Arsenal

History

Arsenal was founded in 1886 as Dial Square, a team of munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and the cannon on the badge — and the Gunners nickname — trace straight back to that beginning. The club moved north across the river to Highbury in 1913 and on to the Emirates Stadium in 2006, but the identity forged under long-serving managers like Herbert Chapman and Arsène Wenger has stayed constant: disciplined, attacking football built to last. Arsenal have won a record 14 FA Cups and 14 league titles, including an entire unbeaten league season in 2003-04, Wenger's 'Invincibles'. Few clubs carry as long or as consistent a history in the English game.

Records & quirks

• •Arsenal's biggest Premier League away win is 6-0, achieved twice: at West Ham and at Sheffield United, both in 2024.
• •Highbury's record attendance, 73,295 for a goalless draw with Sunderland in March 1935, stood until the stadium closed.
• •Relegated only once, in 1913 — the club's continuous run in the top flight since 1919 is the longest active streak of any club.
• •Arsenal's biggest home win at the Emirates is 7-1, against Blackburn Rovers in February 2012.