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The 2018–19 season was Arsenal's 27th season in the Premier League, 102nd overall season in the top flight and 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] The club participated in the Premier League and the UEFA Europa League, and participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
The 2018–19 Premier League was the 27th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 120th season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 12 May 2019.
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]
Martin Odegaard scored twice to give Arsenal a five-point lead atop the Premier League table following a 2-0 win over Wolves at the Molineux on Saturday.
This supplanted the Football League First Division as the highest level of football in England, [8] and due to a series of progressively larger television contracts, put unprecedented wealth into the hands of top flight clubs. [9] The first five champions in the Premier League era – Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester City and ...
They however failed to retain both trophies as Manchester United pipped Arsenal on the final day of the league season, winning the Premier League as well as defeating the holders in a FA Cup semi-final replay. [11] United won the league for two successive seasons: in 1999–2000 ending the season 18 points in front and 2000–01 by 10. [12]
David de Gea delivered a world-class performance, making 14 saves to equal a Premier League record and denying Arsenal multiple chances to get back into the game. [41] Following draws against Southampton and West Ham United, [28] Arsenal slipped to seventh on the table, marking their first winless streak of three league matches since April. [42]
Highbury could hold more than 60,000 spectators at its peak, and had a capacity of 57,000 until the early 1990s. The Taylor Report and Premier League regulations obliged Arsenal to convert Highbury to an all-seater stadium in time for the 1993–94 season, thus reducing the capacity to 38,419 seated spectators. [135]