THE GROUND
Ground
Highbury
Address
Avenell Road, Highbury, London N5 1BU.
Phone No
0171 704 4000
TeamTalk No
09066 168 806 (calls cost 60p per minute)
Ticket Office
0171 704 4040
Capacity
38,500
Average crowd
1997-98
38,053
Allocation for
away fans
3,000 (price £16)
Home ticket prices
£8 for Junior Gunners, £14 - £34 others
Disabled
allocation
space for 92 wheelchars and helpers,
admission free
Facilities for the
blind
Seats for 58, 30 heasets
Programme
£2
Record Attendance
- Highbury
73,295 v Sunderland (Div1) 9 March 1935
Record Attendance
- Wembley
73,707 v RC Lens (Champions' League) 25
November 1998
Pitch
Measurements
110yd x 71yd
Ground Comment
Arsenal Stadium or Highbury became
Arsenal's ground in 1913, 22 years after the
club turned professional as Royal Arsenal.
The first club to install the giant Jumbotron
video screens inside football stadia and also
the first to put up a mural when development
work was taking place at the North Bank end
of the ground, the club even had sound effects
to make it seem more lifelike.
The Gunners were thinking about a move to
Wembley Stadium but decided, in March 1998,
that they would redevelop Highbury instead.
PEOPLE
Chairman
Peter Hill-Wood
Vice Chairman
David Dein
Manager
Arsene Wenger
Assistant Manager
Pat Rice
Coaching Staff
George Armstrong (Reserves), Liam Brady
and Don Howe (Youths)
Secretary
Ken Friar
Physio
Gary Lewin
Groundsman
Steve Braddock
GENERAL INFO
Nickname
The Gunners
Sponsors
JVC
League
Scoring
Record
42 goals by Ted Drake, Div
1, 1934-35 season.
Leading
Scorer Last
Season
Dennis Bergkamp 20 (15
Premiership, 1 UEFA Cup, 2
Coca-Cola Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Record
Victory
12-0 v Loughborough Town
Div 2 March 1900
Record
Defeat
0-8 v Loughborough Town
Div 2 December 1898
Record
Transfer
Received
£3.2 million (with later
additions) for John Hartson
from West Ham
Record
Transfer Paid
£7.5 million for Dennis
Bergkamp from Inter Milan
in June 1995
Colours
First strip: Red and white
top (red and white trim),
white shorts (red trim), white
socks with red hoops.
2nd kit: Yellow shirts
with red and blue
trim, blue shorts,
yellow socks
HISTORY
Year Formed
1886
Year Entered
League
1893
Former Names
Dial Square; Royal Arsenal; Woolwich
Arsenal; "The" Arsenal.
Founder
Daniel Danskin
Former Grounds
Plumstead Stadium; Sportsman's Ground;
Manor Road; Invicta Ground; Manor Road
Managers Since
1946
George Allison 1934-47; Tom Whittaker
1947-56; Jack Crayston 1956-58; George
Swindin 1958-62; Billy Wright 1962-66; Bertie
Mee 1966-76; Terry Neill 1976-83; Don Howe
1983-86; George Graham 1986-95; Bruce
Rioch 1995-96, Arsene Wenger 1996 -
present
HONOURS
League
Championships
1930-31; 1932-33; 1933-34; 1934-35;
1937-38; 1947-48; 1952-53; 1970-71;
1988-89; 1990-91; 1997-98
FA Cup
Winners: 1930; 1936; 1950; 1971; 1979;
1993; 1998
European
competition
UEFA Cup winners 1969-70
European Cup Winners' Cup 1993-94
League Cup
Winners 1987; 1993
til baka