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This post has been edited by kimhoong: Jan 8 2011, 02:20 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

The Trophy Cabinet

The LYN Gooners
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cannot 1st.later get banned

This post has been edited by ali_boulala: Dec 11 2010, 08:45 AM

I didn't read much about previous posts but please minimize your taunting on individuals like Evra.

I am sure fellow members here can be more professional than some professional footballers

Just stick to football/Arsenal discussion, shall we?

We can taunt all we want when we win

This post has been edited by kanelee: Dec 11 2010, 08:56 AM

really don't give a damn what man u manager/players/fans have to say...from past experience, espeacially the fans lah...they just love to 'bebel' how they win this and that...usually all 'talk big' only....and currently IMO all 3 teams top BPL table have it ups and downs..it's anybody's game....so don't talk C*CK so much

anyway, have a gut feeling that we will play good at OT....

cheers

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Added on December 11, 2010, 9:00 ambro...u're going to the game at OT ah?

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: Dec 11 2010, 09:01 AM

ah.. new thread

is it true Alumia is trying to ship himself away?

It won't do Almunia any good for him to stay. If IF Fabianski flaps again (*touch wood*) Szczesny will stand out.

this week we gonna end their unbeaten run, hell yeah!!!

posting in the new thread


thank bro kimhoong for the new thread

good for his career..malaga want him..

Not going..got fren invite me but canot bear la sitting with bunch of MU fans

too bad we don't have Fab..
RVP maybe in after 2nd half..

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Added on December 11, 2010, 10:03 am

i hope we stay 1st this week....

This post has been edited by ohhisee: Dec 11 2010, 10:03 AM

Fun fact : Arshavin has the highest amount of assist this season (8) , only Nani equal to it.

With media's all around Nasri's fine form, i believe Arshavin is the one to watch at OT. Monday the 13th, I'm having good vibes about the team.
Koscielny worries me a little, perhaps he needs a little more time and confident to be the player people will look up to. I thought Djorou - Squalaci was even a better partnership. He's injured huh ?

P/S : Looks like my name is missing from the Arsenal fan base

remember nasri's 2 goals against united?remember arshavin's fluke last year?here's hoping for these two gun down the devils.

lol lets hope we do well

but if arshavin play like last time,i think we dead..n i hope persie will pe 1st eleven

Arshavin will start for sure. You will need his intelligence to beat the Devils and hopefully he will do as good as the game against Fulham or even better against Liverpool