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07-11-2008, 08:24 PM
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Arsenal F.C. - Wengers Wonderkids
Arsenal F.C.  General Information Full Name: Arsenal Football Club Nickname(s): The Gunners Founded: 1886 Stadium: Emirates Stadium (Capacity: 60,355) Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood Manager: Arsene Wenger League: English Premier League 2007/08: 3rd, English Premier League -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C.  Early History The English Football Club Arsenal, also known as the Gunners, are based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal play their Football in the English Premier League and are one of the most successful English Clubs around, having won 13 First Division and Premier League titles, along with 10 FA Cups. Arsenal were founded in 1886, and 7 Years later became the first southern team to join a Football League in 1893. The 1930's was Arsenal best Decade since becoming a football team, with 5 League Championship Titles and Two FA Cups. The Post-war years for Arsenal were a struggle. But they soon put that right during the season of 1970/71, when they became the second club in the 20th Century to win an FA Cup and League double. The past 20 years have been a major success for the London club, in which Arsenal have won a Cup Double, two further League and FA Cup Doubles, the Premier League title unbeaten, and became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League Final. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Stadium  Name: The Emirates Location: Holloway, North London Opened: July 2006 Owner: Arsenal F.C. Operator: Arsenal F.C. Surface: Grass Architect: HOK Sport Capacity: 60.355 Construction Cost: £430,000,000 Stadium History The Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club is located in Holloway, in London. The Stadium's Capacity is 60,255 and has been home to Arsenal since July 2006, and is the 5th Biggest Stadium in the United Kingdom. The Project cost 430 Million Pounds to construct and its surface is grass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Club Kits Arsenal's original Strip was dark red, with long sleeves and a collar with three Buttons down the front. The rest of the Outfit included white knee length shorts and heavy woollen socks with blue and white hoops. During the year of 1933 the kit was updated adding white sleeves and changing the shade to a brighter pillar box red. Arsenal's home Colours have been an inspiration to 3 other clubs, Sparta Prague, Hibernian and and SC Braga. Arsenal's away colours are traditionally yellow and blue, although they wore a green and navy away kit between 1982 and 1984.Since the early 1990s and the advent of the lucrative replica kit market, the away colours have been changed regularly; the general rule currently is that they are changed every season with the outgoing away kit becoming the third choice kit for the following season. 2008/09 Kits Home  Away Kit  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsene Wenger  Long Term Arsenal Manager has been with Arsenal for 12 Years now following spells at two French Clubs, AS Nancy and AS Monaco, and a Japanese Club, Grampus Eight. Arsene guided Arsenal to their second FA Cup and League double, before addign 2 more 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. In the year of 2006 he guided the team to the Champions League FInals and were beaten by Barcelona in a tight encounter. Honour  League Champions (13) 2004, 2002, 1998, 1991, 1989, 1971, 1953, 1948, 1938, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1931. FA Cup Winners (10) 2005 Beat Manchester United 5-4 on penalties (after 0-0 draw) 2003 Beat Southampton 1-0 2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0 1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2 1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0 1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0 1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 League Cup Winners (2) 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1987 Beat Liverpool 2-1 Charity/Community Shield Winners (11 and 1 shared) 2004 Beat Manchester United 3-1 2002 Beat Liverpool 1-0 1999 Beat Manchester United 2-1 1998 Beat Manchester United 3-0 1991 Drew with Tottenham Hotspurs 0-0 (shared) 1953 Beat Blackpool 3-1 1948 Beat Manchester United 4-3 1938 Beat Preston North End 2-1 1934 Beat Manchester City 4-0 1933 Beat Everton 3-0 1931 Beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 1930 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Records Appearances Most overall 722 David O'Leary (Debut Burnley (a) 16 Aug 1975) Most league 558 David O'Leary (Debut Burnley (a) 16 Aug 1975) Most Premiership 333 Ray Parlour (325 David Seaman) Most European 78 Thierry Henry (69 David Seaman, 68 Patrick Vieira) Most Champions League 70 Thierry Henry (63 Robert Pires, 60 Freddie Ljungberg, 57 Patrick Vieira, 53 Lauren) Most consecutive 172 Tom Parker (3 April 1926 - 26 December 1929) YOUNGEST Overall Cesc Fabregas (16 years 177 days, League Cup Rotherham Utd) Previously Jermaine Pennant: 16 years 319 days, In League Jack Wilshere: 16 years 256 days, Blackburn In Premiership Jack Wilshere: 16 years 256 days, Blackburn In Europe Theo Walcot: 17 years 129 days Dinamo Zagreb Attendances Highest Premiership 60,161 v Manchester United November 3, 2007 League 73,295 v Sunderland March 9, 1935 Overall 73,295 v Sunderland March 9, 1935 Wembley Stadium 73,707 v RC Lens 25 November 1998 Goals Most goals overall 214 Thierry Henry Previously: 185 Ian Wright Most Premiership goals 164 Thierry Henry Most League goals 164 Thierry Henry (Cliff Bastin 150) Most FA Cup goals 26 Cliff Bastin Most League Cup goals 29 Ian Wright Most overall European goals 41 Thierry Henry Most UEFA Champions League goals 35 Thierry Henry --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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07-11-2008, 08:25 PM
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GoalKeepers Manuel Almunia [Click to Englarge]  Name: Manuel Almunia Born: May 19, 1977, Pamplona, Spain Position: Goalkeeper Squad Number: 1 Previous Club(s):Osasuna B, Cartagonova, Sabadell, Celta Vigo, Eibar (loan), Recreativo Huelva (loan, Albacete(loan) Joined Arsenal: July 18, 2004 Arsenal Debut: Manchester City (a), Carling Cup, October 27, 2004, Won 2-1 Small Bio Manuel Almunai grabbed a chance to make an impression on Wenger when Jens Lehman was injured, and earned himself a 1 Chocie Goalkeeper for that peroid. Manuel kept 8 Clean Sheets in 11 Appearances adn was impressing Manager, Arsene Wenger. But soon after that run of clean sheets he impressed more than just the manager as he saved Robbie Keanes spot kick, during the North London Derby, which Arsenal went on to win thanks to a Nicklas Bendter goal. Lukasz Fabianski [Click to Enlarge]  Name: Lukasz Fabianski Born: April 18, 1985, Kostrzyn Nad Odra, Poland Position: Goalkeeper Squad Number: 21 Previous Club(s): Lech Poznan, Legia Warsaw Joined Arsenal: May 26, 2007 Arsenal Debut: Newcastle United (h), Carling Cup, September 25, 2007, Won 2-0 Small Bio
Arsenal's Polish Goalkeeper, Fabianski has established himself has their 2 Choice Goalkeeper. The 23 Year-Old moved from Legia Warsaw in 2007 Summer Transfer Market by and gained his first appearances in several Carling Cup matches. He helped the team to a semi-final in the Carling Cup with wins over Newcastle, Blackburn and Sheffield United. As Fabianski gaiend in confidence Wenger played him in the last 3 Matches of the Campaign. Lukasz is still young but he already has pedigree. He won the Polish League at Legia in 2005/06 and was voted the best keeper in the ‘Ekstraklasa’ for both 2006 and 2007. He is an established part of the national set-up and was selected for the squad at Germany 2006 and Euro 2008. Last edited by FootieFan2k8; 08-11-2008 at 05:42 PM.. |
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Defenders Bacary Sagna [Click to Englarge]  Name: Bacary Sagna Born: February 14, 1983, Sens, France Position: Defender Squad Number: 3 Previous Club(s): Auxerre Joined Arsenal: July 12, 2007 Arsenal Debut: Fulham (h), Premier League, July 12, 2007, Won 2-1 First Arsenal Goal: Chelsea (a), Premier League, March 23, 2008, Lost 2-1 Small Bio Sagna took to the big stage of the Barlcays Premier League exceptionally well, following his arrival to the club in the 2007 summer Transfer Market. The Frenchman really showed how good he was when Arsenal were palying Chelsea in a league match at 'the Bridge'. His first ever goal for Arsenal gave Arsenal the lead, but an ankle injury forced him out the rest of the game and Arsenal went onto lsse 2-1.That untimely injury denied Bacary a chance to shine at Euro 2008 but he is widely-regarded as the long-term successor to current France right back, Willy Sagnol. Mikael Silvestre [Click to Enlarge]  Name: Mikael Silvestre Born: August 09, 1977, Chambray-les-Tours, France Position: Defender Squad Number: 18 Previous Club(s): Rennes. Inter Milan, Manchester United Joined Arsenal: August 20, 2008 Arsenal Debut: Everton (h), Premier League, October 18, 2008, Won 3-1 First Arsenal Goal: Tottenham H. (h), Premier League, October 29, 2008, Drew 4-4 Small Bio The Frenchman moved to Arsenal in a 2 Year long loan deal in 2008.Silvestre, who debuted for French national side in 2001, had made a total of 40 appearances for Les Bleus when he joined Arsenal. Kolo Toure [Click to Enlarge]  Name: Kolo Toure Born: March 19, 1981, Sokuora Bouake, Ivory Coast Position: Defender Squad Number: 5 Previous Club(s): Asec Mimosas Joined Arsenal: February 14, 2002, Arsenal Debut: Liverpool (n), Community Shield, August 11, 2002, Won 1-0 First Arsenal Goal: Chelsea (a), Premier League, September 01, 2002, Drew 1-1 Small Bio Kolo Toure is an experienced Arsenal Player after being bought by the Club in 2002. Last season was not his best howeve. After the African Cup of Nations and was shunted out to right-back when Bacary Sagna got injured - but he excelled in the first half of the season as Arsenal set the Premier League pace. Wiliam Gallas [Click to Enlarge]  Name: William Gallas Born: August 17, 1977, Asnières, France Position: Defender Squad Number: 10 Previous Club(s): Caen, Marseille, Chelsea Joined Arsenal: August 31, 2006 Arsenal Debut: Middlesbrough (h), Premier League, September 09, 2006, Drew 1-1 First Arsenal Goal: Sheffield United (h), Premier League, September 23, 2006, Won 3-0 Small Bio William Gallas joined Arsenal in a deal with Chelsea in 2006, where Ashley Cole moved to Chelsea and swapped for William Gallas. A year later he was Club Captain, through Henry's move to Barcelona. After an injury-hit first season with the Club, William made a major contribution in his second year. His pace, power and football intelligence makes him a valuable asset at the heart of defence and, in a young side, William's experience is priceless. Johan Djourou [Click to Enlarge]  Name: Johan Djourou Born: January 18, 1987, Ivory Coast Position: Defender Squad Number: 20 Previous Club(s): Etoile Carouge FC Joined Arsenal: August 01, 2003 Arsenal Debut: Manchester City (a), Carling Cup, October 27, 2004, Won 2-1 Small Bio Johan Djourour only started once for Arsenal last season. He was on loan at Birmingham until January and then picked up an unfortunate injury in his comeback game against Tottenham at Emirates Stadium. Johan made 27 starts for Arsenal in 2006/07 and won plaudits at St Andrews. He also went to Euro 2008 but failed to feature. However now he is back at Emirates Stadium, Johan is looking to kick on. Gael Clichy [Click to Enlarge]  Name: Gael Clichy Born: July 26, 1985, Toulouse, France Position: Defender Squad Number: 22 Previous Club(s): AS Cannes Joined Arsenal: August 04, 2003 Arsenal Debut: Rotherham United (h), Carling Cup, October 28, 2003, Drew 1-1 (Won on pen) First Arsenal Goal: Stoke City (a), Premier League, November 01, 2008, Lost 2-1 Small Bio It is incredible to think that Clichy had only completed his first full season in the 2007/08 Term, since joining in 2003. Injuries had taken a toll on Clichy and so it's no wonder Arsène Wenger said Clichy’s main achievement last season was completing so many games. However he did much, much more than that. Last edited by FootieFan2k8; 08-11-2008 at 12:12 PM.. |
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To improve, you could stop asking for people's opinions. Remember, this is your MM. Your own fresh and attracting idea's. That makes it unique. But I think you have good idea's. KIU 
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