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Arsenal hold several English football records, including the longest unbeaten sequence in the top flight, with 49. Arsenal scored in all 55 league matches from between 19 May 2001 to 30 November 2002 and the club also holds the longest unbeaten away sequence in league football with 27, from 5 April 2003 to 25 September 2004. [84]
The "Most appearances" and "Top goalscorers" tables need footnotes to detail the competitions they include, like at this list. "Henry was Arsenal's leading goalscorer for seven consecutive seasons, from 1999–2000 to 2005–06": unreferenced. Footnotes A and C are unsourced. Mattythewhite 23:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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]
Northern Ireland's top Premier League scorer is Iain Dowie who scored 33 of his 57 goals in the Premier League. The top Welsh goal scorer is Ryan Giggs who scored 114 goals, 109 in the Premier League while Duncan Ferguson with 68 goals is the top Scottish goal scorer in the Premier League. All well short of the record totals by Derek Dougan ...
Goals [5] 1 Thierry Henry: Arsenal 30 2 Alan Shearer: Newcastle United 22 3 Louis Saha: Manchester United / Fulham: 20 Ruud van Nistelrooy: Manchester United 5 Mikael Forssell: Birmingham City: 17 6 Nicolas Anelka: Manchester City 16 Juan Pablo Ángel: Aston Villa Michael Owen: Liverpool Yakubu: Portsmouth: 10 James Beattie: Southampton 14
Arsenal used a total of 32 players during the 2004–05 season and there were 18 different goalscorers. There were also three squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. The team played in a 4–4–2 formation throughout the season, but Wenger deployed a 4–5–1 formation for the cup final. [ 113 ]
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
Alan Smith was the top scorer in both the league and all competitions, winning the golden boot for the second time. Arsenal began the season with a 17-game unbeaten streak in all competitions, though it was not without drama. On 20 October, Arsenal faced Manchester United in the league. Although they won 1-0, the match resulted in a brawl after ...