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89,
1990-91, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04
»Charity / Community Shield winners: 1930, 1931,
1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
»F.A. Cup winners: 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003
»League Cup winners: 1987,1993
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History |
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London's most successful FA Premier League club
was formed by workers at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and was
initially known as Dial Square before adopting the name Royal
Arsenal in 1886. Renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1891, they moved to
Highbury in 1913 and dropped the prefix. They had to wait until
the 1930s for their first period of sustained success when five
Division One championships were won under Herbert Chapman and
George Allison. Another pair of league trophies were lifted soon
after the Second World War before further success arrived with
the league and FA Cup Double in 1971. More near misses came
before George Graham, a hero of 1971, was named manager in 1986
and the glory days returned. Two league titles, two League Cups,
the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup were garnered
during his nine-year reign. Frenchman Arsene Wenger was named
Gunners boss in 1996 and the roll of honour continued. A first
FA Premier League title made up half of the club's second Double
in 1998. Their second FA Premier League title in 2002 - when
they ended the season on a 28-game domestic unbeaten run - was
also coupled with victory in the FA Cup final. |
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