Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Fitbaa Club (pronounced /ˈɑrsənəl, ˈɑrsnəl/; aften simply kent as Arsenal or The Arsenal, or bi their nickname The Gunners) is an Inglis professional fitbaa club based in Holloway, North Lunnon. Arsenal plays in the Premier League an is ane o the maist successful clubs in Inglis fitbaa, haein wan 13 First Division an Premier League titles an 10 FA Cups. They hold the record for the langest uninterrupted period in the Inglis top flight an ar the anerlie side tae hae completed a Premier League season unbeaten.
Arsenal Fitbaa Club wis foondit in 1886, an in 1893 became the first club frae the sooth o Ingland tae join the Fitbaa League. In the 1930s they wan their first major trophies: five League Championship titles an twa FA Cup trophies. Efter a lean period in the post-war years they became the seicont club o the 20t century tae win the League and FA Cup Double, in the 1970–71 saison, an in the 1990s an 2000s recorded a series o successes – during this time Arsenal wan a Cup Double, twa further League an FA Cup Doubles, an became the first Lunnon club tae reach the UEFA Champions League Final.
The club's colours, traditionally red an white, hae evolved over time. Similarly, the club hae moved location; foondit in Woolwich, sooth-east Lunnon, in 1913 they moved north across the ceety tae Arsenal Stadium, in Highbury. In 2006 they made a shorter move, tae the Emirates Stadium in nearbi Holloway.
Arsenal hae an estimated 27 million supporters worldwide, and the fans have lang-standin rivalries wi several ither clubs; the maist notable o these is wi neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, wi whom they regularly contest the North Lunnon derby. Arsenal ar also the third maist valuable club in the warld as o 2010, valued at $1.2 billion. The club hae regularly featured in portrayals o footbaa in Breetish culture. Arsenal Ladies ar the maist successful Inglish club in women's fitbaa an ar also affiliated wi the club.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Domestic
- First Division (till 1992) an Premier League
- Winners (13): 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
- Runners-up (8): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1972–73, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05
- Runners-up (1): 1903–04
- Winners (10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Runners-up (7): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001
- FA Community Shield (FA Charity Shield afore 2002)
- Winners (12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
- Runners-up (7): 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005
[edit] European
- Runners-up (1): 2006
- Winners (1): 1970
- Runners-up (1): 2000
- Runners-up (1): 1994
Arsenal's tally o thirteen League Championships is the third hichtest in Inglis fitbaa, efter Liverpool an Manchester Unitit, while the total o ten FA Cups is the seicont hichtest, efter Manchester Unitit. Arsenal hae achieved three League an FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 an 2002), a record shared wi Manchester Unitit, an in 1993 wur the first side in Inglis fitbaa tae complete the FA Cup an League Cup double. They wur also the first Lunnon club tae reach the final o the UEFA Champions League, in 2006.
Arsenal hae ane o the best top-flight records in heestory, haein finished below fowerteent anerlie seiven times. Arsenal also hae the hichtest average league finishin position for the period 1900–1999, wi an average league placin o 8.5. In addition, they ar ane o anerlie sax clubs tae hae wan the FA Cup twice in succession, in 2002 an 2003.
