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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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Some random picks from previous thread on our last match review:

yeah, first post! of new year
y no poll this time

Happy New Year !

hehee.... no poll cos out of topic

will arsenal overtake MU by this thread ends?

yes! believe2!
what a great perfomance..huhh
just some points behind the leader,we got goal advantage ^^

Song is only required to go off on the 4th. We have a game on the 3rd against West Ham. So he can still play one more for Arsenal

Memory lane, I just finish watching all the goal compilation of Henry goal, which contain his goals since the Overmars period, till the Invincible era, and also till Fabregas period, almost bring tears to me. Seeing all those goals and remembering the time he was still in the team, man those was the time, not that I'm saying our current team don't score beautiful goals, but still cant compare with even half of Henry effort it seem.

No matter it penalty, or freekicks, it seem Henry always add some spice into it, specially his freekick, if I did not watch the video compilation, I would have forgotten that Henry can also take very good freekick.

But 1 thing I do realize, during his time with Arsenal, during the Overmars period, till the Pires period, when he score a goal, he would celebrate with his teammates by hugging or such and such, but during the Young Guns period where Fabs, Hleb and Adebayor is around, it seem he did not celebrate much anymore, just some simple high five and such, maybe that time he already outgrew the club, never would have notice it if I did not watch the video compilation.

Anyway, great game today morning, I see us controlling the game for most of the time, great teamwork, and Song really know how to do his defensive duties, guess we going to miss his presence when he leave for his international tournament duties.

Good result from the lads. Didn't see the game, but I would think it was a cracker!

Anyway, AW started his usual "we don't need players" thing again after the win. However, earlier reports did quote him saying he needs to bring in some new faces.

Whatever happens, here's who I'd like to see coming in.

Wish List
1. Edin Dzeko
Although he's been playing with a strike partner at Wolfburg, he looks more than capable of occupying the lone-striker position that we employ this season. Our strikeforce without RVP looks a bit short of confidence while Bendtner may take some time to get back to full fitness. Strong, good in the air, quick with lethal finishing, Dzeko would be my ideal striker for the team.

2. Scott Parker
What? Why him?? He's overrated (I can anticipate some of your comments ). But hear me out... Sure he's never made it at Chelsea, but he had world class competition in Makalele back then. He adds a lot of steel in the middle of the park, his passing isn't too bad either and his tackles are robust indeed (just ask Jimmy Bullard). At 29-30, this would not be the typical AW signing, but his experience may be invaluable in our young midfield. It also helps that he's the ultimate professional with barely a whinge or complaint throughout his career.

Realistic List
1. Maroune Chamakh
While he's already said he doesn't want to leave Bordeaux, I find it hard to believe that the club wouldn't want to cash in on him before his contract expires in 6 months. We also saw last January that anything can happen in the transfer window and we should never say never. I personally haven't seen him play before, but AW seems to covet him. Franny Jeffers aside, AW's track record for forwards has been spot on for the past decade so I trust his judgement.

2. Some unknown kid from Africa...
.... Who will probably be a bundle of nerves and fans will start calling for his head before settling down in 4-5 years' time and perform like a potential world-class midfielder.... Why does this feel so familiar...

Henry is a living Arsenal legend man! Simply irreplaceable...

chamakh already say he doesnt want to leave in january

He probably wants to leave under free transfer . Is he really good? I never got a chance to see him or dzeko played before .
I wonder who scored free kick the most for arsenal , was it Henry ? Or someone else?
And please add me in the gooner list as well.

i have 1 question. When in direct FK, why i cant see any player defending the goal post except the GK? Is it easy to defend if they put more player at the goal post or goal line to defend? Is this move illegal?

no it's not illegal but if a player is at the goal post, the free kick could be easily directed to someone else to score because there won't be any offsides.

we have the highest goal difference at 30, second is chelski 29 and manu with 27 goal difference

yippi new thread... hope arsenal can bring at least 1 throphy...

yups id can't agree more with this transfer wishlist. And regarding scott parker..erm he maybe not dat good at chelsea but he's
one of the key midfielder along with matt holland during charlton days. And its a dream come true if we can get dzeko. If u watch
when he scored both time against united this season...there's no doubt he know where & how to score. And when u have the clever
finisher combined with great provider like nasri,fab,arsh..then he could scoring goal for fun

As for chamakh...i don't see any chances we're gonna bring him this january. His team in fiery form right now(top at Ligue 1 summit)
and make a short work out of bayern & juve and collect most points than any team during group stage. Bordeaux could truly be
the real darkhorse in this year UCL.