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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

Some posts taken from previous thread:

Sorry about the thread logo

I had put it on when I was creating it but somehow it didn't work out even after a few times trying.... and I was in hurry to travel back that time

Until now only I have the time to online - since 11/2

I would be very happy to sponsor if I am some billionaire's son or something, but I am not

I am also planning for a trip to Emirates Stadium... in 2-3 years time~ Don't play play with Pound Sterling.

I'm also fine with 1-1 considering that we are missing a few first team players and playing away.

Hahaha.... Gong Xi Gong Xi !

I'm also just back to KL after some tiring journey from KL -> Melaka -> Perak -> KL

Straight went to bed after reaching KL until now

It's the time for Bendtner to shine

naive mistake from Fabianski

Clichy was guilty to let his man off from his marking but that "cross" was not hard to be saved

Never thought Campbell would score an important goal for Arsenal anymore

This big guy has proven me wrong

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Feb 18 2010, 04:08 AM

Yup, this has to be one of the roughest Arsenal this season.

It doesn't look good but as long as it is effective (to certain teams), I'll take it.

True, it's all depends on Fabregas' maturity and professionalism whether or not to entertain Porto's harassment. Well, as our captain, I have high expectation on him on this aspect.

Well, MOTM atm is Campbell.... surprisingly.

... and who said referee is on our side? It's a stupid decision from the referee!

The position of the "freekick" is very sensitive, the referee should be more aware of what's happening about it.

Furthermore, I didn't see any Porto player acknowledged the referee that there's a quick freekick stupid referee!

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Feb 18 2010, 05:03 AM

Fabregas is their target... they are trying to get him off (for this match or the next)

I really don't have good feeling about these Porto players

... and the referee should get MOTM

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Added on February 18, 2010, 5:27 amBendtner off ??? ... for Vela

Vela, Walcott and Nasri upfront.... I cannot imagine how they can cope with the rough challenges

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Feb 18 2010, 05:27 AM