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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 ]
Arsenal, who at the time were a consistent challenger for all competitions over a number of seasons, would lose key important players to City who would eventually become the more dominant of the two teams. Arsenal then-manager Arsène Wenger had always been a big critic of City's transfer policy and financial strategy; the rivalry gained ...
I would've sourced the Arsenal handbook 15/16, which also has statistics of every Arsenal player, but I don't have it on me at this moment. Gone through the list once more pre-1996 and cross-checked stats using Kelly's website, the illustrated book, 11v11 (which excludes Charity Shield matches), and the Arsenal database.
Arsenal Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. Kelly, Andy (29 July 2015). "Every Arsenal player in chronological order". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016
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.
Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
[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. Arsenal lost in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup to Nottingham Forest. Arsenal saw several notable changes in the transfer market.
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.