In this article we look at a collection of facts about Arsenal
Here we go
Facts List
Arsenal were formed in 1886 as Dial Square
The colours worn by the Dial Square team was a Redcurrant shirt, white shorts and blue socks
They changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal
They became a full-fledged member of the Football League in 1893
They were the first southern team to join the football league.
They are nicknamed ‘The Gunners’ because the club were formed by munitions workers in the Royal Arsenal factory in Woolwich
The club currently plat at the Emirates Stadium.
the capacity of the Emirates Stadium is 60,704
The club move to the Highbury Stadium in 1913
The club is renamed as Arsenal in 1914
Arsenal played at Highbury for 93 years.
Arsenal have had 7 stadiums in total.
The motto of the club is Victoria Concordia Crescit, Latin for “Victory Through Harmony”.
Arsenal have won 13 first division titles.
They won their first title in 1931
They have won the FA Cup 14 times.
They won their first FA Cup title in 1930.
Arsenal have done the double three times in 1971, 1998, 2002
The first European trophy was the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969–70
The won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1993-94
Arsenal vs Sheffield United on Jan 22nd, 1927 was the first football game on live radio.
Thierry Henry is the club’s all-time top scorer with 228 goals.
Ted Drake once scored seven goals versus Aston Villa in 1935.
The most goals in a season was by Ted Drake with 44 goals
Most league appearances is held by David O’Leary with 558
David O’Leary holds the appearance record at 722 games.
The youngest first-team player is Cesc Fàbregas at 16 years 177 days
Arsenal was estimated to be worth US$2.68 billion by Forbes,
Arsenal is the world’s eighth most valuable club
In 2003-2004, Arsenal went the whole season unbeaten and were nicknamed “The Invincibles”
Biggest Premier League defeat was the 8-2 thrashing by Man Utd in 2011
Arsenal contested the first football match involving shirt numbers in 1928
Arsenal became the first club in English football history to win the league with a foreign manager at the helm
Arsenal were the first English side to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu
Arsenal are the only British team to beat AC Milan and Inter Milan at the San Siro.
Arsenal hold the record for consecutive clean sheets in the Champions League at 10
The record transfer fees paid for Nicolas Pépé at £112m from Lille
The record transfer fees is £40m for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Liverpool
The longest serving manager is Arsène Wenger at 21 years 224 days
The record league win was 12–0 against Loughborough
The record league defeat was 0–8 also against Loughborough
Highest attendance at Highbury was 73,295 against Sunderland
Highest attendance at the Emirates Stadium was 60,383 against Wolves
Arsenal played in the first match broadcast live on television, against their reserve team
