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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Mar 8 2010, 11:33 PM

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: Feb 11 2010, 09:34 AM

As mentioned before, I may not able to online as frequent as I am now after this because I'm going back to hometown.

Here, I'd like to wish all fellow Chinese members:

Happy Chinese New Year ! Gong Xi Fatt Chai !


To others, Happy Holiday!


Also, drive carefully

oh, no wonder got a new thread so soon la

Some posts taken from previous thread:

anyway, we won't be having any games this weekend until next mid week vs Porto. Good la... the players need some rest after the gruelling 4 match.

as AW puts it clearly;-

Nobody realises what it is to play Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool on the trot. Physically and mentally it is very demanding especially with the two massive disappointments.

this is for people who predict wrong scoreline after game ended

yeah...where is those trolls now? come and post your feeling by predicted wrongly...

Buy Saha ? He is so good !

hahaha... ok...

anyway, next game MU vs Everton. Mikel Arteta is back for the toffees and Feilani should be back vs. MU. waaaaa... i hope it'll turn out to be a battle royale.

hopefully Arshavin and Nasri injury not that serious. We need as many players as we can now.

also hoping Wolves will provide some surprises too.

Kimhoong and fellow members that celebrate

Happy Chinese New Year ! Gong Xi Fatt Chai...!

Safe journey and driving too..

highlight please.

dono y, all the while, i feel we need a complete striker like saha.
can head, can shoot...

This post has been edited by dennis5585: Feb 11 2010, 10:09 AM

woke up this morning and saw the all the scorelines

din expect the other 2 to drop points so quickly since their spirits are flying high now...

anyhow... heard it's an ugly match... clearly handball by Fabregas though

p/s: i din predict the scoreline for this match, only for the last 2 matches, so dun bash me

dennis,

don't buy 1st , make loan transfer 1st if he makes a good criteria as AW wants then put a permanent deal..

this guy (Saha) so good eh...

look a like though.. got to ask Fabregas what has happens

This post has been edited by Kimie: Feb 11 2010, 10:18 AM

i didn't watch the match (had to get enough rest cause gotta drive back to hometown tonight), but i'm really happy that we've managed to win ugly. just wanted to request that we do not goad about the victory and incite other forumers who do not share the same view with us. regardless of how different our opinions are, we're still arsenal supporters. let be gracious to each other. =)

anyway, wishing all those who celebrate CNY gong xi fa cai and to those who will be driving back to their respective hometowns, do drive safely and be courteous!