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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 ...
In Europe, Arsenal lost two of their opening three UEFA Champions League group stage matches, 3–0 at home to Internazionale and 2–1 away to Dynamo Kyiv, but eventually finished top of the group. [26] Arsenal ultimately reached the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by London rivals Chelsea. [27]
Arsenal's form in Europe in 2005–06 was much stronger; they reached the Champions League final for the first time in their history, becoming the first London club ever to do so. Arsenal finished top of their group unbeaten, above Ajax, Thun and Sparta Prague against whom Thierry Henry scored two goals away to become the all-time record ...
He holds Arsenal's all-time record for appearances, with 722 first-team games, [2] [6] in a 20-year-long association with the club. In a poll to compile the list of the club's greatest-ever players, O'Leary was voted 14th. [4] O'Leary assumes the role of a club ambassador for Arsenal. [7]