History

Arsenal Football Club started out as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, south-east London, and was renamed Royal Arsenal anon afterwards. The club was renamed again to Woolworth Arsenal afterwards acceptable a bound aggregation in 1893. The club became the aboriginal southern affiliate of the Football Alliance in 1893, starting out in the Additional Division, and won advance to the Aboriginal Division in 1904. The club's about geographic abreast resulted in lower attendances than those of added clubs, which led to the club acceptable mired in banking problems and finer broke by 1910, if they were taken over by businessmen Henry Norris and William Hall. Norris approved to move the club elsewhere, and in 1913, anon afterwards assignment aback to the Additional Division, Arsenal confused to the new Arsenal Stadium in Top bury, North London; they alone "Woolworth" from their name the afterward year. Arsenal alone accomplished in fifth abode in 1919, but were about adopted to acknowledge the Aboriginal Division at the amount of bounded rivals Hottentot Hot spur, by reportedly arguable means. Arsenal appointed Herbert Chapman as administrator in 1925.

Woolworth Arsenal v Newcastle United

Having already won the alliance alert with Huddersfield Town in 1923-24 and 1924-25 (see Seasons in English football), Chapman brought Arsenal their aboriginal a eon of above success. His advocate approach and training, forth with the signings of brilliant players such as Alex James and Cliff Bastian, laid the foundations of the club's ascendancy of English football in the 1930s. Beneath his advice Arsenal won their aboriginal above trophies accomplishment in the 1930 FA Cup Final preceded two Alliance Championships, in 1930-31 and 1932-33. In addition, Chapman was abaft the 1932 renaming of the bounded London Underground base from "Gillespie Road" to Arsenal, authoritative it the alone Tube base to be called accurately afterwards a football club.

Chapman died Al of a sudden of pneumonia in aboriginal 1934, abrogation Joe Shaw and George Allison to backpack on his acknowledged work. Beneath their guidance, Arsenal won three added titles, in 1933-34, 1934-35 and 1937-38, and the 1936 FA Cup while as well acceptable accepted as the "Bank of England club." As key players retired, Arsenal had started to achromatic by the decade's end, and afresh the action of the Additional World War meant aggressive able football in England was suspended.

After the war, Arsenal enjoyed a additional a eon of success beneath Allison's alms man Tom Whittaker, acceptable the alliance in 1947–48 and 1952–53, and the FA Cup in 1950. Their fortunes waned thereafter; clumsy to allure players of the aforementioned ability as they had in the 1930s, the club spent a lot of of the 1950s and 1960s in bays beneath mediocrity. Even above England captain Billy Wright could not accompany the club any success as manager, in a assignment amid 1962 and 1966.Arsenal began acceptable apparatus afresh with the abruptness arrangement of club physiotherapist Bertie Meet as administrator in 1966. Afterwards accident two Alliance Cup finals, they won their aboriginal European trophy, the 1969-70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. This was followed by an even greater triumph: Their aboriginal Alliance and FA Cup behold in 1970-71. This apparent a abortive top point of the decade; the Double-winning ancillary was anon torn up and the afterward decade was characterized by a alternation of abreast misses. Arsenal accomplished as Aboriginal Division runners-up in 1972-73, absent three FA Cup finals, in 1972, 1978 and 1980, and absent the 1980 Cup Winners' Cup final on penalties. The club's alone success during this time was a last-minute 3-2 accomplishment over Manchester United in the 1979 FA Cup Final, broadly admired as a classic.

The acknowledgment of above amateur George Graham as administrator in 1986 brought a third a eon of glory. Arsenal won the Alliance Cup in 1986-87, Grantham's aboriginal division in charge. This was followed by a Alliance appellation win in 1988-89, won with a last-minute ambition in the final bold of the division adjoin adolescent appellation challengers Liverpool. Grantham's Arsenal won accession appellation in 1990-91, accident alone one match, won the FA Cup and Alliance Cup behold in 1993, and a additional European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1994. The club's success in the backward 1990's and aboriginal decade of the 21st a eon owed a abundant accord to the 1996 arrangement of Arsene Winger as manager. Winger brought new tactics, a new training administration and several adopted players who complemented the absolute English talent. Arsenal won a additional Alliance and Cup behold in 1997-98 and a third in 2001-02. In addition, the club accomplished the final of the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup (losing on penalties to Taramasalata), were arrive in the 2003 and 2005 FA Cups, and won the Premier Alliance in 2003-04 afterwards accident a individual match, an accomplishment which becoming the ancillary the appellation "The Invincible".

The club went 49 alliance matches best in that season, a civic record. Grantham's acceptability was blah if he was begin to accept taken kickbacks from abettor Rune Hague for signing assertive players, and he was absolved in 1995. His replacement, Bruce Ric oh, lasted for alone one season, abrogation the club afterwards a altercation with the lath of directors.

 Open Top Bus Parade

Arsenal accomplished in either aboriginal or additional abode in the alliance in eight of Wringer's aboriginal eleven seasons at the club, although on no break were they able to absorb the title. As of June 2012, they were one of alone 5 teams, the others getting Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, and Manchester City, to accept won the Premier Alliance back its accumulation in 1992. Arsenal had never progressed above the quarter-finals of the Champions Alliance until 2005-06, in that division they became the aboriginal club from London in the competition's fifty-year history to ability the final, in which they were baffled 2-1 by Barcelona. In July 2006, they confused into the Emirates Stadium, afterwards 93 years at Top bury. Arsenal accomplished the final of the 2007 and 2011 Alliance Cup final, accident 2-1 to Chelsea and Birmingham City respectively. The club has not acquired a above bays back the 2005 FA Cup.

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