Arsenal FC

 

Arsenal's rich football history dates back to 1886 in an Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich. With the help of co-workers and local natives who contributed to the football club's start, the team was nameless despite playing its first game against Dial Square, which they humbly lost 6-0. While sitting in the local pub called Royal Oak, the team name was made up by combining the workplace and the pub, hence Royal Arsenal was born. The name only stuck for five years and the team's founders eventually chose Woolwich Arsenal for the team's name. What began as fun and exercise for these hardworking men, little did the history or the men themselves know of what they unleashed. That same year, Woolwich Arsenal became a professional club.

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In the league's early days, the London Football Association tried to convince other London teams such as Tottenham, Queen's Park Rangers and Millwall to form a southern league, but the proposal was rejected. Woolwich Arsenal ran for the league and in 1893 was elected to the Second Division. They were the only professional club in London ประวัติทีมอาร์เซนอล of Birmingham City to be chosen for the league. Their first league game was played in a 2-2 draw against Newcastle United.

The long history of Arsenal football began with Herbert Chapman in the summer of 1925. It is easily the most talked about factor that made Arsenal the football club that it remains today. The team struggled within the league for years and by 1930, Chapman's perseverance was beginning to pay off and Arsenal won their first trophy. Despite Chapman's sudden death from pneumonia in 1934 at the age of 55, Arsenal were the team to beat for the entire decade and have three consecutive titles under their belt.

Arsenal and many other teams returned after World War II and George Allison took over the reins of the team. Arsenal was not the same team from the 1930s and with players retiring and a different look, they were unable to capture the old magic they once had. Allison eventually retired and assistant Tom Whitaker took over the team. The team ended up losing a few close battles and winning and losing the final before going through a 17-year drought. This included a couple of manager changes and a few trips to the final, but it was left empty.

The following decades saw the team go through many trials and tribulations with coaches and disappointing results, but the biggest project was to bring Arsenal from its 93-year-old home to a state-of-the-art stadium just a stone's throw away in 2006. A new stadium (Emirates Stadium), an energetic new community and an enthusiastic Arsenal team. During that time, Arsene Wenger was the manager, and continues to be to this day. His success at the club is unrivaled, particularly when it comes to the fact that in a modern football world with high transfer rates, he has traded arsenal at a profit for 12 years. He is seen as a master at selecting unknown young players with considerable talent and molding them into a team that plays a devastating level of passing and moving soccer.