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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Sep 24 2010, 05:49 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 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





This post has been edited by kimhoong: Aug 22 2010, 12:37 AM

The Trophy Cabinet

The LYN Gooners
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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Sep 2 2010, 06:49 PM

As suggested by a fellow member, a new thread to celebrate our victory

First

1st~ 6-0!!!

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Added on August 22, 2010, 12:30 amdamn it!

This post has been edited by zstan: Aug 22 2010, 12:30 AM

yay!!

Some posts from last thread:

2nd!. oh no diz iz not kopitiam

superb performance from gunners although it was only blackpool with 10 man...chamakh movement on and off the ball was very good...again rosicky was awesome two games in a row...walcott finishing today lethal although could improve on some his decision making but overall he cause havoc for blackpool defence...wilshere was pretty good as well although he lost the ball a few times and passes to the opponent a couple times but he's a pretty combative today

This post has been edited by chimera: Aug 22 2010, 12:40 AM

any highlights?

i think walcott will do well this season,this is his best performance i ever see.
as for chamakh he did ok but maybe he still not adapt with arsenal style,i see he make a bit late decision sometimes

i think if arsenal din't use rvp and fab,they could score more bcause diaby,walcott looks like they really want to attack and score more

can sleep-smiling tonite ..

Hahaha

Fabregas not look happy btw

Hope Wilshere will be ready to replace him next season

This post has been edited by Sifha238: Aug 22 2010, 12:35 AM

shayt la tertido... but i kept faith in arsenal for my fantasy soccer. and i shall reap the rewards!!!!!! oh n i have bale too. hehehe

he's on the way there~

ya la

like no desire in his mind

game against teams like kolam itam can aa demolish using raw speed of walcott... if we're going against more established teams like chelsea we need more than speed. we need creative minds like fabregas.

just a point to keep us on the ground. now let the celebration continue!

hey bro kimhoong, thanks for adding me on da list! really appreciate it!


anyway...lets not get carried away..this is only blackpool and they playing with 10 man..

i stil hope we can have a new CB

This post has been edited by isma45: Aug 22 2010, 12:44 AM