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5 May: Midfielder Mathieu Flamini agrees to a four-year contract with Italian club Milan, meaning he will leave Arsenal on a free transfer on 1 July. [3] 23 May: Physiotherapist Neal Reynolds agrees to join Arsenal from Norwich City. [4] 28 May: Arsenal are granted a work permit for striker Carlos Vela, who spent the 2007–08 season on loan to ...
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]
In the quarter-finals, Arsenal played against fellow English club Liverpool, with the first leg at home. The two matches were played either side of a Premier League match between the two sides. Adebayor scored the first goal – he headed the ball from a corner, before Dirk Kuyt equalised three minutes later.
In addition to the usual English football chants, Arsenal's supporters sing "One-Nil to the Arsenal" (to the tune of "Go West") and also regularly sing "Who's that team they call the Arsenal", "Good Old Arsenal" (to the tune of "Rule, Britannia!") and "We're the North Bank/Clock End Highbury". The fans also chant "Boring, Boring Arsenal" in ...
The 2008–09 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 22nd season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League , winning the title for a 6th consecutive season, this time on goal difference, defeating second-placed Everton on the final day at Widnes . [ 1 ]
In the final Arsenal beat Aston Villa by 3 goals to 1 at the Emirates Stadium so as to become playoff champions. [28] In April 2017, Arsenal's Under 13 team defeated Sunderland to lift the inaugural Premier League National Cup as champions. [29] As well, in June 2017, Arsenal's Under-14s won the 2016-17 Premier League Albert Phelan Cup. [30]
The 2008 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008. [5] It was the first League Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, and the first to be played in England since the old Wembley was demolished in 2000. The defending champions were Chelsea, who beat Arsenal in the 2007 Final at Cardiff's Millennium ...
Arsenal TV was a sports television channel devoted to coverage of the English football club Arsenal F.C. Until June 2009, it was a part of the Setanta Sports package and was similar to Setanta's other channels Celtic TV, Rangers TV and LFC TV. [3] Arsenal TV has been continued in the way of its successors being Arsenal's Web Player and Arsenal ...