UK - London - Highbury: Arsenal Stadium

photo by wallyg on Flickr

Actions

License

Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works

Download

Embed Photo

Size and Profile

Uploaded:: Aug 28, 2009
Original:: 1618 × 1080

Original date:: Nov 12, 2006

UK - London - Highbury: Arsenal Stadium — Fotopedia

Arsenal Stadium was the former home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 1913 and 2006. It is popularly known as Highbury, given its location in the area of London of the same name. Affectionately referred to as "The Home of Football", the stadium is being redeveloped as housing, which will see some of its original structure preserved and incorporated into the new development.

The original stadium was built in 1913, when Woolwich Arsenal moved from the Manor Ground in Plumstead, South East London to Highbury, leasing the recreation fields of a local divinity college. The stadium was hurriedly built over the summer of that year, and was designed by Archibald Leitch. The capacity of Highbury was limited to 38,500 and restrictions such as the East Stand's status as a listed building made any future expansion difficult and expensive. Eventually, Arsenal decided to leave Highbury in favour of the Emirates Stadium in nearby Ashburton Grove, which opened in July 2006.

Wikipedia Article

Arsenal F.C. — See encyclopedia photos

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, London, who currently play in the Premier League. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. Arsenal holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and is the only side to have completed a Premier League season unbeaten (in the 2003-04 season). Arsenal was founded in 1886 in Woolwich and in 1893 became the first club from the south of England to join the Football League.

In 1913, it moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. In the 1930s the club won five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years it won the League and FA Cup Double, in the 1970–71 season, and in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century won two more Doubles and reached the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final. Arsenal has a long-standing rivalry with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom it contests the North London derby. Arsenal is the third most valuable association football club in the world as of 2010, valued at $1.2 billion.

This article is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA License. It uses material from Wikipedia content.

Albums

Album	Page
Arsenal F.C.