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Highbury Square is an apartment complex in Highbury, London. It is a redevelopment of the old Highbury Stadium site, the home stadium of Arsenal F.C. until 2006 when they moved to the newly built Emirates Stadium nearby.
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as " Highbury " from the name of the district in which it was located, and was given the affectionate nickname of "The Home of Football".
Arsenal's former stadium Highbury, which has since been redeveloped into Highbury Square is visible. Described as "beautiful" and "intimidating" by architect Christopher Lee of Populous, [ 100 ] the Emirates Stadium is a four-tiered bowl with translucent polycarbonate roofing over the stands, but not over the pitch. [ 101 ]
Arsenal bought the Manor Ground with money raised from an issue of shares, thereafter erecting a single main stand and banks of terracing. The club moved back there prior to the start of the 1893–94 season, just in time for its debut within the Football League .
Highbury is an area in North London and located in the London Borough of Islington. Highbury was owned by Ranulf, brother of Ilger, and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Roads. The manor house was situated by what is now the east side of Hornsey Road, near the junction with Seven Sisters Road.
The 1987–88 season was Arsenal Football Club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] Arsenal finished sixth in the Football League First Division. Although the team again reached the final of the League Cup, Arsenal could not replicate the previous season's success, losing 3-2 to Luton Town.
However, things were nearly very different. In 1912, when Arsenal Football Team was seeking to relocate from Woolwich, Harringay was one of three sites, along with Battersea and Highbury, shortlisted for the team's new ground. [36] The proposed site in Harringay was presumably where the stadium and arena were built in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Arsenal Training Centre, branded as the Sobha Realty Training Centre for sponsorship reasons, and often referred to as its geographical location London Colney, is the training complex for Arsenal Football Club, located in London Colney, Hertfordshire. It houses ten full-size pitches, an indoor facility and a medical and rehabilitation centre.