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Arsenal and Manchester City were not traditional rivals, the first game between the two clubs was a Football League Division Two match between Woolwich Arsenal and Ardwick on 11 November 1893, ending in a 1–0 win for Arsenal. The first 14 games between the two teams were played in the second division with City winning 8, Arsenal with 4 and 2 ...
David O'Leary has played 722 times for Arsenal, more than any other player. Arsenal Football Club , an association football club based in Islington , London, was founded in 1886 as Dial Square. They became the first southern member [ nb 1 ] admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in ...
The Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry is a rivalry between London-based professional association football clubs Arsenal Football Club and Chelsea Football Club.Arsenal play their home games at the Emirates Stadium, while Chelsea play their home games at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal meanwhile made eleven changes as Arsène Wenger rested numerous first-team players following their hard-fought home win over QPR; a 4-5-1 formation was favoured by the Frenchman, with Andrey Arshavin and Theo Walcott to shift from midfield in support of Marouane Chamakh, with Johan Djourou captaining the side.
At home, Arsenal won only eight of their games, drawing ten. Playing in a counter-attacking style, Arsenal did win ten of their away games. [2] Cup competition late into the season caused fixture congestion and fatigue among Arsenal players. Due to such congestion, Arsenal even asked to rearrange the schedule for the North London Derby.
Kevin Joseph Campbell (4 February 1970 – 15 June 2024) was an English professional footballer, sports television pundit and commentator.. A striker, Campbell played in the Premier League for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton and West Bromwich Albion.
Arsenal players reflect on the draw at full-time after letting a two-goal lead slip away (PA) Mikel Arteta waited 84 minutes to make a substitution in this damaging draw with Aston Villa, and when ...
A particularly memorable match between the two sides came on 1 February 1958, when they met in a league fixture at Highbury. [10] It was the last league game that United played before the Munich air disaster five days later, which claimed the lives of eight of their players and saw two other players injured to such an extent that they never played again. [10]