Arsenal Football

Arsenal who assumed the name of the nearby South London armaments depot, Woolwich Arsenal and hence gained the nickname the Gunners were formed in 1886, they were also once known as Dial Square football when they adopted the sponsors name. Arsenal have a new 60,000 capacity stadium at Ashburton Grove, which will be called the Emirates stadium and should be in use for the 2006/07 season, Arsenals success has seen them outgrow their Highbury ground.

Arsenal wear red shirts with white sleeves adorned by a distinctive cannon badge, a legacy from their origins and a link to the Woolwich Arsenal, coupled with the local areas adjoining their ground Highbury; Cannonbury and Gunnersbury. For the 2005/06 season the gunners will wear claret shirts, which were the first colours they wore at Highbury, as Woolich Arsenal, to mark their last year at the ground. Thierry Henry holds the record for the most goals whilst wearing a gunners shirt, having taken the record in 2005 from Arsenal fans favourite Ian Wright. Other famous players to pull on the kit include; Charlie George, David Seaman, Paul Merson and Tony Adams.