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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Nov 19 2010, 04:16 AM

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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2nd!

oopss.... after soooo long, I still got this wrong

spammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

manutd won.
we must win~

ya.. arsenal must win tonight!

arsenal ftwwwwwwwwww

dang chicarito....

man u win.

woohoo new thread

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This post has been edited by liez: Oct 24 2010, 10:40 PM

First time watching arsenal match on tv this season.

diaby not playing.

orite guys.. name ur first elevent tonite.. i go for fabianski in front..

the list already out la bro.

Match details already out for some time .


Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Djourou, Squillaci, Clichy, Nasri, Fabregas, Song, Denilson, Arshavin, Chamakh.
Subs: Szczesny, Koscielny, Rosicky, Walcott, Eboue, Gibbs, Bendtner.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

boyota. who on earth is that?

Go 1Arsenal go!

God bless.... All the best Gooners!!!!

am using sopcast channel 82153 and working fine currently

edit found the link


This post has been edited by ChaoGuGu: Oct 24 2010, 11:03 PM

goooooooooooooooo

wow..great reaction by fabianski

Great stuff fabianski... Keep this up mafarker!!

Dear god, early rush in the first minute. Good catch, fabiansky!

hope fabianski dont explode..

wow..red card for mc player

any streaming links besides sopcast?cant seems to connect

Any live streaming link guys? My mom is watching Astro~

yes..red card..

red card. game on. f u boyata.

The guy who got red carded

Woohooo send off..

HUHUH.... nervy start for us...but good one Chakmah

hopefully gunners can take advantages

i'm sure he is arsenal fan

yellow..

RED CARDDDDDDDDD

damn de jong...zzzz

De Jong should get one too..

Good for us... Now they cant afford to play physical against us..

wtf de jong!!!!!

well done the referee..he was not afraid to send Boyata off eventhough the 4th minute..he was not as scared as the referee in the Stoke-Man u match earlier who was scared to send off G.Neville

city want to finished off cesc

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Added on October 24, 2010, 11:16 pmits a card game now..

This post has been edited by locomotion: Oct 24 2010, 11:16 PM

any decent streaming link please =(

Evident enough they are trying to kick Fabregas off the field.

wtf they wan CESC!!

Wtf... Still a rough game...

Barry is the mastermind to get Cesc off..he was angry wif Cesc coz Cesc went to the ref when Boyata was gonna get the red card and Barry was pissed off..he must have told the others to go after Cesc..i am a Newcastle fan and i hate this freakin Man City team..De Jong is a muthafcuka gangster..!!

djorouuu..

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Added on October 24, 2010, 11:23 pmyessssssssssssssss...nasriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

This post has been edited by locomotion: Oct 24 2010, 11:23 PM

0-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

beauty move............

SAMIR NASRI. GAME ON

Nasri rewarded finally....
crap comentator abt that extra man, they have most of their guys defending while we only have 2 in the box

This post has been edited by ESLord: Oct 24 2010, 11:24 PM

GOALLLLLLLLLL nice 1-2

ITU DIAA

I SCORED! =D

cant feel comfy..

goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal

GOAL!!! Brilliant link up play...

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Added on October 24, 2010, 11:26 pmKeep it up... Strike from the right is the way to go yo~

This post has been edited by maximus85: Oct 24 2010, 11:26 PM

gret defending arshavin

That Tevez is one hardworking mofo...

city defensive area totally open

nice play from arsha

aahh dem!! cesc booked

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Added on October 24, 2010, 11:31 pmdjorou weakest link

This post has been edited by locomotion: Oct 24 2010, 11:31 PM

nvm..we still lead..nice 1 - 2..very calm finishing...

Woaahhh... Almost conceded damn it come on guys... Defence more resolutely plzzz

man, how bad is Johan tonight?

teves out ade in

mofo's warming up. i'd like to get a piece of that mofo. oh yes

Can Song stop trying to be Cesc??!!!!

Fabianski!!please get a clean sheet!!

fakof silva..

Johan sure svcks...
but the other hand, Fabiansiky is superb!!!

And come'on guys, stop collecting cards, this is not pokemon card battle

djourou is really struggling against the speed of manc players...and we r a little sloppy in our play

Still nervous i'll say... Calm down guys... Its away game afterall

Sub out Djourou

omggggggggggg

Djourou needs to go out... He needs to before we got rduced to 10 man.

so much sloppy plays

wow we're playing rougher than usual

wtf is goin on here...sagna wtf man

Fight fire wif fire

yessssss..penalty

PK!!!!! i love this Ref

come on 2-0 please

yeah..penalti for us..goalllll!!!!

Kill the game please

FKIN PENALTY YEAHHHHH

wow penalty.

cescccccccccc..noooooo shiiitt

damn!!