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The Emotional Highbury and The Grand Ashburton Grove

Highbury 1913-2006

For the majority of their time in south-east London, Arsenal played at the Manor Ground in Plumstead, a three-year period at the nearby Invicta Ground between 1890 and 1893 excepted. The Manor Ground was initially just a field, but the club installed stands and terracing in time for their first Football League match in September 1893. They played their home games there for the next twenty years (with two exceptions in 1894�95), until the move to north London in 1913.



Arsenal Stadium, widely referred to as Highbury, was Arsenal's home from September 1913 until May 2006. The original stadium was designed by the renowned football architect Archibald Leitch, and had a design common to many football grounds in the UK at the time, with a single covered stand and three open-air banks of terracing. In the 1930s, the entire stadium was given a massive overhaul, with new Art Deco West and East stands constructed, opening in 1932 and 1936 respectively; in addition, the North Bank terrace had a roof added, which was later bombed during World War II and not restored until 1956.

At its peak, Highbury could hold over 60,000 spectators, and had a capacity of 57,000 until the early 1990s. The Taylor Report and Premier League regulations forced Arsenal to convert Highbury into an all-seater in time for the 1993�94 season, reducing the capacity to 38,419 seated spectators. This capacity had to be reduced further during Champions League matches to accommodate additional advertising hoardings, so much so that for two seasons (1998�99 and 1999�00) Arsenal played Champions League home matches at Wembley, which could house more than 70,000 spectators.

Final moments - the emotions run high in Highbury



Ashburton Grove 2007-present

Expansion of Highbury was restricted because the East Stand had been designated as a Grade II listed building and the other three stands were close to residential properties. These limitations have prevented the club from maximising the revenue that their domestic form could have brought in recent seasons. After considering various options, in 2000 Arsenal proposed building a new 60,000-seater stadium at Ashburton Grove, since renamed the Emirates Stadium, about 500 metres south-west of Highbury. The project was initially delayed by red tape and rising costs, but construction was completed in July 2006, in time for the start of the 2006�07 season. The stadium is named after its sponsors, the airline company Emirates, with whom the club signed the largest sponsorship deal in English football history, worth approximately �100 million; however some fans refer to the ground as Ashburton Grove, or the Grove, as they do not agree with corporate sponsorship of stadium names.The stadium will be officially known as Emirates Stadium until at least 2012, and the airline will be the club's shirt sponsor until the end of the 2013�14 season.

Construction and completion of the Ashburton Grove

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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Aug 24 2009, 12:57 PM

Some of previous thread's last posts :

Eduardo?

congratz new thread..

still waiting.. hwat the arsenal lineup when meets celtic

first time reporting in first page~!lol

I don't know but Arshavin doesn't look so comfortable on the left. He seems more deadly through the center

yerp agree.. arshavin seems dunno what to do.. uhuhu

I believe Arshavin is still adapting to his role on the left. He might be more versatile in the center but with his quality, I believe he'll be well in his role about now. Celtic would be another crucial mid-week match before ManU on Sat. Hopefully we will be able to rest one or two key players after 1 hour of the match as we need fresh legs for the big game.

agreed. for me eduardo look the most likely to do something in the flanks. weirdly enough, the two true strikers, eduardo and bendtner had looked the most impressive playing in the flank.

arshavin has showed us in the last few games that he got what it takes. just a matter of time before he explode.

arshavin get 4 goal in anfield last season from left side..

Exactly. It's calm before before the storm. His fury will be unleashed against MU and Dubai City.

Long time didn't reporting in.

Got gathering this weekend?

Firstpage!!!!!!!!!!

reporting in!

arshavin - bendtner -rvp
-----diaby---- denilson---
---------song -------------
clicy--gallas-tv----sagna-

i believe song, arshavin and bedtner will b sub out

Aiyo post something more constructive la instead of just first page or reporting in lol

I doubt Eduardo at the moment is regarded as a starter by Arsene. Arsene has already shown us who he thinks is his strongest 11 in 2 matches out of a handful of our most important matches, Our first match against Everton, and the Celtic 1st leg IMO

EDIT: Why this time no poll kimhoong

Next poll suggestion:

Which part of Gallas' body will score next ?

(A) butt
(B) manhood
© hand
(D) foot
(E) stomach
(F) others



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