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The 2015–16 season was Arsenal's 24th season in the Premier League and 90th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] The club entered the season as the FA Cup holders, [3] and participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League.
The 2016 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 29th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the sixth edition of the FA WSL, England's top flight for women's football since 2011. Arsenal also played in the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup, winning the final of the former against Chelsea in May. This was the last full WSL ...
Research by the Henley Business School ranked Arsenal second in English football, modelling the club's value at £1.118 billion in 2015. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] Arsenal's financial results for the 2019–20 season showed an after tax loss of £47.8m, due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 198 ]
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]
Hereford F.C., a new club formed and owned by fans of defunct Hereford United F.C. were accepted into the Midland Football League Premier Division (Level 9) [2] Hackney Wick F.C., a new club founded in mid-2015 by Robert "Bobby" Kasanga, a non-league footballer since there were very few football clubs located within the Hackney Wick area, Kasanga proposed to others the formation of a community ...
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Aldershot Town won promotion to the Football League as Conference National champions, 16 years after the previous incarnation went out of business. Hull City A.F.C. reached the top flight for the first time in their history defeating Bristol City F.C. 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final.
The club's opening day defeat was the second in succession, and the third in four years (after defeats to Aston Villa and West Ham in 2013–14 and 2015–16, respectively). Walcott gave Arsenal the lead after missing a penalty, but a Philippe Coutinho free-kick drew the sides level before half-time.