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Woolwich Arsenal (in dark shirts) playing Newcastle United (in striped shirts) in an FA Cup semi-final at the Victoria Ground, Stoke on 31 March 1906. The history of Arsenal Football Club between 1886 and 1966 covers the time from the club's foundation, through the first two major periods of success (the 1930s, and the late 1940s and early 1950s, respectively) and the club's subsequent decline ...
They have been in the top flight for the most consecutive seasons (98 as of 2023–24). [3] [261] [262] Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the 20th century, with an average league placement of 8.5. [5] Arsenal hold the record for the longest run of unbeaten League matches (49 between May 2003 and October 2004). [79]
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
Thus, a great number of teams can claim to have never been relegated from newer competitions. In Northern Ireland, the teams of Cliftonville, Glentoran and Linfield have played at the top-tier for 133 years, [1] but five more have been present in every season of the NIFL Premiership, which was only established in 2008. [17]
Arsenal won the title (the club's fifth) on the final day of the season with a mere 52 points from 42 matches after beating Bolton Wanderers 5-0 at Highbury, whilst the table leaders after the penultimate round of fixtures, Wolverhampton Wanderers, lost 1-0 to 10-man Sunderland at Roker Park to be denied what would have otherwise been their ...
Albion were promoted in 2002, relegated in 2003, promoted in 2004, achieved what has become known as "The Great Escape" in 2005 when they became the first ever club to avoid relegation from the Premier League after being in bottom place at Christmas, relegated in 2006, lost the 2007 play-off final to Derby County, promoted in 2008, relegated in ...
Manchester United suffered its worst-ever start to an English Premier League game and still managed to win. Arsenal gave away a goal after less than a minute and couldn't quite pull off a similar ...
Doncaster Rovers F.C. were relegated from the Football League with a record of 34 league defeats. Manchester City were relegated to the third tier of the English league for the first time in their history. Halifax Town won the Conference title and were promoted back to the Football League after five years away.