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Vestígios de Polónio 210 no estádio do Arsenal

COMPATRIOTAS DO EX-ESPIÃO RUSSO VIRAM JOGO ENTRE OS INGLESES E O CSKA

 

Os investigadores britânicos encontraram vestígios de polónio 210 no estádio do Arsenal, adversário do FC Porto na Liga dos Campeões. A Agência de Protecção da Saúde assegura, no entanto, que as quantidades encontradas desta substância radioactiva são mínimas "quase impossíveis de detectar" e não "constituem perigo para a saúde pública."

 

A inspecção ao estádio londrino foi levada a cabo no âmbito da investigação da morte do ex-espião russo Alexander Litvinenko no passado dia 23 de Novembro, alegadamente envenenado com polónio 210.

 

No dia 1 de Novembro, dois compatriotas de Litvinenko assistiram ao encontro entre o Arsenal e o CSKA para a liga milionária, após se terem encontrado com o ex-agente secreto num hotel de Londres. Entretanto, as autoridades britânicas já estão a analisar duas luxuosas unidades hoteleiras da cadeia Parkes Hotel.

 

Até ao momento foram encontradas duas pessoas com vestígios de polónio 210, o italiano Mario Scaramella, que se reuniu com Litvinenko no dia em que deu entrada no hospital, e um familiar adulto do antigo coronel dos serviços secretos russos, que a Comunicação Social tem identificado como a sua mulher, Marina.

[Guest Destroyer]

holy shit. Vou ver o jogo do porto hoje. E se um adepto do Arsenal tem essa porcaria e com o ar isso pega? f*da-se eu não quero morrer envenenado

[kareca]

:lol:

[Guest LeoDB]

holy shit. Vou ver o jogo do porto hoje. E se um adepto do Arsenal tem essa porcaria e com o ar isso pega? (censurado)-se eu não quero morrer envenenado

 

Não se "pega" pelo ar. :wink:

[jmgv]

holy shit. Vou ver o jogo do porto hoje. E se um adepto do Arsenal tem essa porcaria e com o ar isso pega? (censurado)-se eu não quero morrer envenenado

 

Não se "pega" pelo ar. :wink:

 

claro que se 'pega' .. então não viste a quantidade deles que têm morrido nas terras da rainha!!

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Pois é pessoal...As equipas inglesas estiveram todas em grande na champions pois acabaram todas em primeiro nos respectivos grupos...Sem que nenhuma tivesse feito até ao momento uma prova brilhante,todas cumpriram o objectivo...a nota mais talvez vá para o Chelsea pois tinha o Barça no seu grupo e conseguiu não perder nenhum jogo com eles...quanto ao Arsenal e Man Utd,dificultaram o que parecia ser fácil e viram-se com o nó na garganta para a ultima jornada,quando podiam enfrentá-la já qualificados(nota para os desaires do Arsenal com o CSKA e para as derrotas do Man Utd com Celtic e Copenhaga).O Liverpool,só podia mesmo vencer o grupo...com uma oposição acessivel como o Bordéus e Galatasaray e um PSV que já não tem nada a ver com o de Hiddink...

 

Agora é esperar pelo sorteio da Champions para ver quais os adversários das equipas inglesas sendo que a evitar temos o Barcelona,Inter,Real Madrid e FC Porto...e mais acessiveis são o Lille,Celtic,PSV e Roma...

 

Já agora,os outros vencedores dos grupos foram o Bayern,Valência,Milan e Lyon...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Na Taça UEFA não há muito por comentar em relação ás equipas inglesas visto que já se qualificaram todas para a próxima ronda.

O Newcastle garantiu o 1º lugar do grupo e descansa hoje...O Blackburn receberá o Nancy para discutir o primeiro lugar do grupo tal como o Tottenham também vai querer segurar esse posto na recepção ao Din.Bucareste...

 

Os jogos realizam-se para a semana(Blackburn a 13 e Tottenham a 14 de Dezembro)...

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Wed - 06 Dec 06

 

N'castle 3 - 2 Reading

 

West Ham 0 - 2 Wigan

 

Tue - 05 Dec 06

 

Charlton 1 - 0 Blackb'n

 

Tot'ham 2 - 1 M'brough

 

 

Classificação após 16 jornadas

 

1º-Man Utd 16 41

2º-Chelsea 35 (-1 jogo)

3º-Arsenal 25 (-1 jogo)

4º-Portsmouth 25

5º-Liverpool 25

6º-Reading 25

7º-Everton 24

8º-Aston Villa 24

9º-Bolton 24

10º-Tottenham 22

11º-Wigan 21 (-1 jogo)

12º-Man City 20

13º-Fulham 20

14º-Blackburn 16 (-1 jogo)

15º-Newcastle 16 (-1 jogo)

16º-M'brough 16

17º-Sheff Utd 16

18º-West Ham 14

19º-Charlton 12

20º-Watford 10 (-1jogo)

 

 

Para as classificações das divisões inferiores em Inglaterra e outras competições cliquem em baixo:

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...mpDiv1LatestRes

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...mpDiv2LatestRes

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...mpDiv3LatestRes

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...mpReservesNorth

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...mpReservesSouth

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...cademyLatestRes

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...CompFACupRound3

 

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...CupQuarterFinal

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Vá lá.uma semi-alegria por parte do Arsenal...um empate em casa do "Todo-Poderoso" Chelsea...é óptimo...mas o título já lá vai...

 

Deixo-vos os autores dos golos...

 

 

 

Go Gunners.........

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Resultados

 

 

Man Utd 3 - 1 Man City

 

 

Liverpool 4 - 0 Fulham

 

 

Blackburn 1 - 3 Newcastle

 

 

Portsmouth 2 - 0 Everton

 

 

M'brough 1 - 1 Wigan

 

 

Tottenham 5 - 1 Charlton

 

 

Watford 0 - 0 Reading

 

 

Bolton 4 - 0 West Ham

 

 

Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal

 

 

Hoje

 

vs

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Boas pessoal...tenho observado um interesse cada vez menor na Premier League(pelo menos em comentários) e por isso mesmo venho tentar inovar este tópico.Assim,para que possamos conhecer melhor as equipas da Premiership,vou dedicar uma semana a cada uma delas e espero pela vossa colaboração com comentários,imagens,informação e tudo mais o que tiverem sobre as equipas.

 

Começaremos com o Arsenal FC e seguiremos por ordem alfabética até ao Wigan...espero pela vossa colaboração...

 

See ya soon...

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Semana do

 

 

 

Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. They play in the FA Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football. Arsenal have won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles, ten FA Cups and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final. Arsenal are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

 

History

Arsenal were founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, but were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards. They renamed themselves again to Woolwich Arsenal after turning professional in 1891. The club joined the Football League in 1893, starting out in the Second Division, and won promotion to the First Division in 1904. However, the club's geographic isolation resulted in lower attendances than those of other clubs, which led to the club becoming mired in financial problems. In 1913, soon after relegation back to the Second Division, they moved across the Thames to the new Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, North London. They dropped "Woolwich" from their name the following year, thus becoming one of only two Football League teams not named after a place, the other being Port Vale. Arsenal only finished in fifth place in 1919, but nevertheless were elected to rejoin the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, by reportedly dubious means.

In 1925, Arsenal appointed the highly successful Herbert Chapman as manager. Chapman had won the league with Huddersfield Town in 1924 and 1925, and he brought Arsenal their first period of major success. His revolutionary tactics and training, along with the signings of star players such as Alex James and Cliff Bastin, laid the foundations of the club's domination of English football in the 1930s. Between 1930 and 1938, Arsenal won the First Division five times and the FA Cup twice, although Chapman did not live to see all of these achievements, as he died of pneumonia in 1934; George Allison succeded him. In addition, Chapman was reportedly behind the 1932 renaming of the local London Underground station from "Gillespie Road" to "Arsenal", making it the only Tube station to be named specifically after a football club.

Following the suspension of English professional football during World War II, under Tom Whittaker Arsenal won the league in 1948 and 1953, and the FA Cup in 1950. However, after that their fortunes waned; unable to attract players of the same calibre as they had in the 1930s, the club spent most of the 1950s and 1960s in trophyless mediocrity. Even former England captain Billy Wright could not bring the club any success as manager, in a stint between 1962 and 1966.

Arsenal's second successful era began with the surprise appointment of club physiotherapist Bertie Mee as manager in 1966. After losing two League Cup finals, they won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, their first European trophy, in 1970. This was followed by an even greater triumph: their first League and FA Cup double in 1971. However, the following decade was characterised by a series of near misses. Arsenal finished as First Division runners-up in 1973, lost three FA Cup finals (1972, 1978 and 1980) and lost the 1980 Cup Winners' Cup final on penalties. The club's only success during this time was an FA Cup win in 1979, with a last-minute 3–2 victory over Manchester United that is widely regarded as a classic.

The return of former player George Graham as manager in 1986 brought a third period of glory. Arsenal won the League Cup in 1987, Graham's first season in charge. This was followed by a League title win in 1989, won with a last-minute goal in the final game of the season against fellow title challengers Liverpool. Graham's Arsenal won another title in 1991, losing only one match, the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1993 and a second European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1994. However, Graham's reputation was tarnished when it was revealed that he had taken kickbacks from agent Rune Hauge for signing certain players,[3] and he was sacked in 1995. His replacement, Bruce Rioch, lasted for only one season, leaving the club after a dispute over transfer funds.

The club's success in the late 1990s and 2000s owes a great deal to the appointment of manager Arsène Wenger in 1996. Wenger brought new tactics, a new training regime and several foreign players who complemented the existing English talent. Arsenal won a second league and cup double in 1998 and a third in 2002. In addition, the club reached the final of the 2000 UEFA Cup (losing on penalties to Galatasaray), were victorious in the 2003 and 2005 FA Cups, and won the Premier League in 2004 without losing a single match, which earned the side the nickname "The Invincibles";[4] in all, the club went 49 league matches unbeaten, a national record.

Arsenal have finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's ten seasons at the club. They are one of only four teams (along with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea) to have won the Premier League since its formation in 1993, although they have failed to retain the title each time they have been champions. Until recently, Arsenal had never progressed beyond the Champions League quarter-finals; in 2005–06 however, they reached the competition's Final (the first club from London to do so in the competition's fifty year history), but were beaten 2-1 by FC Barcelona.

 

Stadiums

For the majority of their time in south-east London, Arsenal played at the Manor Ground in Plumstead, a three-year period at the nearby Invicta Ground between 1890 and 1893 excepted. The Manor Ground was initially just a field, but the club installed stands and terracing in time for their first Football League match in September 1893. They played there for the next twenty years, until the move to north London in 1913.

Arsenal Stadium, widely referred to as Highbury, was Arsenal's home from September 1913 until May 2006. The original stadium was designed by the renowned football architect Archibald Leitch, and had a design common to many football grounds in the UK at the time, with a single covered stand and three open-air banks of terracing. In the 1930s, the entire stadium was given a massive overhaul, with new Art Deco East and West stands constructed, and roofs added to the North Bank and Clock End terraces. At its peak, Highbury could hold over 60,000 spectators, and had a capacity of 57,000 until the early 1990s. The Taylor Report and Premier League regulations forced Arsenal to convert Highbury into an all-seater in time for the 1993–94 season, reducing the capacity to 38,419 seated spectators.[11] This capacity had to be reduced further during Champions League matches to accommodate additional advertising hoardings, so much so that for two seasons (1998–99 and 1999–00) Arsenal played Champions League home matches at Wembley, which could house more than 70,000 spectators.

Expansion of Highbury was restricted because the East Stand had been designated as a Grade II listed building and the other three stands were close to residential properties whose owners objected to expansion. These limitations have prevented the club from maximising the revenue that their domestic form could have brought in recent seasons. After considering various options, Arsenal decided in 1999 to build a new 60,000-seater stadium at Ashburton Grove (since renamed the Emirates Stadium), about 500 metres south-west of Highbury. The project was initially delayed by red tape and rising costs, but construction was completed in July 2006, in time for the start of the 2006–07 season. The stadium is named after its sponsors, the airline company Emirates, with whom the club signed the largest sponsorship deal in English football history, worth approximately £100 million;[12] however some fans refer to the ground as Ashburton Grove, or the Grove, as they do not agree with corporate sponsorship of stadium names.[13] The stadium will be officially known as Emirates Stadium until at least 2021, and the airline will be the club's shirt sponsor until the end of the 2013–14 season.

 

 

 

 

Highbury Park

 

 

 

 

 

Emirates Stadium

 

 

 

 

Supporters

Arsenal have a large and generally loyal fanbase, with virtually all home matches selling out; in 2005-06, Arsenal had the sixth-highest average attendance in England (38,184).[14] Arsenal fans often refer to themselves as "Gooners", the name being derived from the team's nickname, "The Gunners". The club's location, adjoining both wealthy areas such as Canonbury and Barnsbury, mixed areas such as Finsbury Park and Highbury, and largely working class areas such as Holloway and Stoke Newington has meant that Arsenal's supporters have come from across the usual class divides. Additionally, Arsenal have the highest proportion (7.7%) of non-white attending supporters of any club in English football, according to a 2002 report.[15]

 

Like all major English football clubs, Arsenal have a number of domestic supporters' clubs, including the Official Arsenal Football Supporters Club, which is affiliated with the club, and the Arsenal Independent Supporters' Association, which maintains an independent line. The club's supporters also publish fanzines such as The Gooner, Highbury High, Gunflash and the less cerebral Up The Arse!. In addition to the usual English football chants, Arsenal's supporters sing "One-Nil to the Arsenal" (to the tune of "Go West") and "Boring, Boring Arsenal", which used to be a common taunt from opposition fans but is now sung ironically by Arsenal supporters when the team is playing well.

 

In recent times, a supporter's attachment to a football club has become less dependent on geography, and Arsenal now have many fans not just from London but all over England and the world. While there have always been small pockets of supporters abroad, Arsenal's support base has widened considerably with the advent of satellite television, and there are now significant supporters' clubs worldwide. A 2005 report by Granada Ventures, which owns a 9.9% stake in the club, estimated Arsenal's global fanbase at 27 million, the third largest in the world.[16]

 

Arsenal's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbours, Tottenham Hotspur, with matches between the two being referred to as North London derbies. Matches against other London sides, such as Chelsea and West Ham United are also derbies, but the rivalry is not as intense as that between Arsenal and Tottenham. In addition, Arsenal and Manchester United have had a strong on-pitch rivalry since the late 1980s, which has intensified in recent years when both clubs have been competing for the Premier League title.

 

Ownership

Arsenal's parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company. Arsenal's ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs. Only 62,217 shares in Arsenal have been issued, and they are not traded on a public exchange such as the FTSE or AIM; instead, they are traded infrequently on PLUS, a specialist market. As of December 2006, Arsenal's market capitalization value is £304.9m,[17] and the club made a pre-tax profit of £15.9m in the year ending May 31, 2006.[18]

 

Arsenal's board of directors hold the majority of the club's shares, controlling over 60% of share capital. Currently, the club's largest shareholders are Danny Fiszman (a London diamond dealer) and Nina Bracewell-Smith (wife of the grandson of former chairman Sir Bracewell Smith), who hold 25.2% and 15.9% respectively. Vice-chairman David Dein holds 14.6% and fellow director Richard Carr has 4.4%, while club chairman Peter Hill-Wood owns less than 1%.[18] In recent years, with Arsenal becoming a significant media asset, outside organisations have bought into the club. These include entertainment firm Granada Ventures (a subsidiary of ITV plc) (9.9%) and hedge fund Lansdowne Partners (2.7%); Lansdowne used to have a stake in Manchester United before selling it to Malcolm Glazer.[19] In September 2006 an unknown investor bought 700 shares (just over 1% of the club), prompting speculation of a takeover bid,[20] but ultimately no bid was forthcoming.

 

 

Arsenal in popular culture

As one of the most successful teams in the country, Arsenal have often featured when football is depicted in British culture and have appeared in a number of media "firsts". On January 22, 1927, their match at Highbury against Sheffield United was the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio.[21] A decade later, on September 16, 1937, an exhibition match between Arsenal's first team and the reserves was the first ever football match to be televised live.[22]

 

Arsenal also formed the backdrop to one of the earliest football-related films, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939). The film is centred on a friendly match between Arsenal and an amateur side, one of whose players is poisoned whilst playing. Many Arsenal players appeared as themselves, although only manager George Allison was given a speaking part.

 

More recently, the book Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby was an autobiographical account of Hornby's life and relationship with football and Arsenal in particular. Published in 1992, it formed part of, and may have played an active part in, the revival and rehabilitation of football in British society during the 1990s. The book was later made into a film starring Colin Firth, which centred on the club's 1988–89 title win. The book also inspired an American film adaptation, about a fan of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox.

 

Arsenal have often been stereotyped as a defensive and "boring" side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s; many comedians, such as Eric Morecambe, made jokes about this at the team's expense. The theme was repeated in the 1997 film The Full Monty, in a scene where the lead actors move in a line and raise their hands, deliberately mimicking the Arsenal defence's offside trap, in an attempt to co-ordinate their stripping. Another film reference to the club's defence comes in the film Plunkett & Macleane, in which there are two characters named Dixon and Winterburn, named after Arsenal's long serving full backs - the right-sided Lee Dixon and the left-sided Nigel Winterburn.

 

The club have also been mentioned in several Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches, and in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where a barman remarks that the impending end of the world is a "lucky escape" for Arsenal. Additionally, in the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve, the main characters don Arsenal tracksuits as a disguise, in order to escape from a hotel during one of their European heists.

 

Arsenal have featured in popular music as well; Joe Strummer wrote the song "Tony Adams", dedicated to the then Arsenal captain, which appeared on his 1999 album Rock Art and the X-Ray Style. Strummer was also known to wear an Arsenal scarf during gigs. Additionally, Arsenal (along with arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur) receive a mention in The Pogues song "Billy's Bones", which appears on the band's second album, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.

 

 

Arsenal Ladies

Arsenal Ladies are the women's football club affiliated to Arsenal. Founded in 1987, they turned semi-professional in 2002 and are the most successful team in English women's football today. They are managed by Vic Akers, who is also kit manager for the men's side, and play in the FA Women's Premier League; Arsenal Ladies are currently reigning champions, having won their eighth title in 2006.

 

They also won the FA Women's Cup seven times, the Women's League Cup eight times, and in 2006-07 reached the final of the UEFA Women's Cup, the furthest any English women's club has ever got. While the men's and women's clubs are formally separate they have quite close ties; Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein is president of Arsenal Ladies, and they are entitled to play once a season at the Emirates Stadium (they usually play their home matches at Boreham Wood).

 

 

Statistics and records

David O'Leary holds the record for Arsenal appearances, having played 722 first-team matches between 1975 and 1993. Fellow centre half and former captain Tony Adams comes second, having played 668 times. The record for a goalkeeper is held by David Seaman, with 563 appearances.

 

Current Arsenal captain Thierry Henry is the club's top goalscorer with 220 goals in all competitions (as of October 25, 2006), having surpassed Ian Wright's total of 185 in October 2005. Wright's record had stood since 1997, a feat which overtook the longstanding total of 178 goals set by winger Cliff Bastin in 1939. Henry also holds the club record for goals scored in the League (169, as of October 25, 2006), a record that had been held by Bastin until February 2006.

 

Arsenal's record home attendance is 73,707, for a UEFA Champions League match against RC Lens on November 25, 1998 at Wembley Stadium, where Arsenal formerly played home European matches because of the limits on Highbury's capacity. The record attendance for an Arsenal match at Highbury is 73,295, for a 0-0 draw against Sunderland on 9 March 1935. The capacity of Emirates Stadium is 60,432,[1] so it is unlikely that these records will be broken in the foreseeable future.

 

Arsenal have also set records in English football, most notably the most consecutive seasons spent in the top flight (80 as of 2006-07) and the longest run of unbeaten League matches (49 between May 2003 and October 2004). This included all 38 matches of the 2003–04 season, making Arsenal only the second club ever to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten, after Preston North End (who played only 22 matches) in 1888–89.

 

Arsenal also set a UEFA Champions League record during the 2005-06 season by going ten matches without conceding a goal, beating the previous best of seven set by A.C. Milan. They went a record total stretch of 995 minutes without letting an opponent score; the streak finally ended in the final against Barcelona, when Samuel Eto'o scored Barcelona's equaliser in the 76th minute.

 

Arsenal Managers

Sam Hollis

1894 - 1897

Sam Hollis was appointed ‘secretary-manager’ of Arsenal in 1894. He was the first individual to be placed in charge of team affairs. Prior to his appointment, the team had been managed by a committee of players and club members. Hollis spent three years at the club during which time the Club remained mid-table in the Second Division. He moved on to Bristol City in the summer of 1897.

 

Thomas Brown Mitchell

1897 - 1898

Thomas Brown Mitchell was Arsenal’s first professional manager, joining the club in 1897. A Scotsman from the Dumfries area, Mitchell moved south of the border around 1867 and held the title of secretary at Blackburn Rovers for approximately 12 years. He spent less than a season at Arsenal but in that time, managed to guide the club through three FA Cup qualifying rounds before succumbing to Burnley in the first round proper. He also took the club from tenth to fifth place in the League before resigning in March 1898. Mitchell later rejoined Blackburn, where he passed away in August 1921, aged 78.

 

George Elcoat

1898 - 1899

George Elcoat, like his predecessor Thomas Brown Mitchell, only remained at Arsenal for one season. Elcoat, who hailed from Stockton-on-Tees, showed a strong preference for players north of the border as illustrated by him having eight Scotsman in his first-team at one stage. Arsenal finished seventh under his leadership but as the League has been increased to 18 teams, it was on par with the previous season. Arsenal were heavily beaten by Derby in the first round proper of the FA Cup having been given a bye to that stage.

 

Harry Bradshaw

1899 - 1904

Harry Bradshaw took over the reigns from George Elcoat and in the space of five years, had transformed the fortunes of the club. Regarded as Arsenal’s first successful manager, Bradshaw built his reputation at Burnley from 1891 to 1899 and was a clever tactician, guiding Arsenal to a top-three finish in the League in 1902/03. Bradshaw moved on to Fulham and later became secretary of the Southern League before his death in 1924.

 

Phil Kelso

1904 - 1908

Phil Kelso was a hard, rugged Scot who was a coach at Hibernian, before taking over as manager of newly-promoted Woolwich Arsenal from 1904 until 1908. Kelso guided the club to two consecutive last-four finishes in the FA Cup but did not make much progress in the League. After leaving Arsenal, he returned briefly to Scotland to run a hotel in Largs, before becoming manager of Fulham in 1909. He stayed with the West-London outfit for 15 years before his death in 1935, aged 64.

 

George Morrell

1908 - 1915

George Morrell was manager of Woolwich Arsenal from 1908 to 1915, and oversaw the club’s move from Plumstead in south east London, to it’s current home at Highbury in North London. Morrell was forced to sell many of his best players but still guided the team to sixth in the League in his first season. Unfortunately, he holds the distinction of being the only Arsenal manager to have experienced relegation; Woolwich Arsenal dropped from the First Division to the Second after finishing bottom in 1913. But Morrell's Arsenal finished 5th in the Second Division in 1915 - high enough to get them elected back into the First Division.

 

Leslie Knighton

1919 - 1925

Leslie Knighton was appointed manager of Arsenal in 1919, following stints as an assistant manager at Leeds United and Manchester City. He was manager for six years, but Arsenal never finished higher than 10th, coming 20th in 1924-25. Knighton was sacked at the end of that season, and was replaced by the now legendary, Herbert Chapman. After leaving the Gunners, Knighton went on to manage Bournemouth, Birmingham City and Chelsea.

 

Herbert Chapman

1925 - 1934

Sheffield-born Herbert Chapman not only established Arsenal as English football’s dominant force, but his football concepts and ideas served as a template for teams and managers the globe over. He managed Leeds United and Huddersfield Town before taking over at Highbury where he introduced the 3-3-4 or ‘WM’ formation, winning the FA Cup in 1930 and the First Division title, scoring a club record 127 goals, in 1930/31. He won a second League title two years later before his tragic, sudden death in 1934, aged 55. A bronze bust of Chapman stands inside Highbury as a tribute to his achievements at the club.

 

George Allison

1934 - 1947

George Allison was born in Darlington and was a journalist before moving to London in 1905. He became Woolwich Arsenal’s programme editor, and later commentated on the very first FA Cup final to be broadcast on the radio, between Arsenal and Cardiff City in 1927. He later became the club's secretary and then managing director, before taking over as first-team manager in June 1934. Allison added to his predecessor, Herbert Chapman’s two successive League titles, by winning a third in 1935. He also won the FA Cup in 1936 and the League again in 1938. Allison decided to step down and retire from the game in 1946-47.

 

Tom Whittaker

1947 - 1956

Thomas James Whittaker was born in Aldershot, Hampshire and joined Arsenal in 1919 before becoming the club’s first-team trainer under Herbert Chapman in 1927. Whittaker had an important role under Chapman in reforming the training and physiotherapy regimes at the club before taking over the reigns from Chapman’s successor, Tom Whittaker, in 1947. He won the League in 1948 and 1953 and the FA Cup in 1950 before his tragic death from a heart attack in 1956, aged 58.

 

Jack Crayston

1956 - 1958

Jack Crayston was born in Lancashire in 1910 and was appointed manager of Arsenal in November 1956. A former player with over 200 appearances for the club, Crayston elevated Arsenal from eleventh to third place in the Leauge, before eventually finishing fifth in his first season. He resigned after 24 years’ service at the club in May 1958 and went on to manage Doncaster Rovers. Crayston passed away in 1992.

 

George Swindin

1958 - 1962

George Swindon, a former Arsenal goalkeeper with 272 first-team appearances to his name, was invited to take over the manager’s reigns at Highbury in 1958, following a successful stint as manager at Peterborough United. He oversaw a drastic overhaul in the playing staff at the club during his first season in charge and guided the team to a third-placed finish. After leaving the Gunners, Swindin went on to manage Norwich City, Cardiff City, Kettering and Corby before retiring to Spain. Sadly, Swindin paased away in October 2005, aged 90.

 

Billy Wright

1962 - 1966

Billy Wright was born William Ambrose Wright in Shropshire in 1924 and was the first player to win more than 100 caps for England, captaining the national side no less than 90 times including their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals. He became manager of Arsenal in 1962 but Arsenal never finished higher than seventh under Wright and he left the club after the 1965-66 season, where Arsenal finished 14th and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers. Wright left management and later became a television pundit for ATV. He was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of influence on the English game.

 

Bertie Mee

1966 - 1976

Bertie Mee was born in Bullwell Notinghamshire and managed Arsenal to their first League and FA Cup 'Double' win in 1971. He became manager in 1966, and recruited Dave Sexton and Don Howe as his assistants. Under his tutorship, Arsenal reached two successive League Cup finals in 1968 and 1969, but lost to Leeds United and Swindon Town respectively. However, the following season, the club won it's first trophy of any kind for 17 years, beating Anderlecht 4-3 on aggregate, in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Having lost the away leg 3-1, Arsenal beat the Belgian side 3-0 at Highbury. The first part of the Double - The League title - was won at White Hart Lane, home of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, on the last day of the season. Five days later, Charlie George scored the winning goal as Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley after extra-time to claim the FA Cup. Mee resigned as Arsenal manager in 1976, later joining Watford as assistant to Graham Taylor in 1978. Sadly, he passed away in 2001, at the age of 82.

 

Terry Neill

1976 - 1983

William John Terence "Terry" Neill was born in May 1942 in Belfast and moved to Arsenal in 1959 as a player. He retired from playing in 1973, and succeeded Bill Nicholson as manager of Arsenal's local rivals, Tottenham Hotspur. He managed Spurs for two seasons, nearly getting the club relegated in the process, before being recruited by the Arsenal board as manager in 1976 - becoming the youngest manager in the club's history. The club enjoyed a minor revival under his management, reaching three FA Cup finals between 1978 and 1980, though only winning in 1979. He also reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1980, losing on penalties to Valencia. He was dismissed as manager in December 1983 and retired from football.

 

Don Howe

1984 - 1986

Donald 'Don' Howe was born in October 12, 1935 and was a player with West Bromwich Albion before Billy Wright signed him for Arsenal in 1964 and made him club captain. Howe retired from playing and became Arsenal's reserve team coach under Bertie Mee, before stepping up to the role of first team coach after the departure of Dave Sexton in 1968. He later returned to his old club, West Bromwich Albion, as manager before stints as coach of Galatasaray, Turkey and Leeds United, before rejoining Arsenal in 1977 as head coach. Howe succeeded Terry Neill as Arsenal manager in 1983 and brought through the likes of Tony Adams, David Rocastle and Niall Quinn before resigning in March 1986.Howe was later assistant to Bobby Gould at Wimbledon and then had spells managing Queen Park Rangers and Coventry City before moving into journalism and broadcasting.

 

George Graham

1986 - 1995

A former Arsenal player, George Graham rejoined the Club as manager in 1986 after three years in charge of Millwall. He won two League Championships, two League Cups, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup in eight years, making Arsenal one of the dominant teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was renowned for building his team on the meanest of rearguards, perfecting the offside trap along the way. He also bought Ian Wright, until recently Arsenal's all-time leading goalscorer, from Crystal Palace. After leaving the Club in 1995, Graham went on to manage Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur. He is currently a football pundit.

 

Stewart Houston

1995 and 1996

Stewart Houston was a player for Chelsea, Brentford F.C., Manchester United, Sheffield United, Colchester United and Scotland before joining Arsenal as assistant manager to George Graham in 1986. He was twice the club's caretaker-manager - first for three months after George Graham's resignation in February 1995, taking the team to the final of the Cup Winners' Cup. Houston remained on as assistant to Bruce Rioch, the club's next manager, and was reappointed as caretaker following Rioch's departure a year later. He resigned in mid-September to take over as manager of Queens Park Rangers, with Rioch becoming his assistant. Houston later had spells as coach with Graham at Tottenham Hotspur, and then at Walsall.

 

Bruce Rioch

1995 - 1996

Bruce Rioch left his post as manager of Bolton Wanderers to succeed George Graham as Arsenal manager in 1995 and stayed for just a year. He guided Arsenal to a UEFA Cup place in 1995-96, securing qualification on the last day of the season at the expense of Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur. He also reached the League Cup semi-finals but lost on away goals to Aston Villa. After leaving the Club he became assistant to Stewart Houston at Queens Park Rangers. He later managed Norwich City and Wigan Athletic and is currently in charge of Danish club Odense.

 

Arsène Wenger

1996 - Present

Arsène Wenger joined Arsenal in September 1996 following spells as manager with Nancy and Monaco in his native France and Grampus Eight in Japan. He guided the Club to their second League and FA Cup double, in his first full season at Highbury in 1998 and won further League titles in 2002 and 2004. He has won four FA Cups to date, including last season’s and his Arsenal team have never finished outside the top two in the League under his tenure. He also guided Arsenal to the UEFA Cup final in 2000, losing to Galatasaray on penalties and through an entire unbeaten league campaign on the way to the title in 2004. He is still in charge of the Gunners and will oversee their move to a new stadium near Highbury at the end of the present campaign.

 

Honours

First Division and Premier League[29] titles: 13

1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004

 

FA Cups: 10

1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005

 

League Cups: 2

1987, 1993

 

Charity Shields and Community Shields[30]: 12

1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004

 

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1

1970

 

European Cup Winners' Cup: 1

1994

 

Arsenal's tally of thirteen League Championships is the third highest in English football, after Liverpool and Manchester United, while the total of ten FA Cups is the second highest, after Manchester United. Arsenal have achieved three League and FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 and 2002), a joint record shared with Manchester United, and were the first side in English football to complete the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1993.

 

Arsenal have one of the best top-flight records in history, having finished below fourteenth only seven times. Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the period 1900–1999, with an average league placing of 8.5.[31] In addition, they are one of only five clubs to have won the FA Cup twice in succession, in 2002 and 2003.

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The Crest

In 1888, just two years after the formation of the Club, Arsenal, who were then called Royal Arsenal, adopted its first crest (1). This was based largely on the coat of arms of the Borough of Woolwich. The Club was based in the Borough from its formation until 1913, playing at Plumstead Common; Sportsman Ground; Manor Ground; Invicta Ground and the Manor Ground again before heading across London to Highbury, Islington.

 

The original badge comprised three columns, which, although they look like chimneys, are in actual fact cannons. The significance of the cannons to the Borough of Woolwich derives from the long military history surrounding the area. The Royal Arsenal, Royal Artillery Regiment and various military hospitals - which still dot the landscape today - were all prominent in the Borough.

 

The cannons on the original crest were obviously a reference to the military influence in Woolwich and despite the Club's ties with the area being cut 89 years ago, the cannon theme has developed throughout the years and has remained prominent on the Gunners different crests down the years, including the new design.

 

In the early days the crest was not as significant a part of a football club's identity as it is today. Shirts remained plain, unless commemorating a significant match, an FA Cup Final for example, and the crest was generally reserved for official headed stationary, matchday programmes and handbooks.

 

 

Following Arsenal's move north to Highbury in 1913, it wasn't immediately apparent that the Club would embrace the Woolwich Arsenal legacy and keep the cannon as a recognisable motif. The Club soon became just 'Arsenal', the Great War affected football for four seasons and recommencing in 1919/20 ‘normal’ football took some time to settle. During all of this period there was no sign of a crest as such but, in the first matchday programme of the 1922/23 season, when the Gunners played Burnley, a new club crest (2) was revealed - a fearsome looking cannon, that would have sat proudly in the Royal Arsenal of Woolwich.

 

As can be seen the vertical cannons have gone with the new design featuring a single eastward pointing cannon. Whoever designed this robust looking weapon saw his handiwork used by the Club for just three seasons however, and for the start of the 1925/26 season, the Gunners changed to a westward pointing, narrower cannon (3) with the legend 'The Gunners' remaining next to it.

 

The derivation of the narrower cannon has never been officially confirmed, but the cannons on the crest of the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse in Woolwich (4) are uncannily similar to that used as the Gunners’ symbol.

 

This cannon crest remained prominent in the Arsenal matchday programme and other publications for 17 seasons. It changed slightly through the years with the wording eventually disappearing, but, despite being usurped by the Victoria Concordia Crescit crest in 1949 it has remained a basic symbol of the Club ever since, featuring on official merchandise and stationary throughout the years right up until the present day.

 

The VCC crest (5), which the new crest replaces, has been Arsenal's symbol since appearing in the first new style magazine matchday programme of season 1949/50. It would appear to have been in the minds of the Gunners hierarchy for at least a year prior to this. In the final matchday programme of the 1947/48 League Championship winning season, 'Marksman' (aka Harry Homer), the programme editor of the day, wrote:

 

"...my mind seeks an apt quotation with which to close this season which has been such a glorious one for Tom Whittaker, Joe Mercer and all connected with The Gunners. Shall we turn for once to Latin? 'Victoria Concordia Crescit'. Translation: 'Victory grows out of harmony.'"

 

 

Two seasons later and Arsenal unveiled its new crest which incorporated Marksman's latin maxim. Tom Whittaker explained in the 1949/50 handbook (which also included the new crest) that the Club had been impressed by Marksman's motto and it had now been officially adopted by the Club. The new crest also featured 'Arsenal' in a gothic style typeface, the westward facing cannon, the Borough of Islington's coat of arms and ermine.

 

For the past 53 years this crest has remained largely unchanged (6), though at the start of the 2001/02 season it was 'cleaned up' somewhat (7) for commercial reasons, with a solid yellow replacing the different tones of gold and Victoria Concordia Crescit written in a less ornate typeface.

 

The Club's identity has thus evolved over the years and the decision to formulate a new crest (8) in 2002 was two-fold. Firstly, as the VCC crest incorporated many separate elements introduced over a number of years, there was uncertainty surrounding its exact origination. Consequently, the Club was unable to copyright the VCC crest. Secondly, it had always been one of the Club's primary objectives to embrace the future and move forward. With a new stadium on the horizon and the Gunners consistently challenging for domestic and European honours, the Club believed that this was the ideal time to introduce a new crest.

 

 

 

Kit Design

For Arsenal’s last season at Highbury, the Club’s home since 1913, the players will wear, for home matches, a special commemorative strip.

 

The shirt, redcurrant in colour, matches the shade of the team’s strip in the Club’s first season at Highbury. Adorned with gold lettering and the Club crest the shirt is accompanied by white shorts and redcurrant socks. In addition, the strip is manufactured, despite its authentic look, from the latest ‘breathable’ lightweight sports fabric.

 

The away strip for 2005/06 consists of yellow shirts, black shorts and black socks with the 2004/05 all-blue change strip becoming the third kit. Once the Club completes the move to Emirates Stadium for the beginning of the 2006/07 season, the players will revert to wearing the famous Arsenal red and white strip, the origins of which tell a great story.

 

In 1895, two years before the Club became professional, a small group of Nottingham Forest players, Fred Beardsley, Bill Parr and Charlie Bates, joined Dial Square FC, (the Club’s first name) and brought their old red kit along with them. Working to a tight budget, the Club decided the most inexpensive way of acquiring a strip was to kit out the team in the same colour as the ex-Forest players.

 

This original kit was a dark red, with long sleeves, a collar and three buttons down the front. The shirt was worn with white knee length shorts and heavy woollen socks with blue and white hoops. The goalkeeper wore the same attire apart from the shirt - which was a hand knitted cream woollen polo neck jumper. It was this dark red kit that the team wore during their first season at Highbury in 1913/14.

 

Beardsley, Parr and Bates’ generosity in providing shirts and inspiring the Club to play in red encouraged several other teams to follow Arsenal’s lead. One of the most famous examples is Sparta Prague whose president, Dr Petric, visited London in 1906. He returned home to Czechoslovakia after having watched Woolwich Arsenal and was so inspired by the kit that he demanded his team play in the same colours. Today, Sparta Prague continue to play in the same dark red kit, not disimilar to Arsenal’s 2005/06 redcurrant.

 

 

It was the arrival of manager Herbert Chapman in 1925 that launched the Arsenal kit as we know it today. Depending on which source you believe, Chapman either noticed someone at the ground wearing a red sleeveless sweater over a white shirt or played golf with famous cartoonist of the day Tom Webster who wore something similar. Either way the ‘look’ inspired the manager to create a new strip combining a red shirt with white collar and sleeves.

 

 

It also incorporated the Club badge, which was positioned on the left-hand side of the shirt. In the 1950s a second kit was developed to combat a clash of colours with opposing home teams with similar kits. And in 1960, the Club moved away from the woven rugby shirt style to a new knitted cotton jersey in around 1960.

 

The Club’s famous cannon graphic appeared on the shirt for the first time in the early 1970s. It was this shirt that Arsenal won their first famous ‘double’, both the League Championship and the FA Cup in the 1970/71 season. In the late 1970s, the shirt featured a kit manufacturers logo for the first time, in this case ‘Umbro’.

 

And in 1982 ‘JVC’ became the Club’s first shirt sponsor, which in turn made way for ‘SEGA’ in 1999. From the beginning of the 2002/03 season telecommunications company O2 took over as shirt sponsors and from the 2006/07 season this will change to Fly Emirates in a deal which lasts eight years.

 

06/07 home kit

 

06/07 away kit

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Arsenal Squad 2006/2007

 

1. Jens Lehmann

Born November 10, 1969 , Essen ,Germany

Position Goalkeeper

Previous Club(s) DJK Heisingen,Schwarz-Weiss Essen,Schalke,Milan,Borussia Dortmund

Joined Arsenal July 25, 2003

Arsenal Debut Manchester United,Community Shield,August 10, 2003,

 

 

2. Abou Diaby

Born May 11, 1986,Paris ,France

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Auxerre

Joined Arsenal January 13, 2006

Arsenal Debut Everton (a),Premiership,January 21,2006,

 

 

 

4. Francesc Fabregas

Born May 04, 1987,Vilessoc de Mar,Casal de Curacion,Spain

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Barcelona

Joined Arsenal September 11, 2003

Arsenal Debut Rotherham United (h),Carling Cup3rd Round , October 28, 2003,

 

 

 

5. Kolo Toure

Born March 19, 1981,Sokuora Bouake,Ivory Coast

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Asec Mimosas

Joined Arsenal February 14, 2002

Arsenal Debut Liverpool (n),Community Shield,August 11, 2002,

 

 

6. Philippe Senderos

Born February 14, 1985,Geneva ,Switzerland

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Servette

Joined Arsenal June 01, 2003

Arsenal Debut Manchester City (a),Carling Cup 3rd Round ,October 27, 2004,

 

 

7. Tomas Rosicky

Born October 04, 1980 Prague ,Czech Republic

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) CKD Kompensory,Sparta Prague,Borussia Dortmund

Joined Arsenal May 23, 2006

Arsenal Debut Dinamo Zagreb (a) Champions League,August 9, 2006,

 

 

8. Fredrik Ljungberg

Born April 16, 1977,Vittsjo ,Sweden

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Halmstads

Joined Arsenal September 17, 1998

Arsenal Debut Manchester United (h) Premiership,September 20, 1998,

 

 

9. Julio Baptista

Born October 01, 1981,São Paulo ,Brazil

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Sao Paulo,Sevilla ,Real Madrid

Joined Arsenal August 31, 2006

Arsenal Debut Middlesbrough (h),Premiership,September 9, 2006,

 

 

10. William Gallas

Born August 17, 1977,Asnières ,France

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Caen ,Marseille ,Chelsea

Joined Arsenal August 31, 2006

Arsenal Debut Middlesbrough (h),Premiership,September 9, 2006,

 

 

11. Robin Van Persie

Born August 06, 1983

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Position Striker

Previous Club(s) Feyenoord

Joined Arsenal May 17, 2004

Arsenal Debut Manchester United (n)

Community Shield

August 8, 2004,

 

 

12. Lauren

Born January 19, 1977

Londi Kribi

Cameroon

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Utrera

Sevilla B

Levante

Real Mallorca

Joined Arsenal May 30, 2000

Arsenal Debut Sunderland (a)

Premiership

August 19, 2000,

 

 

13. Alexander Hleb

Born May 01, 1981

Minsk

Belarus

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) BATE Borisov

VfB Stuttgart

Joined Arsenal June 27, 2005

Arsenal Debut Chelsea (n)

Community Shield

August 7, 2005

 

 

14. Thierry Henry

Born August 17, 1977

Paris

France

Position Striker

Previous Club(s) Monaco

Juventus

Joined Arsenal August 03, 1999

Arsenal Debut Leicester City (h)

Premiership

August 7, 1999,

 

 

15. Denilson

Born February 16, 1988

São Paulo

Brazil

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Sao Paulo

Joined Arsenal August 31, 2006

Arsenal Debut W.B.A. (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 24, 2006,

 

 

16. Mathieu Flamini

Born March 07, 1984

Marseille

France

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Marseille

Joined Arsenal July 22, 2004

Arsenal Debut Everton (a)

Premiership

August 15, 2004,

 

 

17. Alexandre Song

Born September 09, 1987

Douala

Cameroon

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Bastia

Joined Arsenal August 12, 2005

Arsenal Debut Everton (h)

Premiership

September 19, 2005,

 

 

19. Gilberto

Born October 07, 1976

Lagao de Prata

Brazil

Position Midfielder

Previous Club(s) America (MG)

Atletico Mineiro

Joined Arsenal July 29, 2002

Arsenal Debut Liverpool (n)

Community Shield

August 11, 2002,

 

 

20. Johan Djourou

Born January 18, 1987

Ivory Coast

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Etoile Carouge FC

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2003

Arsenal Debut Manchester City (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 27, 2004,

 

 

21. Mart Poom

Born February 03, 1972

Tallinn

Estonia

Position Goalkeeper

Previous Club(s) Lovid Tallinn

Sport Tallinn

Flora Tallinn

Kuopio PS

FC Wil 1900

Portsmouth

Derby County

Sunderland

Joined Arsenal August 31, 2005

Arsenal Debut Everton (a)

Carling Cup 4th Round

November 8, 2006,

 

 

22. Gael Clichy

Born July 26, 1985

Toulouse

France

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) AS Cannes

Joined Arsenal August 04, 2003

Arsenal Debut Rotherham United (h)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 28, 2003,

 

 

24. Manuel Almunia

Born May 19, 1977

Pamplona

Spain

Position Goalkeeper

Previous Club(s) Osasuna B

Cartagonova

Sabadell

Celta Vigo

Eibar (loan)

Recreativo Huelva (loan)

Albacete (loan)

Joined Arsenal July 14, 2004

Arsenal Debut Manchester City (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 27, 2004,

 

 

25. Emmanuel Adebayor

Born February 26, 1985

Lome

Togo

Position Striker

Previous Club(s) Metz

Monaco

Joined Arsenal January 13, 2006

Arsenal Debut Birmingham City (a)

Premiership

February 4, 2006,

 

 

27. Emmanuel Eboue

Born June 04, 1983

Abidjan

Ivory Coast

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Asec Mimosas

Beveren

Joined Arsenal January 02, 2005

Arsenal Debut Stoke City (h)

FA Cup 3rd Round

January 29, 2005,

 

 

30. Jeremie Aliadiere

Born March 30, 1983

Rambouillet

France

Position Striker

Arsenal Debut Grimsby Town (h)

League Cup

November 27, 2001,

 

 

31. Justin Hoyte

Born November 20, 1984

Waltham Forest

London

Position Defender

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2001

Arsenal Debut Southampton (h)

Premiership

May 7, 2003,

 

 

32. Theo Walcott

Born March 16, 1989

Middlesex

England

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Southampton

Joined Arsenal January 20, 2006

Arsenal Debut Aston Villa (h)

Premiership

August 19, 2006,

 

 

33. Matthew Connolly

Born September 24, 1987

Barnet

London

Position Defender

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2004

Arsenal Debut W.B.A. (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 24, 2006,

[Guest Destroyer]

 

O do Blackburn :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:.

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Coaching Staff

 

Arsène Wenger-Manager

Born October 22nd, 1949

Strasbourg, France

Previous clubs as player Mutzig, Mulhouse, Strasbourg

Joined Arsenal 28 September 1996

Clubs as manager/coach Strasbourg (youth section) Cannes (assistant) Nancy AS Monaco Grampus Eight Nagoya (Japan)

Honours (Monaco): French League championship 1988; French Cup winners 1991; French 'Manager of the Year' 1988

Honours (Grampus Eight): Japan's 'Manager of the Year' 1995, Emperor's Cup winner 1996, Japanese Super Cup winner 1996

Honours (Arsenal): League championship 1998, 2002, 2004. F.A. Cup winners 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005. Voted 'Manager of the Year' 1998, 2002, 2004.

 

 

 

 

Pat Rice-Assistant Manager

 

Boro Primorac-First Team Coach

 

Liam Brady-Head of Youth Development

 

David Court-Asst. Head of Youth Development

 

Neil Banfield-Coach

 

Steve Bould-Youth team Coach

 

Dermot Drummy-Youth Coach

 

Vic Akers-Kit Manager / Ladies Manager

 

Gerry Peyton-Goalkeeping Coach

 

Gary Lewin-Physiotherapist

 

Colin Lewin-Assistant Physiotherapist

 

David Wales-Youth Team Physiotherapist

 

Jon Cooke-Youth Team Physiotherapist

 

Tony Colbert-Fitness Coach

 

Craig Gant-Fitness Coach Assistant/Masseur

 

Joel Harris-Sports Therapist

 

John Kelly-Masseur

 

Steve Rowley-Chief Scout

 

Paul Akers-Assistant Kit Manager

 

Paul Johnson-Equipment Manager

 

Peter Hill-Wood-Chairman

 

David Dein-vice-Chairman

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O Diaby está lesionado ou anda emprestado? É que não gosto nada do Flamini :x

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Reserves Squad 2006/2007

 

 

Ryan Garry

Born September 29, 1983

Mile End

Position Defender

Joined Arsenal July 01, 2001

Arsenal Debut Sunderland (h)

League Cup

November 6, 2002,

 

 

Vito Mannone

Born March 02, 1988

Desio

Italy

Position Goalkeeper

Previous Club(s) Atalanta

Joined Arsenal July 01, 2005

 

 

Nacer Barazite

Born May 27, 1990

Arnhem

Holland

Position Midfielder

 

 

 

Giorgos Efrem

Born July 05, 1989

Limassol

Cyprus

Position Midfielder

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2005

 

 

Gavin Hoyte

Born June 06, 1990

Waltham Forest

Position Defender

 

 

 

Henri Lansbury

Born October 12, 1990

Enfield

Position Midfielder

 

 

 

Joe O’Cearuill

Born February 09, 1987

Edmonton

London

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Leyton Orient

Watford

Joined Arsenal July 14, 2006

 

 

Francisco Merida Perez

Born March 04, 1990

Barcelona

Spain

Position Midfielder

 

 

Mark Randall

Born September 28, 1989

Milton Keynes

Position Midfielder

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2006

Arsenal Debut W.B.A. (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 24, 2006,

 

 

Jay Simpson

Born December 01, 1988

London

Position Midfielder

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2005

 

 

Armand Traore

Born October 08, 1989

Paris

France

Position Defender

Previous Club(s) Monaco

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2006

Arsenal Debut W.B.A. (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 24, 2006,

 

 

Anthony Stokes

Born July 25, 1988

Dublin

Republic of Ireland

Position Striker

Joined Arsenal July 01, 2004

Arsenal Debut Sunderland (a)

Carling Cup 3rd Round

October 25, 2005,

 

 

Lee Butcher

Born October 11, 1988

Waltham Forest

Position Goalkeeper

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2005

 

 

Paul Rodgers

Born October 06, 1989

Edmonton

Position Defender

 

 

Shane Tracy

Born September 14, 1988

Limerick

Republic of Ireland

Position Striker

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2005

 

 

Marc Elston

Born October 17, 1988

Croydon

Position Striker

 

 

Rene Steer

Born January 31, 1990

Luton

Position Striker

 

 

Carl Parisio

Born August 07, 1989

Cannes

France

Position Defender

 

 

Vincent van den Berg

Born January 19, 1989

Holland

Position Attacking Midfielder

Previous Club(s) Heerenveen

Joined Arsenal July 14, 2006

 

 

Abu Ogogo

Born November 03, 1989

Epsom

Position Defender

 

 

Peggy Lokando

Born September 18, 1989

DR Congo

Position Midfielder

 

 

Kieran Gibbs

Born September 26, 1989

Lambeth

Position Midfielder

 

 

James Dunne

Born September 18, 1989

Farnborough

Position Midfielder

 

 

Wojciech Szczesny

Born April 18, 1990

Warsaw

Poland

Position Goalkeeper

 

 

Rui Fonte

Born April 23, 1990

Lisbon

Position Striker

Previous Club(s) Sporting Lisbon

Joined Arsenal August 01, 2006

 

 

Rhys Murphy

Position Striker

[Lacatoni]

Não costumo visitar este tópico mas venho deixar este vídeo até porque se enquadra perfeitamente neste núcleo. Grande golo do Taylor:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_jkFOfVMFQ

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O Diaby está lesionado ou anda emprestado? É que não gosto nada do Flamini  :x

 

Another month of frustration for Abou as he continued his recovery from a dislocated and fractured ankle he suffered at the end of last season. On the positive side Arsène Wenger told Arsenal TV Online the French youngster is still on course for a return in the New Year.

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Alemanha e Inglaterra inauguram novo Wembley

JOGO MARCADO PARA AGOSTO DE 2007

 

Joachim Löw, seleccionador da Alemanha, anunciou hoje em Frankfurt que a selecção germânica vai fazer um jogo particular com Inglaterra a 22 de Agosto de 2007, na inauguração do novo Wembley.

 

Löw revelou que a Federação inglesa convidou oficialmente a Alemanha para o jogo. O dia ainda não está definido.

 

Recorde-se que a Alemanha participou, em Outubro de 2000, no último encontro disputado no antigo Wembley.

 

Na qualificação para o Mundial'2002, a Alemanha ganhou a Inglaterra por 1-0, resultado que levou o seleccionador inglês de então, Kevin Keegan, a demitir-se.

 

 

 

 

 

vs

[rinkatodokuta]

E la vai mais uma inauguraçao do Wembley.

Ja tinha ouvido que ia ser um jogo com o Arsenal, tambem ja tinha ouvido dizer que os Rolling Stones iriam inaugurar, e agora isto...

Veremos..

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Figuras lendárias do Arsenal FC

 

Alex James

 

Bertie Mee

 

David Jack

 

Eddie Hapgood

 

Herbert Chapman

 

Cliff Bastin

 

Ted Drake

 

David O'Leary

 

Graham Rix

 

George Graham

 

Liam Brady

 

Dennis Bergkamp

 

David Seaman

 

Ian Wright

 

Tony Adams

 

Patrick Vieira

 

 

 

figuras do momento

 

Arsene Wenger

 

Thierry Henry

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West Ham despede Alen Pardew

O West Ham anunciou, esta segunda-feira, o despedimento do treinador Alan Pardew devido aos maus resultados averbados esta época, que colocam a equipa londrina no 18.º e antepenúltimo lugar da Premiership.

A derrota de sábado com o Bolton, por expressivos 4-0, foi a gota-de-água na paciência dos dirigentes do West Ham, que decidiram avançar para o despedimento devido ao que classificam de «resultados desapontantes» e tendo em vista os «melhores interesses do clube».

 

 

 

Arsenal Manager´s e-mail

Dear Arsenal supporter,

I felt proud of the boys on Sunday. We have had a lot of physical games recently but we went to Stamford Bridge and played a very good game with a young side with a good spirit. It was a very good football game for the neutral.

After tough games against Tottenham and Porto I thought we'd suffer in the second half against Chelsea. We came back and gave everything but it looked unlikely that Chelsea would give us another chance to score.

When it was 1-1 they could have won it through Essien and Lampard but we could have won it as well because Hleb had a very good chance to score the second goal when he shot over the crossbar.

But overall I am very proud of the team because of the spirit they have shown. They have shown great resilience and quality and that is what is needed at the top level.

I have some regrets as well because I feel there was a foul on Hleb just before the goal. That brought the equaliser but overall the referee had a good game.

Jose Mourinho said we didn't show any ambition but I don't know what he expected. We had an Under-21 defence and I felt that they needed a little bit more protection from the midfield. Overall we created good chances so you can not reproach us for not trying to win the game because we nearly did win it.

I thought Gael Clichy had a dynamic game but it was his third in eight days so he dropped a bit physically in the second half like everybody else. The fatigue factor came in.

Emmanuel Adebayor had a tremendous game. He was on his own many times and won nearly everything in the air. Gilberto was also excellent and at the moment to lose him would be a little bit too much to take.

Don’t forget we had Henry, Gallas, Lauren, Rosicky and Diaby still at home so if you analysed the team and the way it was built for Sunday's game you’ll see it was not a bad game from us.

We have beaten Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham and got a draw at Chelsea but we have slipped up against other teams. That is part of the learning process.

Experience gives you consistency and when you are young it is more difficult to be consistent. It is just as difficult to win at West Ham as it is at Stamford Bridge but you need different strengths for different challenges. We had an Under-21 defence at Chelsea and that was a tremendous pressure.

Thanks for your support.

 

 

 

Mourinho alerta Manchester United

O técnico do Chelsea alertou o «manager» do Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, para não pensar que está tudo decidido, após hoje terem empatado em casa frente ao Arsenal (1-1) e ficado a oito pontos dos «red devils», mas com um jogo a menos.

«Julgo que Ferguson deve estar satisfeito porque pode dizer que perdemos dois pontos, mas se ele julga que está tudo acabado terá problemas», realçou Mourinho, em declarações à SKY.

O técnico do Chelsea salienta ainda o facto da sua equipa ter sempre lutado para vencer e ter estado muito perto de o fazer: «Toda gente viu o jogo. Tivemos várias hipóteses para vencer o jogo e tentámos sempre derrotar o adversário desafio.»

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Não costumo visitar este tópico mas venho deixar este vídeo até porque se enquadra perfeitamente neste núcleo. Grande golo do Taylor:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_jkFOfVMFQ

 

 

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whooooo...what a goal...