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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

Enjoy yourselves here

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It's been a long weekend for me because I do not have Internet access

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will update u guys in the member list

+Jul 20 2010, 12:50 AM-->http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/nicklas-bendtner

http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/robin-van-persie

Look at the "Full Arsenal Record" table

done

Arsenal and Birmingham City join vuvuzela ban


http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...cc=5739&cc=5739

He's the one who broke Eduardo's leg

I think we had discussed before about Rosicky future in Arsenal. I only see him a reliable subs rather than a first eleven. It's the time for Walcott and Vela to prove their worth on the flanks, don't you think so?

Some ppl are trying to build bridge while "most" of them are building walls

I still remember this:

Villa gets Barca DNA overnight?

damn ! you got me !!!

Actually in modern football, we need different types of players in different positions.

Normally in the center positions, there are 2 players such as ST, CM, CD. With the football revolution, it is better to have both pacey and strong players.

For flank-players such as fullbacks and wingers, pace is always the priority thus we always see shorter players.

Back to Arsenal, for center positions: ST (3 positions), CM (3 positions?), CD:
ST: RvP (short?), Bendtner (strong), Arshavin (short!)
CM: Fabregas (short), Diaby (strong), Song (strong)
CD: Verminator (short, but strong), Koscielny (1.86 m, strong?)




As for Henry to be in Barca Legend list, I'm sure many Barca fans do not agree with it

I really don't know but one thing I'm sure, Henry has "more" Arsenal DNA than the Barca's

... because normal fans like you and I do not play in Premier League or Champions League



I really don't want to get into this Fabregas-Barca saga. Just let the clubs and the players deal with it and announce the deal (ON or OFF).

Better make it quick cos the longer it drags, the worse it is to Arsenal... as compared to Barca, they have nothing to lose but everything to gain - even if the deal is off, at least they (the club and their players) get some publicity and headlines.

ok

Hi guys, just back from Bangkok ... plus TM finally has some mercy on me and allow me to have my new streamyx installed after a month of complaining/yelling at them!


I'll skip Barca's love affair with Fabregas or Arsenal.


Looking at the squad we have, maybe a change back to 4-4-2 may do us good with Chamakh and RvP as potential partnership with Bendtner and Vela as standby. Arshavin, Rosicky, Nasri on left. Walcott, Eboue, Nasri on right.

As usual, many people (player or whoever) get better chance to have their names mentioned on the headlines whenever they talk about Arsenal

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Aug 3 2010, 08:09 PM

Unifi better meh? extra RM40 - I'm afraid if my housemate doesn't approve it The unker in TM said Unifi only for first and second year students - and I believed him


Back to Arsenal, I think RvP, Chamakh and Bendtner are center players (ST, FW or whatever role). Unless AW only field one of them a time, I think reverting to 4-4-2 is not a bad idea. BTW, I don't like seeing Bendtner on RW like last season.