[57] They immediately won the 1988 Football League Centenary Trophy, and followed it with the 1988–89 Football League title, snatched with a last-minute goal in the final game of the season against fellow title challengers Liverpool. However, in that same season, Arsenal finished in the fifth position in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since before Wenger arrived in 1996. These teams still wear those designs to this day. Arsenal reached the final of the 2007 and 2011 League Cups, losing 2–1 to Chelsea and Birmingham City respectively. On 3 September 2016 The Arsenal Foundation has donated £1m to build football pitches for children in London, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan and Somalia thanks to The Arsenal Foundation Legends Match against Milan Glorie at the Emirates Stadium. Red & White Securities was co-owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and Iranian London-based financier Farhad Moshiri, though Usmanov bought Moshiri's stake in 2016. [b] Later that year, The Arsenal started dropping "The" in official documents, gradually shifting its name for the final time towards Arsenal, as it is generally known today. [87][88][89] View the latest comprehensive Arsenal FC match stats, along with a season by season archive, on the official website of the Premier League. Upon joining the Football League in 1893, the club returned to the Manor Ground and installed stands and terracing, upgrading it from just a field. The following season, Arsenal returned to the yellow and blue scheme, albeit with a darker shade of blue than before. [31][25], Arsenal were not to win the League or the FA Cup for another 18 years. [175] The book was twice adapted for the cinema – the 1997 British film focuses on Arsenal's 1988–89 title win, and a 2005 American version features a fan of baseball's Boston Red Sox. [10] The long standing Latin motto of the club is "Victoria Concordia Crescit" ("Victory Through Harmony"). [230], When the FA Cup was the only national football association competition available to Arsenal, the other football association competitions were County Cups, and they made up many of the matches the club played during a season. [190] [31], Highbury could hold more than 60,000 spectators at its peak, and had a capacity of 57,000 until the early 1990s. [55][56], One of Bertie Mee's double winners, George Graham, returned as manager in 1986, with Arsenal winning their first League Cup in 1987, Graham's first season in charge. In addition to the usual English football chants, supporters sing "One-Nil to the Arsenal" (to the tune of "Go West"). They went a record total stretch of 995 minutes without letting an opponent score; the streak ended in the final, when Samuel Eto'o scored a 76th-minute equaliser for Barcelona. [78] After another unspectacular league season the following year, Wenger announced his departure from the club on 20 April 2018, after 22 years as manager. [183] On 3 June 2018 Arsenal will play Real Madrid in the Corazon Classic Match 2018 at the Bernabeu, where the proceeds will go to Real Madrid Foundation projects that are aimed at the most vulnerable children. He joined from Manchester City having worked there as an assistant manager. [3][193][194] Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the 20th century, with an average league placement of 8.5. Arsenal Women is the women's football club affiliated to Arsenal. He’s an intelligent footballer. Until the 1960s, a badge was worn on the playing shirt only for high-profile matches such as FA Cup finals, usually in the form of a monogram of the club's initials in red on a white background. They won a third FA Cup in 1950, and then won a record-breaking seventh championship in 1952–53. Billionaire Gets Full Control of Arsenal, Buying Out Russian Rival", "What is the Optimal Method to Value a Football Club? Arsenal's financial results for the 2014–15 season show group revenue of £344.5m, with a profit before tax of £24.7m. [109] [140] The club's social media activity was the fifth highest in world football during the 2014–15 season. [71] This latter feat came within a run of 49 league matches unbeaten from 7 May 2003 to 24 October 2004, a national record.[72]. Before that the club used facilities on a nearby site owned by the University College of London Students' Union. 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Arsenal's Academy under-18 teams play their home matches at Shenley, while the reserves play their games at Meadow Park,[130] which is also the home of Boreham Wood F.C. During this period the designs have been either all blue designs, or variations on the traditional yellow and blue, such as the metallic gold and navy strip used in the 2001–02 season, the yellow and dark grey used from 2005 to 2007, and the yellow and maroon of 2010 to 2013. In terms of revenue, Arsenal is the ninth highest-earning football club in the world, earned €487.6m in 2016–17 season. The club's previous manager was Unai Emery, who was appointed in May 2018. The cannon once again faces east and the club's name is written in a sans-serif typeface above the cannon. [9] Arsenal and Deloitte both list the match day revenue generated by the Emirates Stadium as £100.4m, more than any other football stadium in the world. Consequently, Arsenal have a significant number of fans from beyond London and all over the world; in 2007, 24 UK, 37 Irish and 49 other overseas supporters clubs were affiliated with the club. By 1988, new signings Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon and Steve Bould had joined the club to complete the "famous Back Four" led by existing player Tony Adams. The crest was all white, surrounded by 15 oak leaves to the right and 15 laurel leaves to the left. Regardless of which story is true, the red and white shirts have come to define Arsenal and the team have worn the combination ever since, aside from two seasons. [176], Arsenal have often been stereotyped as a defensive and "boring" side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s;[177][178] many comedians, such as Eric Morecambe, made jokes about this at the team's expense. However, in 1968 the FA banned navy shirts (they looked too similar to referees' black kit) so in the 1969–70 season, Arsenal introduced an away kit of yellow shirts with blue shorts. [168][170] His permanent replacement, Bruce Rioch, lasted for only one season, leaving the club after a dispute with the board of directors. [129] The Deloitte Football Money League is a publication that homogenises and compares clubs' annual revenue. [61], The club metamorphosed during the long tenure of manager Arsène Wenger, appointed in 1996. For more stories like this, check our sport page. [192] They have been in the top flight for the most consecutive seasons (95 as of 2020–21). [174] [48] Although Arsenal were competitive during these years, their fortunes had waned; the club spent most of the 1950s and 1960s in midleague mediocrity.
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