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NICKNAME – The Gunners
FOUNDED – 1886
LOCATED IN – London, Greater London
STADIUM – Emirates Stadium
BY UNDERGROUND – Get off at Arsenal on the Piccadilly Line
CAPACITY – 60,704
PROMOTED – 1915
BEST EFL/PREMIER LEAGUE FINISH – Winners (13 times)
BEST FA CUP RUN – Winners (14 times)
BEST LEAGUE CUP RUN – Winners (Twice)
BEST EC/CL FINISH – Runners Up (2005/2006)
BEST UC/EL FINISH – Runners Up (Twice)
BEST CWC FINISH – Winners (1993/1994)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Thierry Henry (228)
2022/2023 FINISH – 2nd

FIVE FACTS ABOUT ARSENAL FC
1. The club was founded by workers of the “Royal Arsenal” in Woolwich, South-East London. This is the origin of their nickname, “the Gunners”.
2. They have played in the top flight since 1915, the longest stay of any English club.
3. Arsenal have won a record fourteen FA Cups.
4. Seven of these were won by their legendary coach, Arsene Wenger, under whom the Gunners recorded the only undefeated season in top-flight history in 2003/2004.
5. Their bitter rivals are Tottenham Hotspur, against whom they contest the North London derby.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT WOOLWICH
1. The name “Woolwich” is believed to have derived from the trading of wool in the area.
2. Woolwich was controlled by abbots from Ghent in the Early Middle Ages; as such it does not feature in the Domesday Book.
3. Henry VIII built a dockyard here that produced many historic ships including the “Beagle”, upon which Charles Darwin travelled the world.
4. The production of armaments in the area followed soon after, culminating in George III’s “Royal Arsenal”.
5. Pop icon Boy George and Arsenal legend Ian Wright are both from Woolwich.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
“We’re on your side”
“Hot Stuff”
Fan chants
A look around Woolwich

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