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The 2005–06 season was Arsenal Football Club's 14th season in the Premier League and their 80th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] It was the final season in which home matches were played at the club's Highbury stadium after 93 years; Arsenal intended to move to its new 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in time for the following season.
At home to Crystal Palace in February 2005, Wenger named an Arsenal squad with no English players – a first in the club's history which attracted criticism from the media. The team ended the season strongly, with a run of eight wins from nine games ensuring a second-place finish. 32 different players represented the club in five competitions ...
The 2005–06 season was the 108th in the competitive history of Arsenal Football Club. It began on 1 July 2005 and concluded on 30 June 2006, with competitive matches played between August and May. It was the final season that Arsenal played at Highbury (Arsenal Stadium), before moving to the Emirates Stadium the following season
Arsenal set a Champions League record during the 2005–06 season by going ten matches without conceding a goal, beating the previous best of seven set by AC Milan. They went a record total stretch of 995 minutes without letting an opponent score; the streak ended in the final , when Samuel Eto'o scored a 76th-minute equaliser for Barcelona.
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]
The 2005–06 season was the 108th in the competitive history of Arsenal Football Club. It began on 1 July 2005 and concluded on 30 June 2006, with competitive matches played between August and May. It was the final season that Arsenal played at Highbury (Arsenal Stadium), before moving to the Emirates Stadium the following season
The 2005 FA Cup final was a football match played between Arsenal and Manchester United on 21 May 2005 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.It was the final match of the 2004–05 FA Cup, the 124th season of English football's primary cup competition, the FA Cup.
Record goalscorer Thierry Henry, who was also captain from 2005 to 2007. Kolo Touré made 326 appearances for Arsenal. Cesc Fàbregas is Arsenal's youngest-ever goalscorer, and captained the side from 2008 to 2011. Per Mertesacker made 221 appearances for Arsenal and is the current Arsenal Academy manager.