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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 189495), 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 199394 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 (199899 and 199900) 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 200607 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 201314 season.

Construction and completion of the Ashburton Grove

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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Aug 3 2010, 12:20 AM

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This post has been edited by Bellatrix LeStrange: Jul 15 2010, 04:18 PM

i think the fixture for 10/11 is out?

http://www.arsenal.com/fixtures/fixtures-reports

1st game vs Pools away~bring it on!

second that he looks like some nascar daytona racer

i think this poll is like prediction liao

Strikers -- william hill 1:50, bwin 1:48, bet365 1:51.4
Attacking Midfielders -- william hill 1:13, bwin 1:12, bet365 1:11.5
Defensive Midfielders -- william hill 1:50, bwin 1:48, bet365 1:51.4
Wingers -- william hill 1:50, bwin 1:48, bet365 1:50
Center Defenders -- william hill 1:0.75, bwin 1:0.8, bet365 1:0.73
Full backs -- william hill 1:101, bwin 1:102, bet365 1:100
Goalkeeper -- william hill 1:0.75, bwin 1:0.75, bet365 1:0.75

lol @ ^
big small lai lai
buy goalkeeper 1:2
buy defender 1:0.8
lai lai

thanks for new thread. thanks kimhoong

and this week we have barnet rite?

no live telecast....sien

do we need "paul" to predict our first away game

Paul has already retired... unfortunately...

been offered Spanish citizenship~lucky Paul~

posting useless post in the first page of arsenal street talk

list me in as gooners...