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The Arsenal F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry is a rivalry between English professional football clubs Arsenal and Manchester City. Arsenal play their home games at the Emirates Stadium, while Manchester City play their home games at the Etihad Stadium. The rivalry between the two clubs began in the late 2000s.
The club's longest period without a competitive honour is 17 years, between the 1953-54 and 1969–70 seasons. Ted Drake holds the record for most competitive goals in a single season for Arsenal; he scored 44 during the 1934–35 campaign. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
In the same match Gilberto Silva scored Arsenal's first competitive goal at the ground. [144] Jay Simpson was the first Arsenal player to score a hat trick at the Emirates Stadium against Cardiff City in February 2007, [145] while Emmanuel Adebayor recorded Arsenal's 100th goal at the ground in January 2008 against Newcastle United. [146]
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League , the top tier of English football .
Arsenal players lining up prior to a league match against Chelsea in April 2012. Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. [1]
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]
A statue of Herbert Chapman (1878–1934), Arsenal manager from 1925 to 1934. Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Islington, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before it was shortly renamed to Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. [1]
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.