Arsenal as the Gunners

Arsenal usually called as The Gunners. The club was formed by a group of workers from an armament factory from the Woolwich firm, Royal Arsenal. The original name of the club was taken from one of the workshops of the firm as Dial Square in 1986 but later renamed as Royal Arsenal. In 1893 they joined and started out in the Football League as Woolwich Arsenal as a professional team in the second division and won promotion for first division to 1904.

In 1913 they moved to Arsenal stadium in Highbury, North London and soon they left Woolwich and called as Arsenal. In 1992 Arsenal joined as one of the club member in the premier league. Arsenal is one of the richest clubs in English football.

Finance

Arsenal holding public limited company operates as a non quoted public limited company with Arsenal club share of 45% among board of directors. The highest share holder on the board is Danny Fiszman with 24.1% and Nina Bracewell-smith 15.9%.

The rest is owned by the Fellow director Richard Carr and club chairman Peter Hill-Wood with 4.4% and 0.8%, with all other directors holding nominal amounts. About 62,217 shares have been issued in Arsenal.

Arsenal has been ranked as third most valuable football team in the market in April 2008 by business magazine Forbes.

Kit Colors

In much of home matches they have been bright red shirts with white shorts, since from 1886 the choice of red is a recognized as charitable donation from Nottingham Forest.

The color of the Arsenal for away matches is yellow and blue, for lucrative. Arsenal's current third kit for the seasons consists of white shirts with redcurrant shorts and hooped white and redcurrant socks.

Stadiums in Arsenal

Arsenal had played majority of times in Manor Ground in Plumstead until the move to north London in 1913.From September 1913 to May 2006 home matches have been played at Highbury stadium. As the spectators has increased to 60,000 until early 1990’s. Further the Taylor report and primer league regulations forced Arsenal to reduce the number of seats for hoarding the advertisement, which will further reduce the number of seats in the champion’s league.

Hence the expansion of Highbury stadium is required but it was restricted by East stand which has been designated as Grade II listed building and the other three stands were close to residents.

After considering various options, Ashburton Grove stadium has been selected which is about 500 meters from Highbury stadium with a capacity of 60,000-seater stadium. Since the sponsorship was made by Emirates airlines the Ashburton Grove stadium was renamed as Emirates stadium until at least 2012 and the airline will be the club's shirt sponsor until the end of the 2013–14 seasons. Arsenal training was opened in 2000 which is located at Shenley, Hertfordshire.

Arsenal Team Records

• In between 1975 to 1993 David O’Leary had appeared 722 first-team matches.
• Former Captain Tony Adams comes second who had played 699 times.
• For goal keeper David Seaman represents with 563 appearances.
• Thierry Henry takes away the highest goal scorer with 226 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007. Ian Wright’s has pushed to second with a total of 185 goals.

Coacher and Successes of Arsenal team

As The Gunners joined the Second Division in 1893 and were promoted in 1904. They started Succeeding after the arrival of Herbert Chapman in 1925 they won the league five times between 1930 and 1938 and the FA Cup twice.

After the death of Chapman in 1934, Arsenal has been eluded until the 1970s for their next period of success. But henceforth their first double in 1971 was followed by several near-misses - finishing second in 1972, and losing three FA Cup finals and after they won 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup final.

As ex-player George Graham became the manager the club roses to greatness again and won six trophies during his nine-year reign. This includes League Cup success in 1987 and 1993, the FA Cup in 1993, the league title in 1989 and 1991 and European Cup Winners' Cup in 1994. Arsenal holds the record of the most consecutive seasons in the top flight - 80 at present.