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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: 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!

he drifted off right after the whistle... din even stay on pitch for celebration.... clearly he felt guilty, but its a necessary evil, nonetheless....

I only predicted Arsenal 10 Casanova 0...not yet come true though.Just came back from the Emirates and its ard 2am here thanks to the delayed train.Adrenaline still pumping though..a win after all those bad results was certainly sweet.Diaby's head got hair so can head the ball more properly compared to when he was bald

My Motm would be Diaby..besides the goal he scored,I liked the way he used his long legs to control the ball Cesc was off today though,miss passes,one or two sloppy touches,and theo was well..ineffective to me.Clichy at least did not chase rabbits this match and performed better than previous matches.Not jumping on the Gerrard diving bandwagon though..when E****** ppl dive,its determination to win la,pure passion la,intelligence la..when other ppl dive,its pure cheating Thats the sick media here..Chelsea lost and MU draw coupled with Arsenal winning made my trip to the Emirates sweeter

This post has been edited by kanelee: Feb 11 2010, 10:21 AM

man.. you are SO fortunate to be able to watch so many arsenal matches... =)

actually, Fabregas's hand ball in stoppage time was slightly outside the penalty box..
so it should not be a penalty call...

This post has been edited by lipkhin: Feb 11 2010, 10:32 AM

Yo man.
Same from me to all the Chinese members (including me)

Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Hei Fatt Choy!
Have a prosperous and healthy new year!

MOTM should be 'young Vieira'. Great header with an empathetic thump. With Diaby, Song was effective, together they bulged or bulked up arsenal midfield against Liverpool.

In my last post here I suggest that Vermalen should also share the blame for Drogba's goal.
Today Vermalen should shared the 'glory' for Gallas slidetackling and stopping Ngog from scoring.
Vermalen 'touched' and 'paused' Ngog who would have breakaway cleanly. Else Gallas would have given a penalty doing a 'Lee Carlsey' .

My point here is that Arsenal lacked that kind of ' defence quality', against Park's and Drogba's goal, which ManU always gets away with impunity such as Scholes (including the whole team) on Arshavin and Fab etc. No?

Oh, yes I'm echoing AW's comment on the type of 'bad football' played by 'U' know who.

This post has been edited by niuchin: Feb 11 2010, 10:45 AM

damn dude... so sweet you were there...

better ask Diaby to maintain his hair, bald again?!...

Looking at this imagine if we replaced Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen and Clichy with Cuellar, Collins, Dunne and Warnock/Young.................we could've been top of the league....hahahahaha

Just a joke guys....

Well, things like that are not guaranteed. Burnley beat United at home but have struggled against lesser opponent throughout the season. We beat Liverpool twice and yet could not beat United when Liverpool have defeated them. In short, different game, different team. Past results between other teams have no relevance.

looking at the remaining difficult games below,
arsenal title hope is actually good..

Arsenal:
Tottenham (away)
Man City (home)

Man Utd:
Liverpool (home)
Chelsea (home)
Man City (away)
Tottenham (home)

Chelsea:
Man City (home)
Aston Villa (home)
Man Utd (away)
Tottenham (away)
Liverpool (away)

Realistic:
we will become "dark horse" for the title race.

Optimistic:
We still can win league if we didnt lose any easy point.

+1

diaby please stay fit and consistent.

highlights

http://rapidshare.com/files/348912150/MOTD..._-_10-02-10.avi

http://www.mediafire.com/?gndzgnrzmdm

Ya it was sweet..compared to the Chelsea matches I watch only 3 home games and 2 away games so far..not considered alot haha!Diaby with hair > Bald Diaby

Conclusion=we still stand a chance..not totally KOed

Arsenal:
Tottenham (away) WIN
Man City (home) WIN

Man Utd:
Liverpool (home) WIN/Draw can't really see them lose again to liv but again, we never know.
Chelsea (home) draw
Man City (away) draw
Tottenham (home) win

Chelsea:
Man City (home) win
Aston Villa (home) draw or win
Man Utd (away) draw
Tottenham (away) lose or draw
Liverpool (away) hoping for a lost.

kanebu... u work in london or study?

cilakak damn u can watch live matches...

kanelee

i was suppose to be there for chelsea and liverpool game but my boss didn't approve my leave. unlucky for me but luckily my fren managed to sold back my tickets and my flight tickets got refund too. i made the arrangement way back in October, after raya, so i had time to refund the flight tickets too. if not, mati leh. hehehe

so envy u rite now.. i'm so wanna go Emirates to watch vs ManCiteh. Hopefully my boss will be kind and grant me the leave in April. muahahaha

btw.. did u guys know that Villa scores for ManU!??? fark it.. how many o.g for ManU already?

This post has been edited by sakaito: Feb 11 2010, 11:02 AM

Still a student la..studying in Portsmouth instead of london Now back to budget mode after this month watching at Stamford Bridge and Emirates.

Icic..me too want to see the vs Man City match..then can boo a certain tall lanky guy..he's 5 foot 4.he's 5 foot 4,we got arshavin..fxxx adebayor..
Abt og for MU,I guess already reached 10

lucky MU had their 10th league og if not mistaken

yep... 10th OG.. deng it...

damn i love diaby...i saw him as viera...this is my 1st time watching arsenal in the early morning full time...b4 this, the tv is actually watching me...

somehow i got a feeling FA won't let Fabregas get away wif that coz it's too clearly from the replay... he purposely raised his hand/arm to block the shot which looks very likely to curl into the top corner of the goal... it might just went in IF Fabregas did not blocked it...

but anyhow... he sort of raised his arm before the kick, Fabregas must had premonition...

yep... stevie G must've seen it and try to target the arm. aim small.. miss small.. ahahaha

Damn...I overslept and can only watch the highlight
It's not ez to play top 4 teams in 3 successive weeks but the hell is past us. We don't havta face them anymore & they still gonna face each other.
Like AW said after the match, they'll sure to drop points here & there and it down to us to find the consistency for the remaining games.

Keep the faith..

keep the faith!

I was infront the TV, but somehow missed the controversy of Fab on the free kick. Selective vision probably.

The rule left some room for interpretation, ball hit arm or arm hit ball.
Hand in legit position or not legit.

But jumping without raising arm ain't efficient right?
And jumping to block ball with face is dumb to the fullest without arm protecting the fragile nose.

lucky pool dont get penalty..in gerard mind "target:fab hand"..in ref mind "i know"..

actually is not inside penalty box..

The captain really shouldn't do that, it could be second yellow and a red and he'll be out for few next games. But it all started with Walcott giving away the ball at the other end. The team really should drill this kind of thing into their head. Anyway at the end of the day the team deserved their 3 points.

We got the 3 points while the other 2 dropped points

we still obviously lack someone to bang in the goals sigh sigh

any highlight link?

here bro

Again, lady luck is with us...not only liverpool game, but also to man utd n chelsea. Very weird. Its not the first time arsenal won while the other big teams won in the same night.

From the slow motion, is like Fab know Gerrard will shoot into his direction

I don't think Cesc is to blame. He is trying to block his face, it's gerrard's shot after all. He is known to bang some hard ball into goals from as far as 40 yards. Any human will be scared if such a power were to hit the face.

Diaby's goal was a mixture of : pin point cross from Rosicky + Great positioning by Diaby + defender errors by the Liverpool.

Agree nonetheless , Diaby is the man that I really want to see on the pitch nowadays . Not because of his goal , but he really did well in the midfield . Winning balls and passing well .

Aside Diaby's goal , I still think there are many occasions where we should have scored .

1. Arshavin's sitters .
2. Bendter's chance , however he was marked tightly .
3. Rosicky' chance , but spoiled by bad footing . It looks like he was payed by Liverpool . At least he redeemed himself after that .

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Added on February 11, 2010, 2:13 pmOn addition , if Arshavin really play by bearing an injury , pity him . He worked really , really hard . This guy is awesome .

This post has been edited by Breaktru: Feb 11 2010, 02:13 PM

I don't know but to be fair, Fab might deserved a foul/card (not sure about penalty though). He seems like not blocking his face as
1) He raised his hand before Gerrard kicked the ball
2) and he raised it above his head

To block his face ? U need to see the replay again I think. His hand was on top of his head la. & to raise Ur hand during a freekick (if Ur in the wall) is not in any teams defensive manual, I can assure U tht. Even when U defend a live ball in a penalty box also U shudn't raise Ur hand.

I'm not trying to put any blame on Fabregas here. Just that, we were very, very lucky in that sense this morning. Just think of wht would happen if Howard Webb gave them a freekick just at the edge of the box, or red-carded Fabregas for deliberate handball (he was already on a yellow), or worse.. penalty. Haih....

that's why i said... he got premonition

Good and important win. Best news of the day for me after an annoying shift at work.

Football is unpredictable. Everton and Villa did us huge favours, this shows that no team can take their position for granted.

For those who kept faith in the team despite the previous 2 losses, this victory couldn't be any more sweet.

For those who lost their faith in the team, well wake up and support the team.

For those who hoped for us to lose just so they can prove themselves right, here's one up yours.

I always have the feeling that we'll beat Liverpool to be honest.
Lost a little faith I've, but that's because of Wenger's outrageous statements.

Where's the thread logo lol ?

hope that Fabregas won't do the same mistake... and be a good lesson to him (still people can state any reasons but it remains with him what had happens this morning and what had mingle in his mind to acted like that)

more over after this Arsenal needs to concentrate with next game meet up with FC Porto is it?

A good win.. Finally Arsenal has learned to win ugly rather than loosing beautifully

I dont know what walcott was doing. He didnt what to do in most of the situation. Near the final minute,he gave the ball easily and wenger really pissed off. That error lead to the controcersial freekick. But fabregas was awesome in trying to mess up liverpool player

finally u post something... lol

agreed

what he did was quite silly imo

Nice win this morning, didn't watch the game but was pleasantly surprised by results all round. Suddenly the title race is back on, even if there's only a slim chance of it. During the run-in we need to go all out in every game, even if it's against Wolves at home. Oh, and Walcott needs to up his game or risk being sold.

The perfect arena to redeem himself is the Champs League game next midweek. IMO Walcott should start, as he usually plays well in these European games.

Keep a good run in the Champs League and the season end could be interesting indeed.

good but not the best win..at least i can kutuk mu n chlsea member..if we can keep playing like this,there is a trophy..fabregas play 'hard' today..keep the faith!↲Hoping high for sunderland game!

Diaby's goal was a beauty. We already knew how to win ugly (1-0 vs Fulham); in fact we could have scored more had we not squandered so many chances. Liverpool had theirs too but they didn't cherish it.

Don't. Karma bites you back real hard, plus doing such action will only give Arsenal fans a bad reputation.

sweet..being busy in office now..curi masa sikit to post

go go gunners!

Congratulations to the lads, they have done us proud

Looking at our fixtures and the fixtures for the other 2 contenders for the premiership, I'd say, we have a decent shot at the league trophy. Most of the hard games are already out of the way for us.

Am I too ambitious with that statement? No. We just better win it if we want any silverware this season. Because I'm not sure we can go very far in the CL.

Lets don't talk abt winning the EPL Title. Its still far away plus Chelsea & MU are ahead of us.

lol at arsenal fan who happy at the win.

your fabregas is a cheating *******

Found new hobby ?

look who's talking..

gerrard acts like he has been shot down..

in the penalty box.. he ran into diaby n acts as if diaby fouled him..

n the final free kick? it wasnt even a free kick..

talk about cheating

Why do you say so ? Justification ?

This post has been edited by Nemesis13: Feb 11 2010, 06:33 PM

sour grape la pool fan. LOL. inside the box gerrard was behind some one and he fell he wants penalty. its a joke la ..

hate to remind you but.. the foul was on kuyt not gerrard.

i see....

but... WHO FARKING CARES??!! LOL we bag the 3 points... and u all got telur instead of taunting us, u should be worrying about ur CL spot next season...

gogogo Manchester City... oh please... i swear to God i'll be the first to post at ur thread when Liverpool got kick out of top 4 at the end of the season...

It was on gerrard. Ref gave play on but kuyt was fouled. That's why the foul was given to the first "foul"

Small boy, worry about ur team more than being a sore loser. I'm glad you're not an Arsenal fan.

who cares who cheat who...? result is the one that talk the loudest.... so, lets just end the discussion.

Lol at you, sour grapes.

calm dude, let him be.
anyway it is nice to have such big space for us to pass the ball around, i dun see that in previous match

lol.now that we win,our thread has been haunted by sore loser.why can't this thread be in harmony?

anyway,woke up after second half started.too bad i didn't watch the game cuz my college's cafe not allow us to watch football in wee hours anymore.only follow through yahoo live commentator.and when i see the word goal i screamed out loud alone in my room.

i want to congratulate everton but since i cant find everton's thread - i definitely cannot say it in the liverpool or chelsea thread so i just post here


WELL DONE EVERTON!!!!!!!

lucas help us played and passed ball well...he look like dont event existed in the game..heh

Wake up and smell the coffee la..sour grapes doesn't taste nice.Then u expect Arsenal fans to 'mourn' the win ah?Don't play the high morality ground when the free kick that led to the so called 'penalty claim' wasn't a free kick to begin with.Keep all ur cursing/injustice feeling to ur own thread la.

This post has been edited by kanelee: Feb 11 2010, 09:07 PM